DeSantis Can't Read the Snowflakes

Posted on social media over the weekend, we have proof that Republicans are idiots and that Ron DeSantis is a moron (via Ellen E Clarke at Tampa Bay Times (paywalled)):

In Iowa on Friday to promote his new book, Gov. Ron DeSantis posed with a gift from a supposed supporter.

The gift, a framed cutout of an intricate snowflake, features the word “fascist.” Steven Goffman, whose profile says that he works for the Washington Post, tweeted that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, also a Republican, posed with a copy of the gift, too.

DeSantis was visiting Iowa, introducing himself to expectant audiences of Republicans ahead of a likely 2024 presidential bid...

Lemme get a copy of the photo:

 

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The second I saw the photo of the snowflake, I spotted the "asci" part of the word immediately. It quickly became a puzzle-solving matter of figuring out the rest of the word (The "F" is done with a cursive flourish in order to tie the mirror shape of the snowflake together). Considering DeSantis' public behavior - of bullying and censoring his critics, his hostile takeover of Florida politics, and eager willingness to use these methods to move upward in politics to the Presidency - the only word it could have been is "Fascist".

The symbolism of the snowflake - as a political insult - can't be overlooked.

That Ron DeSantis - he with the Ivy League education going to both Harvard and Yale - failed to notice the hidden word in the snowflake, and that he failed to recognize the deliberate insult given to him, tells me that DeSantis is unaware, that he's unthinking, that he can't perceive words or symbolic images that any intelligent person can. In short, he can't read.

I went to both Universities of Florida (which was a top-flight institution until DeSantis showed up to ruin the state's higher education) and South Florida (commuter college, but not shabby), but I could see it where he couldn't.

This makes some sense for all of DeSantis' recent attempts to raze Florida's public university system to turn them into broken-down partisan cesspools. For all the prestige he got from attending the top universities in the nation, DeSantis does not respect education at all because he personally remains uneducated and ignorant. And he desires to drag the rest of our state - our children and future generations - down into the cesspool with him and his fellow wingnut hacks. 

I seriously call on Yale and Harvard to rescind his college degrees and release his transcripts for public transparency. DeSantis' current disdain for higher education - and his clear lack of comprehension skills - proves he didn't learn a goddamn thing from your institutions.

This is what the Republican punditry and leadership wants as their standard bearer going into 2024.

Gods help us.