Posted on 12/16/2020 11:51:05 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, signed legislation on Tuesday prohibiting the sale of Confederate flags on public property, including at state and local fairs.
Cuomo was well aware that such legislation is likely to fail a First Amendment test, but this did not deter him.
"This country faces a pervasive, growing attitude of intolerance and hate—what I have referred to in the body politic as an American cancer," he wrote. "By limiting the display and sale of the confederate flag, Nazi swastika and other symbols of hatred from being displayed or sold on state property, including the state fairgrounds, this will help safeguard New Yorkers from the fear-installing effects of these abhorrent symbols."
Cuomo noted that "certain technical changes are necessary" to make sure the ban is compliant with the First Amendment, which protects free expression—including the expression of hateful ideas.
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Ban Cuomo
In my home office, on the wall, I have a flag that was carried in the Battle of Chickamauga by the a relative (Confederate).
I bet ChiCom flags are OK.
It’s a symbol of history...not hate.
And we’ll ship ‘em up the y’all if you need some!!
Fly it high!
Also, if someone challenged this and it got to the Supreme Court, it is entirely likely that this feckless group of justices would say such a ban is a-ok.
State Senator Alessandra Biaggi is responsible for this POS legislation. See here:
https://nypost.com/2020/12/15/cuomo-signs-bill-banning-sale-of-confederate-flags/
I suggest we all use her contact page to let her know our feelings about this bill.
Her contact page is here:
https://www.nysenate.gov/registration/nojs/form/start/message-senator?senator=6867326
Let her have it!!
I can understand the swastika offending & angering Jews. I have never once heard or read in any article, interview or book that the swastika drives Jewish people collapsing in fear at the swastika.
Ever. All I’ve heard them say about it is Never Forget.
If blacks would grow up & treat the Confederate flag as a remnant of history & used it to teach the evils of slavery, their democrat daddy wouldn’t have to protect the pathetic children.
But alas, they choose to remain children & will never advance past 1865.
War’s over black people. The South lost. And now you war against whites; careful what you wish for.
Section 1983 of title 28 of the United States Code does just that.
I suppose BLM flags are OK with this poor excuse for a human being.
The most visible hate this past year has come from Cuomo.
The most visible hate this past year has come from Cuomo.
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