• ZeroCool@feddit.chOP
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    10 months ago

    48-year-old Jason Brown was arrested Tuesday for violating state law when he hung banners with Nazi messaging off an I-4 overpass.

    Brown’s own demonstration contained messaging endorsing DeSantis’ 2024 presidential bid.

    This neo-nazi trash is a perfect example of the typical DeSantis supporter.

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      When the actual Nazis support you, and you don’t say “Fuck off, Nazis” out loud in public, your silence is deafening.

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          A closer analogy to situations like this one is:

          Nazis have seated themselves at your table. You have some options, from best to worst (maybe not the first one, but that’s debatable).

          • Kill them.
          • Actively remove them from your table.
          • Actively demand their departure.
          • Argue with them.
          • Move to a different table.
          • Ignore them. <<< You are here
          • Be civil to them.
          • Openly engage kindly with them.
          • Welcome and align with them.
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    Let me just point this out: He wasn’t arrested for hanging Nazi shit…

    He was arrested for not getting permission first.

    That’s incredible… State Statute 876.12-15 actually disallow wearing masks for “events” such as these, and none of these scumbags are getting arrested for it. They’re just getting arrested for not having a permit first.

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      That becuase that law was aimed at antifa and rioters, people DeSantis doesn’t like, not his voter base.

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      And Al Capone was arrested for tax evasion. Does it matter why he was arrested, as much as he was arrested?

      Besides, why would Florida arrest him for being a Nazi? That’s the bare minimum to serve in DeSantis’ administration!

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        Yes, it matters why. Because if it’s arbitrary, they can arrest anyone they feel like at any time.

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          Sorry, let me be more clear: does it matter which crime he’s arrested for, as long as he’s put in jail for at least one of them?

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            Yes. It matters. That’s my point.

            You don’t want law enforcement having access to arbitrary laws that they selectively enforce to achieve imprisonment, because they can selectively enforce them for their own agenda, which may not be to fight Nazis in the future.

            We need laws to imprison hate speech specifically.

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    It’s absurd that nazi-ism isn’t outlawed in every ex-allied country in the world

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      Me: Can we do something about the Nazis?

      Them: Now, now, we can’t make ideas illegal even if they’re morally detestable. That would be quite a slippery slope. After all, imagine what it would be like if government had that power and someone who disagreed with you was in charge.

      Me: Well that’s a relief, I can feel comfortable knowing that my rights are protected even as a {any ideology left of Reagan}.

      Them: cocks shotgun Don’t push it…

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    Oh seriously fuck that guy. Throw the fucking book at him.

    Oh wait, it’s Florida. DeSantis will probably give him a job.

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    Earlier this year, Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 269, which includes provisions that prohibit individuals from displaying or projecting images onto a building, structure, or property without permission.

    From a related article on the topic.