St. Patrick’s Day parade cancled in florida because of anti-inclusivity law (DEI)
I think y’all are missing the possibility that this is malicious compliance. Though DeSantis did not.
The law is stupid on its face but the way conservatives will see that is something like this.
It may be malicious compliance, but the law is harsh enough it’s probably not worth risking it even if you like the law and st Patrick’s day. Citizens being able to personally sue government officials is meant to be a distributed and painful means of ensuring compliance even if nearly everyone in an area thinks the law is stupid or shouldn’t be applied in this case. It just takes one resident, that’s why they’ve been using it in red states with blue cities.
At the risk of being unpopular as hell: The way I read it from the article (as an unrelated party from a different country) they can host such events with their own funding and organization, if they want them to happen. Why should public spending go towards subsidizing events, when those could be realized by e.g. a private co-op of the people interested?
There is a case to be made for when the target group of people can’t realistically be expected to have enough resources/capacity to do so, so personally I’m not in favor of a blanket ban without exceptions, such as the law seems to be here, but I don’t like superfluous subsidies.
It’s common for celebrations like these to be treated as community events, like state fairs or national holidays. I think it’s fine for public money to be used to support community events which help set a character for the area as a whole which is a public good. Also, it means you don’t need to plaster sponsorships everywhere, or charge super high booth fees so small community and family businesses can afford to set up a tent and be seen.
LOL! I expect nothing less from the Florida Oblast, you stupid twats voted for it.
“I’m pissed 😡 can Delray stop ruining everything we love about this town,” one resident wrote.
Classic conservative failure to understand a problem. The problem is state law, not your town or city. The problem is being allergic to DEI because of hateful bigotry. Five bucks says this person agreed with the law before they found out it affected them.
Lets be real this person was racist, homophobic and transphobic and wanted Florida to do a genocide of all black, gay and trans people and culture in the state.
I live in a very Italian American part of the country, many of whom are very anti-DEI. But, then I tell them that Columbus Day is just DEI for Italians. I take to much joy from watching the gears turn in their heads as they work it out. Italians Americans where basically the Mexicans of there time, every major immigrant group in America other than WASPS where, to many people forget that.
I’ve got older Italian American relatives who love to tell horror stories about the slurs they were called as kids, then turn around and use slurs against other minorities. We don’t talk so much anymore.
Even better, tell them Columbus wasn’t Italian, he was Genoan and he sailed for the Spanish Crown.
Genova is in modern day Italy, so if he really was Genovese then yeah, he was Italian.
Italy is a modern invention, like 20th century modern. That’s be like telling a Prussian that they’re just German minus a hundred years. Early colonist’s considered themselves British, would you argue that they were actually American?
Yes, but as in 19th century modern. The war of unification (when the Savoy’s conquered Italy and Sicily out of Piemonte) was happening in the 1880s.
I’m honestly puzzled why you care so much about what a region was called when the person lived there, vs what we call it today. There are nuances but nothing to get so worked up about.
I’d much rather point out that it’s not at all clear that he was Genovese at all. And that “Columbus’s House” in Genova is an absolute scam.
Because context matters. Why don’t you care about the distinction that Italy wasn’t actually Italy in Columbus’ time but a collection of city states, republics, and kingdoms? Columbus shopped his idea around until he found buyers for his plans. We have to be skeptical of the canned history we’re fed, it always leaves important details out. We’re not 6 years old anymore and learning about George Washigton cutting down the Cherry Tree, we’re grown up and should know the story is bullshit.
TIL my ancestors weren’t Polish, they were Ukrainian. Or maybe they were both or neither, as neither country existed when they emigrated. They spoke Polish but emigrated from Galicia. /s
I can’t remember the exact historic context*, but the joke goes that Old Sol liked to boast that he’d been born in Poland, then became Austrian, then German, and ended up a citizen of the soviet Union, all without ever leaving his hometown.
*yes, I’m an ignorant american.
Nononono, there can be only one label and were going to let some random online American decide what it is.
So the people he enslaved and slaughtered were Haitians and Dominicans?
Sure, in modern terms. What’s your point?
And people get jobs from relatives and friends and are not the most qualified, so they benefit but don’t want others to get jobs they are qualified for, if in discriminated groups. They didn’t like discrimination when they were new immigrants, but fine to dish it out to others, hypocritical, but the way of usa for sure, sadly and against supposed values.
