Two more Neo-Nazi demonstrators arrested after hanging antisemitic banners over I-4 in Florida: FDLE : usa

[-] Conyak@lemmy.tf 14 points 9 months ago

Honestly given everything I’ve heard about Florida and the character of the current governor I am surprised it’s illegal.

[-] DevCat@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

It ws probably targeting liberal protesters, so this may be a Leopards Ate My Face situation.

[-] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Oh yeah the hate speech is legal, it's just the hanging of the sign on public property that isn't.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 9 months ago

In America being a Nazi, or anti-semitic IS legal. However excercising your free speech in any way you want, wherever you want, isn't legal unconditionally in any state, not just your ignorant Florida stereotype.

[-] bluestribute@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Why do Nazis feel safe and accepted in Ron DeSantis's Florida?

[-] vertigo3pc@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

To be fair, I lived in Florida from 1980 to 2007, they loved Florida then too.

[-] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I still live in Florida. Sadly, I don't see things getting better here anytime soon.

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

That's nothing. We had an actual Nazi in the Canadian Parliament and gave him a standing ovation!

[-] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Aren't neo-nazis just nazis? Why are we doubling the character count?

[-] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

PUNCH YOUR LOCAL NAZI

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

FDLE be woke AF 🤣

[+] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'd be curious about what made the banners anti-semitic, since that has become an umbrella term for criticizing banking, capitalism, israel, or even jewish-amercian US government officials.

Looking at the blurred videos, they seem to be Nazi flags, but why not just call them Nazi flags? Why call them anti-Semitic, seems odd.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Probably because they were anti-semitic Nazi flags. Anti-semitism does not mean what you're saying. However, it is often that people hide behind criticizing other things to target them and act innocent. There's a difference between saying "the elites" and "the globalists" for example. We know what people mean by both, and they aren't saying the latter by accident.

I do agree that Israel uses "anti-semitism" as a cudgel against anyone who dares criticize zionism. That's a whole other issue though.

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