Political Memes

Thanks for posting this. I've lived in Florida my whole life, and voted blue-no-matter-who in every election since I was eligible to vote, as do all my friends and family. I try to help others within my sphere of influence to make good political choices, too, and those conversations can be hard. My area has been particularly red for as long as I can remember, and that has only gotten more true in recent years. It often sucks to live here but I am stuck for the foreseeable future, and so I am putting forth the effort to change what I am able.

As such, I have always found it a bit discouraging that so many seem to think that Florida is some hive-mind phenomenon, wherein every eligible person votes against their own best interests in perfect unison. I mean, a lot of them do, obviously -- but the lack of empathy for the rest of us, that's the weird part to me.

Also, this got me curious and I looked up how the voter base skews along party lines, the numbers are way closer than I would have guessed.

Recognize oppression when you see it or you are on the side of fascism.

Nonsense. Florida is part of the freest and fairest democracy in the entire history of the universe. If Floridians wanted to do something about climate change, they would simply vote harder.

Yet they're still voting for Republicans. They're enabled this.

Not soon enough. I'd love to throw a biblical flood joke in there just to spite the book burners and bible thumpers.

Shouting "Florida's gone woke!" from the rooftops

Well of course the rich will leave, then even with the gerrymandering Dems or even progressives can take control, just in time to be blamed like Biden for Trump's tax hikes (the cuts were permanent for the rich and temporary followed by hikes for us plebs).

Sea level rise of 5 meters isn’t happening in any of our lifetimes.

Report: 500K South Florida Homes at Risk of Storm Surge

The newly released report highlights the Miami metro area's mass exposure to coastal flooding risk from hurricanes.

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Often the deadliest element of a hurricane, surge waters from strong storms can rise 15 feet or more above the ordinary sea level, enveloping streets and buildings in coastal areas.

The report found that roughly 7.7 million homes in hurricane-exposed regions in the U.S. are susceptible to storm surge flooding.

Hurricanes and storms means that you don't need to wait for the full amount of sea level rise. Insurance is already skyrocketing because of the damage.

A permanent rise, yes, but storm surges and stuff will make Miami uninhabitable far sooner than that.

Miami elevation is 6 feet? Something like that?

Vote for the radical leftists the Republicans have been screaming about.

When another milquetoast moderate wins anyway, consider alternatives.

I mean Floridians could start mitigating the inevitable effects of climate change themselves. It's a lot easier to get a functioning state government, they'd just have to vote for Democrats.

Vote out Republicans at every level of government.

I hear Aquaman is ready to scoop up all of those underwater properties!

And then they're going to have to drive a Chevy there to check if it's dry..

You might want to build one to keep the Floridians in

I wonder if the ocean will pay for this one.

That always goes well