Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart.
That's the text of the bill I got directly from the Florida Senate site. Just because I like to check these things. I can't find any part of it that doesn't sound already illegal or in place to begin with, short of the "must be reported as a hate crime."
So this seems to be just the biggest virtue signal possible.
But the type of people who would like this type of virtue signal already hate him for being on the Right. Which means its entirely meant to virtue signal to the ADL types and elites that he will be a good goy and not come after them.
You're right that this is just a massive virtue signal/pandering to Florida Jews. However, you're wrong about the last part. Jews aren't as strongly Democrat as people think -- it's about 70/30, which is about as well as Republicans do with any "minority" group outside of Latinos. But, Florida Jews are particularly gettable votes for Republicans. Trump got 41% of Jews in Florida in 2020. And, Jews, left and right, love to be pandered to on the hate speech front.
And, Jews, left and right, love to be pandered to on the hate speech front.
That was my point. The Left, the type who normally love this type of stuff, already hate him and won't fall for it.
But the Jews, especially those that are overrepresented in elites and politics regardless of side, will love it. And he wants them to see him as their ally, because that's basically a requirement to not suddenly be completely blocked out of all chances.
What Republican pandered harder, and frankly, did more for Jews than Trump? The ADL was still going after Trump. They exist primarily as a leftist-elite organization that will occasionally police their own side if it veers into issues related to Jews.
If you show you will actually oppose them, then you will get nothing nowhere zero.
If you show you are willing to kneel to them, then you get to play in the sandbox with no promises of kindness or support. Just the ability to not get completely shutout with the full brunt of their nepotism and strings.
That's the text of the bill I got directly from the Florida Senate site. Just because I like to check these things. I can't find any part of it that doesn't sound already illegal or in place to begin with, short of the "must be reported as a hate crime."
So this seems to be just the biggest virtue signal possible.
But the type of people who would like this type of virtue signal already hate him for being on the Right. Which means its entirely meant to virtue signal to the ADL types and elites that he will be a good goy and not come after them.
You're right that this is just a massive virtue signal/pandering to Florida Jews. However, you're wrong about the last part. Jews aren't as strongly Democrat as people think -- it's about 70/30, which is about as well as Republicans do with any "minority" group outside of Latinos. But, Florida Jews are particularly gettable votes for Republicans. Trump got 41% of Jews in Florida in 2020. And, Jews, left and right, love to be pandered to on the hate speech front.
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That was my point. The Left, the type who normally love this type of stuff, already hate him and won't fall for it.
But the Jews, especially those that are overrepresented in elites and politics regardless of side, will love it. And he wants them to see him as their ally, because that's basically a requirement to not suddenly be completely blocked out of all chances.
What Republican pandered harder, and frankly, did more for Jews than Trump? The ADL was still going after Trump. They exist primarily as a leftist-elite organization that will occasionally police their own side if it veers into issues related to Jews.
If you show you will actually oppose them, then you will get nothing nowhere zero.
If you show you are willing to kneel to them, then you get to play in the sandbox with no promises of kindness or support. Just the ability to not get completely shutout with the full brunt of their nepotism and strings.