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DeSantis administration’s removal of memorial crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub is ‘cruel’ and ‘callous,’ Orlando mayor says

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 month ago (2 children)

People should paint it back

Those 49 people deserve to be remembered.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A bunch of people already went back and did it again with chalk, so I've heard.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Trump will make that a hate crime. Because he hated it.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago

That rainbow lasted twice as long as the civil war. We should build statues for the losing sidewalk.

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

paint's cheap.

presidents probably spend over 1,000 times a bucket of paint to rape children on a private island.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

queer people: exist
right-wingers: oh hell no

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

right-wingers: exist

white-ringers: oh hell no

evidently

[–] thisnameisnottolong@piefed.au 25 points 1 month ago

Sounds like a good reason to by some colourful paint.

[–] caesarxinsanium@programming.dev 22 points 1 month ago

So scary, multiple colors

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would state officials even be doing anything on city streets? Orlando should just treat it as vandalism and repaint it.

Because Orange Ave, the street the crosswalk is parallel to, is a state road and falls under FLDOT, so the crosswalk is likely part of their jurisdiction rather than a city street, sadly.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

We can fight this asshole administration by joining up with our community defense coalitions and mutual aid chains.