When asked in an interview how drone operators would know if the people being blown to smithereens were actually carrying drugs, he replied: “Same way a police officer would know … Same way somebody operating in Iraq would know. You know, these people in Iraq at the time, they all looked the same. You didn’t know who had a bomb strapped to them. So those guys have to make judgments.”

Holy F, as a mexican that crosses the border often for vacations... this is extreme and scary

[–] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 133 points 1 year ago

[–] rephlekt2718@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely batshit rhetoric, this guy better lose hard………..

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At the very least, that is certainly the case right now. All the polls of conservatives consistently show Trump smoking Desantis.

[–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately he’s only 44 years old. Hoping he slides into oblivion but I worry he’s going to be flitting around for decades.

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do wonder if Desantis' insanity will ever meaningfully affect his electoral chances in Florida or if the boomers there are too far gone to care about the state around them (and their ongoing dwindling Social Security and Medicare thanks to Republicans).

[–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

He's using a pretty standard tactic for a right wing politician down in the polls: throw increasing amounts of crazy against the wall until something sticks and the polls improve.

His consultants will call this "calibrating", to find the right level of insane to match voter expectations and grab media attention for a few cycles along the way.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

That's a whole different kind of problem and I hate it

[–] BReel@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a white person from Wisconsin who never crosses the boarder… this is extreme and scary.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

As a Canadian who's an entire country away... this is extreme and scary.

Are drones strikes on our maple syrup cartels next?

[–] jscummy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

Picking two examples where the operator is often wrong, and very publicly so

[–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Next time you cross just carry an ir strobe and IFF NATO friendly panel on your hood. Should be good to go.