Head in one's nether regions

  From the bus window yesterday I saw a banner on someone's house that read: 

                                  Ron DeSantis 2024--Make America Florida

Just above that banner hung an Irish flag. Because I live in San Francisco, I couldn't immediately tell if this banner were hung as a joke or not. If not, it's a reminder that Irish folk can also be political dumbasses. 

Speaking of dumbasses, my brother's business partner, Greg, is currently looking for love on various dating websites. He recently met a woman on a site called, 'Plenty of Fish' (har-har). She's roughly his age, 66, and shares a similar outlook on life. What she didn't say was that she's an anti-democratic conspiracy theorist. Uh-oh! 

They went out on only one lunch date. During their meeting, she was apparently incredulous that Greg had not only received a Covid vaccine, but all the available booster shots as well. She's unvaccinated and has already suffered from two bouts of Covid. She also doesn't believe receiving any other vaccines available to those in her age group. Can you say, 'Hello, Shingles'? I think you can!

I think what I found most funny about the whole story was that this woman hails from the birthplace of democracy, Greece. Golden Dawn, the far-right political group to come into being within recent times, was also birthed in Greece, so that fascist group is likely more her speed. 

Greg has strong yet uniformed political opinions and calls himself a Republican, but has benefited from democratically spearheaded efforts like the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), financial relief for small businesses during Covid and even a housing non-profit that donated its time and efforts into helping him improve upon his manufactured (read: mobile) home at no cost to himself. Yet, if a drag queen should read to anyone in a public place or if gun purchasing were to become slightly more difficult in the US, then that's a HUGE problem. It's like he can simultaneously 'think of the children!' and not. It's a bewildering mindset that has afflicted many here, unfortunately. (How many mass shooting have occured here in the States since I last posted on blogger? I honestly shudder to think.) 

I will leave you with one of many anti-Florida memes that make me chuckle--