• thantik@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    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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      10 months ago

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

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      10 months ago

      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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        10 months ago

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

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          10 months ago

          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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            10 months ago

            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.