Forget Casablanca, They’re Going to Disney World
Florida markets itself as a vacation wonderland: warm weather, cool breezes, beaches, palm trees, and theme parks. For people looking to move here, there’s no state income tax besides everything above. The one thing you wouldn’t expect to find more than other places are Nazis, Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and white nationalists (I consider them one and the same). Yet Florida is rife with these people, and you shouldn’t be surprised.
To his credit, and I rarely give him any, Governor Ron DeSantis passed a law making it illegal to intentionally display or project messages on a property without written consent. It was literally the least he could do after taking fire for refusing to actively condemn his Neo-Nazi supporters that showed up at his speeches and aided him in his war with Disney, waving swastikas and Nazi flags.
It’s no accident that Nazis are growing in numbers in Florida. Many Republicans here talk the same language and hate the same people. DeSantis is at war with the LGBTQ community, Black people, and immigrants, and so are they. The same can be said for the most infamous resident of Mar-a-Lago, who put like-minded people like Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller in the White House.
For those keeping track, Neo-Nazis have appeared recently in Altamonte Springs, multiple times at Disney World, and Tampa. Anti-Semitic flyers have turned up in New Smyrna Beach. Projections of swastikas have appeared on buildings in Jacksonville and Miami. The two arrests thus far were related to hanging banners in Orlando. I suspect the penalty won’t be too much, as the arrests are just for show. The Neo-Nazis are proudly proclaiming they’re…