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48-year-old Jason Brown was arrested Tuesday for violating state law when he hung banners with Nazi messaging off an I-4 overpass.

Brown’s own demonstration contained messaging endorsing DeSantis’ 2024 presidential bid.

This neo-nazi trash is a perfect example of the typical DeSantis supporter.

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When the actual Nazis support you, and you don’t say “Fuck off, Nazis” out loud in public, your silence is deafening.

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A closer analogy to situations like this one is:

Nazis have seated themselves at your table. You have some options, from best to worst (maybe not the first one, but that’s debatable).

  • Kill them.
  • Actively remove them from your table.
  • Actively demand their departure.
  • Argue with them.
  • Move to a different table.
  • Ignore them. <<< You are here
  • Be civil to them.
  • Openly engage kindly with them.
  • Welcome and align with them.
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I liked this part best:

Ironically, it was a law signed by DeSantis which puts Brown behind bars.

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$5 DeSantis pardons him with some bullshit “freedom of speech” argument

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And he’ll still be screeching about libruls about it, just watch.

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Sounds like a typical Republican to me.

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

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I thought that was the point I was making, but I guess some people don’t pick it up unless it’s mentioned directly.

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

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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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Let me just point this out: He wasn’t arrested for hanging Nazi shit…

He was arrested for not getting permission first.

While i absolutely abhor these people and what they stand for, arresting people for displaying their abhorrent message is definitely not good either.

The fact that they didn’t get the correct permits prior just shows how absolutely stupid they are.

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It’s absurd that nazi-ism isn’t outlawed in every ex-allied country in the world

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Me: Can we do something about the Nazis?

Them: Now, now, we can’t make ideas illegal even if they’re morally detestable. That would be quite a slippery slope. After all, imagine what it would be like if government had that power and someone who disagreed with you was in charge.

Me: Well that’s a relief, I can feel comfortable knowing that my rights are protected even as a {any ideology left of Reagan}.

Them: cocks shotgun Don’t push it…

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I hate this idea that all views must be tolerated. Besides, Nazism has had its say, and we’ve all agreed it should be stamped out. Fuck anyone who waves a Nazi flag, I don’t wanna hear anything they have to say.

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The one downvote on this comment should own it publicly. Come on, stand up and be counted you fucking Free Speech Warrior™

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Vax the Jews? Well, that’s new.

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Yeah, this could be a whole theme, giving nice things they don’t like to nice people they don’t like: Target gift cards for drag queens, banned books for migrant children, electric cars for teachers, etc.

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Lol I love this idea

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South Park should use this, just go balls to the wall with ‘we think these things are evil -> lettum havit!’

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It honestly sounds so ridiculous I can’t read it without laughing.

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Presumably in these chucklefucks’ worldview, there’s no difference between a gas chamber and a vaccination centre.

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Vaccination is the new briar patch, apparently.

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Florida man arrested for hanging Nazi

Way to go, dude! Fuck those Nazi

banner over I-4

Oh…

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