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Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers.

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Leaders of arts organizations in Florida, many of whom have worked in the state for decades, cannot remember a governor ever eliminating all of their grant funding. Even in the lean years of the Great Recession, at least a nominal amount — say, 5 percent of the recommended total — was approved.

Established arts organizations usually know better than to overly rely on nonrecurring state dollars subject to the discretion of politicians, said Michael Tomor, executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art. But to cut funding at a time when arts organizations are still struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic sends a concerning message “that taxpayer dollars should not be used in support of arts and culture,” he added.

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Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, gave no explanation for zeroing out the arts grants. His office said in a statement that he made veto decisions “that are in the best interests of the State of Florida.”

In all, Mr. DeSantis vetoed nearly $950 million in proposed spending and proclaimed that the remaining $116.5 billion came in under the previous year’s budget.

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[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 73 points 2 years ago (6 children)
[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”

Seems that's a slight mangling of the line, but it's a common Nazi trope

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Johst

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Was it Goering?

Edit: it was not, see below.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 points 2 years ago

The first paragraph on the wikipedia page linked says

"The statement “When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”, variously misattributed to Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring, was in fact a corrupted version of a line in his play Schlageter. "

So no, I don't think so.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Whoa there pal.

What part of driving pickup trucks with giant tires through the mud while drinking cases of ~~bud light ~~ Modelo and wearing jorts and a tank top with a picture of Rambo Trump firing footballs from a grenade launcher isn't culture?

[–] Delonix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Culture cuts through their slimey veneer

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not that.

Outraging the left fires his base.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Left: People who like art

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Look at how art fared in Nazi Germany.

I'm pretty sure this is all related to Hitler's failing out of art school.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I mean, you can scratch that up more to the war time economy than anything.

If all your young artistic talent is getting methed up, loaded into APCs, and driven into the thick of Russian winter, they'll have less time to make art at home.

I might argue that the biggest thing we've done for the arts in the United States is to eliminate the draft. Now you can have a professional artistic community AND a professional military. Then they can come together to make the next Top Gun or Transformers or Marvel movie.

[–] Mertn33@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He doesn't know what culture is.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure he does. It's drinking a warm can of Bud at a Lee Greenwood concert.

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's Bud woke or something? Or did they move on from that already?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

They offered an apology for daring to do a small barely publicized promotion with a queer person and then did a partnership with UFC, so they love the all-American company owned by the Belgians again.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

you mean the patriarchy?

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

The horses woke up now? I'm so out of the loop.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Monocultures are as stupid as they are dangerous.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Rotation! Revolution!

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I mean yeah, just listen to him talk.

[–] Delonix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Culture hates meatbal ron