Ten bucks says they still agree with the law and just think that it shouldn’t apply to this
Lol yeah I was gonna say. That’s white DEI. That’s different! /s
Kinda like African Americans and racism? It’s racist if it’s not beneficial to them, but it’s totally cool if it’s beneficial? Hell, I’ve talked to a lot of African Americans who genuinely believe African Americans can’t be racist. It’s fucking mind-blowing comical.
The funniest thing is you expect people to believe you’ve talked to anyone irl.
Aw come on little puddy cat … one more face … just one more face … here kitty kitty … here’s a nice little face for ya
Classic scene!!! +1
Far and away the best scene in the entire film. I may have seen it, literally, thousands of times, and it’s still fucking hilarious.
They couldn’t figure out how to make it funny, and Cleese, because he wanted more screen time, finally figured out the way was through the waiter.
What’s the film?!
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
I really have to watch that film again … it’s been too long
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Where’s that gif of Wreck it Ralph feeding pancakes to the rabbit when you need it
I thought pussies enjoyed having faces all up in them?
Generally yes
There can be too much of a good thing
“But I didn’t mean to be a racist bigot against me or my friends, just the browns and rainbows! YOU’RE HURTING THE WRONG PEOPLE!!”
That lady is burnt into my understanding of conservatives
Crystal Minton, 38-year-old (at the time of the quote in Jan. 2019) Florida resident. Bet she voted Republican in the midterms.
38? I thought 50+. Hate really ages people
Unfortunately it also makes them live forever
Hate’ll pickle you
Ok, so… its… checks notes 2026… and… the Irish have been demoted back down to ‘Not White’ again, I guess, apparently.
Italians…!
You’re on notice.
Classified as another ethnicity and you can’t have ethnicity based events because those are DEI.
I’m grateful. Finally people will understand my shanty ways are a cultural expression.
Ok, hear me out:
Potato, tomato… together? Strong.
What needs to happen right fucking now is for someone to get a permit for St. Patrick’s day and hold the most flamboyantly gay parade imaginable.
Honestly I think the best workaround/loophole would be to hold a “Rocky Horror Picture Show fan convention, with parade” and that would circumvent the law in exactly the desired way.
“No no no, you misheard, this is for Saint Patdick’s Day! He’s the patron saint of the fabulous!”
Beauty is only skin deep but stupid is to the bone
By weight, humans are 2% think, 98% food.
What happened to beer? I’m at least 20% beer.
Ooo, that’s a good one
The people if Florida got what they have repeatedly voted for
We just got sooooo close to flipping blue. If Chuck Schumer hadn’t been such a tightwad with that campaign cash, it probably would’ve pushed both Nixon and Jolly over the line.
Still, though, we broke the Republican super majority in the state house, and managed to hold onto all of the gerrymandered districts despite the Trump administration‘s efforts. And one way or another, Ron DeSantis is out forever come January. That’ll be a brighter day for everyone in the Sunshine State, no matter how you look at it.
I gave some money to Nixon. She seems great. Hopefully she takes the W in 2028
I really hope she tries again. I’ll vote for her a second time!
Just wait till they find out Oktoberfest is out, too!
Does this apply to religious groups too? Is it goodbye to Christmas parades also?
Wondered the same, but seems no.
The restrictions take effect Jan. 1, 2027, and prohibit counties and municipalities from funding, promoting or taking official action related to DEI. The city’s announcement specifically identifies programming involving ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Valentine’s Day is 86’d, though.
Valentine’s Day, out. SAINT Valentine’s Day, in. As long as it isn’t specific to any sexual orientation.
Wait… Does this mean they are cancelling all Christian feast days?
Nah, just the ones that focus on specific ethnicities, orientations, etc.
Why do you hate the Irish, Florida?
Florida MAGAs hate everyone and everything. Exercising your Hate is the entire point of being MAGA.
These are the things that need to happen to teach people how to be better neighbors to each other.
The people in this article are going to blame, if I had to be 100% real here, trans people for this. They will not self reflect at all.
You really think the people that voted for this will learn their lesson? While I wish they would, I’m not expecting it.
The lack of reflection when leopards eat your face… hope they either uphold this cancelation or bring it back along with other parades/celebrations like their pride parade
It shouldn’t be too difficult to have it overruled in court because it’s pretty clear violation of the first amendment. Of course that would also mean that all the other groups get their parades back too, so let’s see if Florida actually pulls through for once
