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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 77 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

People should paint it back

Those 49 people deserve to be remembered.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

They and all LGBTQ people in this country deserve a lot more than some paint. Paint it back by all means. But all this country seems to give minority groups besides oppression is paint, symbols, and some extra days for holiday sales.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks 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 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

queer people: exist
right-wingers: oh hell no

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

right-wingers: exist

white-ringers: oh hell no

evidently

[–] thisnameisnottolong@piefed.au 25 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like a good reason to by some colourful paint.

[–] caesarxinsanium@programming.dev 21 points 2 weeks ago

So scary, multiple colors

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

“Taxpayers expect their dollars to fund safe streets, not rainbow crosswalks,” he wrote on X at the time

How much could it possibly cost to paint a fucking crosswalk