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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of a madman.”

Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness " — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.

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[-] GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee 169 points 1 year ago

“What he did is totally unacceptable in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said. “We are not going to let people be targeted based on their race.”

Why is Desantis allowed to lie so blatantly? He encourages this behavior daily!

[-] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

I also have no sympathy for him getting targeted for this, when all he had to do, after one of these attacks, is denounce the white supremacy that has taken root in Florida.

Just one little press speech: "I do not condone white supremacy in my state and they will find no safe harbor here."

Instead, he hired a white supremacist for a campaign assistant, knowing his ties, gets a video posted with the "Black sun", still does not call out white supremacy.

He reaps what he sows.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 53 points 1 year ago

"We are not going to let people be targeted based on their race.”

(Except by elected leaders and the laws they pass. Also they'll be targeting people based on gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, party affiliation, or anything they determine to be "woke" or "socialist")

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Just like all freedom-loving Americans

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago

Why is Desantis allowed to lie so blatantly? He encourages this behavior daily!

This crowd did call him out on his bullshit.

[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

That’s probably code for “We won’t let this be classified a hate crime. Stop targeting white people with your wokeness”

I hate this fucking timeline.

[-] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

He's a politician, that's why

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's because he's a #fascist piece of shit, whose policies have done nothing but encourage his followers to commit violence, just like this.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago

Along with every other POS Republican^1 in office.


1 ...but I am being redundant.

[-] Yepthatsme@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

A video of a crowd throwing meatballs at Ron DeSantis would be the funniest shit.

[-] kaj@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Let's torture a bunch of animals to death and throw their corpses at him! That'll be so funny!

[-] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Would beyond meatballs make you happy or is there some other greater cause you'd upstream from that action in the name of virtue signaling?

[-] kaj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think you're confused about what virtue signaling means.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

That horse you're on is so high that it died of hypoxia. How do you sleep at night killing innocent horses in this way?

[-] kaj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not very high. Not torturing animals is a pretty low bar.

[-] TheLastOfHisName@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm a vegetarian, but I don't go pulling this shit. Please. Stop.

[-] kaj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

"pick me, pick me!"

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Based, lets do it

[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev 33 points 1 year ago

who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of a madman.”

Literally the diary of a madman.

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ron DeSantis won't let this shooting and others like it be taught in Florida schools. Somehow is surprised when the people impacted by his policies express their dissatisfaction.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

You know in cop shows, and probably real life, the cops watch the crowds at funerals and press conferences and all that because serial offenders will often show up? I feel like DeSantis is the offender here inserting himself where he isn't wanted or welcome just to scope out the carnage. It's gross.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] Kase@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Oof. I misunderstood the title and thought Desantis went to the vigil and booed at the people there. Can't say it would've been out of character. As for the actual story, Florida deserves better leaders. Huge respect for the people there fighting for change.

[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Frankly I'm shocked DeSantis ever thought showing up to this could possibly go well for him. If anything I'd expect that shitbird to speak at the killer's funeral.

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That guy is basically a mega ultra racist fascist scumbag right?

I'd be surprised if he weren't booed everywhere he goes, with tomatoes thrown at him.

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