Posted on 04/28/2023 9:08:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
This exact article was posted and removed earlier today. Great job posting absolute nonsense. You should be proud.
Destroy Free Speech?
Man the insane amount of fear and paranoia you people have against DeSantis is off the all nuts.
Get professional help.
Is DeSantis backing all digital currency as well?
"The Goyim Defense League’s activism takes the form of distributing flyers that contain “uncomfortable truths” about the individuals who control the mainstream media in the United States."
TRANSLATION: It's yet another white supremacist group that spreads anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
It’s not DeSantis we have to worry about. It’s dems weaponizing this law in the future
prohibiting a person from distributing onto 8 private property any material which contains a 9 credible threat to the owner, resident, or invitee of 10 such property;
Please note it does not stop people from voicing their opinion in the public square no matter what opinion they have. Rather it prevents them from threatening and harassing people on their private property.
RE: This exact article was posted and removed earlier today
So, it’s fake news?
Like what? What did they say?
Yes. If you actually READ THE BILL you’d see this account is false. But through your posts on this site, you have proven you care nothing of the truth.
Another exert:
2. b. If a person violates subparagraph 1. by intentionally 53 dumping litter onto private property for the purpose of 54 intimidating the owner, resident, or invitee of such property 55 and such litter contains a credible threat, the person commits a 56 felony of the third degree,
So again, no restriction on speaking one's mind. Only a restriction of dumping litter on somebody's property to threaten and intimidate them.
This is NOT banning free speech, it is banning targeted threats and harassments against victims in their own home.
I agree that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, but whether this move by deSantis is exactly that mistake, or something else, is not well illustrated by the opinion piece.
Usually moves against anti-Zionism dressed up as anti-Semitism are the work of progressives who support a Zionist viewpoint. It is unusual for conservatives to get involve in this bun fight which traditionally pits one sort of leftist against the other.
I hope they leave this fake news post up so people can see what kind of poster you are. You post lies, you don’t actually read the legislation about which you comment, and you seem to have no respect for private property. Which is weird for someone on this site. Maybe if you don’t like private property rights, you should leave. We tend to respect it here.
HB741 is a bill relating to passing school buses.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/741/BillText/e1/PDF
True.
Please note it does not stop people from voicing their opinion in the public square no matter what opinion they have. Rather it prevents them from threatening and harassing people on their private property.
We already have laws against threats and harassment. So what's the real reason for this bill?
To chill protected speech. A Soros type D.A. can use this bill to prosecute anyone passing out "offensive" flyers. So what if the person is eventually found not guilty after a stressful and expensive trial? The prosecution is the punishment.
If BLM, or a Democratic politician, were to leave a flyer on someone's private property, would they be prosecuted as a felony for "dumping litter"?
What if I say I felt "intimidated" by a BLM flyer left on my lawn? Would my subjective feeling be enough for felony charges? Or would the subjective feelings of some groups be accorded higher deference than that of others?
We already have laws against threats and harassment. As with all "hate crime" bills, this one sounds like an opportunity for much mischief.
The problem with Soros DAs is Soros DAs. Bragg didn’t even need a coherent legal theory. There is simply no way to keep them from abusing their power through trying to make laws immune from their abuse.
I’m sure this is just about as accurate as the reports calling legislation he signed “the Don’t Sa Gay bill.”
A home should be a safe place from mobs pretending to express free speech but really intending to frighten those they disagree with, including the families and neighbors. Public squares are for politics and protests.
Of course Soros DAs are a problem. But "hate crime" laws like this (which is what it really is) only makes lawfare easier, while achieving nothing worthwhile. Because as I said, laws against threats and harassment already exist.
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