Leon W. Russell lives in Florda, the very state he says is too dangerous for blacks to travel to. Womp, wompppppppp.

The head of the NAACP is Derrick Johnson.

No, Disney decided that as a public corporation it was going to use its influence to lean on the state of Florida. I remember when liberals didn't like it when corps tried to throw their weight around. What changed?

I don't think Disney crossed a line. At least for me, I object to corporations piling money into campaigns for candidates. I have a little less problem with them doing that for issues that affect them (e.g. access to well water for semiconductor manufacture...I know a bit about that). Though I still insist corporations are not people, and money is not speech, so there should be reasonable limits. If Disney wants to be accepting of LGBTQ folks, it is very un-Republican of DeSantis to impose his will on the company (as many Republicans have criticized him for). To my knowledge, they didn't "throw their weight around". Speaking an opinion is different than funding an opponent. Disney was just protecting their corporate image (i.e. everyone is welcome). When DeSantis started to bully them, they shelved some expansion plans. DeSantis cost FL thousands of jobs just because he can't tolerate dissent.

So? He doesn't seem like a billionaire; he needs to live somewhere. Is it now a requirement to have beach houses all over the place?

The point is that you didn't used to be able to run for one office while holding another. I think every state should have that. FL did, but DeSantis decided he didn't like it because then he'd have to really commit to one or the other.

Masks aren't a panacea, but he actively discouraged their use. I recall a speaking event and he seemed very frustrated that the audience (children, as I recall) were wearing masks. He said something like "don't wear those, they don't do anything...oh well...fine...whatever". It was genuinely bizarre. He could have just delivered his little speech and not made any comment about masks, and it would have been fine. Just a routine event. But he had to interject his disinformation. Yes, there are some folks that are silly about masks. I still wear them in enclosed public places. Outside, or in my car, etc, I don't bother. Also I wear them in the MC unit my mom is in (because they are all old, and it's almost a bubble in there so if one person gets sick, they all get sick).

IMHO, he was just responding to your "awesome" comment with several "awesome" things DeSantis has done, or was responsible for. But, yeah, strictly speaking neither you nor he was "on-topic" about debates and issues. Personally, I don't mind that too much since conversations evolve as they progress, and I didn't think it was too far off the rails (yet). My post is a continuation, and also would strictly be off-topic. But we're having a conversation here. :-)