FL: Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Controversial Bill Restricting Protesters into Law

[GeneralMacArthur]

What does the bill actually prohibit?  Here in Seattle we've had to deal with near-daily protests, sometimes they don't even have an actual purpose it's just protesting for the sake of protesting.  And they cause tons of property damage, hide their identities, attack businesses and random people, and most notoriously shut down freeways.  The shutting down of freeways became a routine thing last summer when WSDOT would just shut down the highway for a couple miles around the protest line and redirect traffic until they went away.

I would support a bill that put a stop to all that crap.  I'm assuming since this is the awful state of Florida that this bill does a lot more and restricts totally reasonable things.

[GeneralMacArthur]

If Democrats are smart, they should keep this law in the news as much as possible, casting Gov. Ron DeSantis as an enemy of the First Amendment and a tyrant-in-waiting.  This law which isn't that much different from the measures being implemented by Communist authorities in Hong Kong (consider it the first of many steps), should be draped around his neck like a millstone when he runs for re-election in 2022, and for President in 2024.  It should define him in the eyes of Americans, and should be the first thing they think about when his name is mentioned.  They should ask themselves whether they want this man to represent the United States in its fight against authoritarianism abroad if he has proven so willing to import it into the state of Florida in the form of this godforsaken law that everyone knows will be used disproportionately against anyone who doesn't align with the Republican Party.  

Could backfire big time if he's able to successfully market it as an "anti-rioting" bill.  The public hates riots, and associates them with Dems.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Interesting, it allows for victims of riots to sue the local government in the scenario of gross incompetence. 

Seattle would be f---ing bankrupt.

When they kicked out the last vestiges of CHAZ from Cal Anderson Park, the losers all ran to a nearby house, whose owner wasn't home, broke into it and occupied it and declared it their new CHAZ HQ.  And they wouldn't leave until the city gave in to all their demands.  I forget how Jenny finally got rid of them.