As part of DeSantis’ “Freedom Summer” initiative, the state’s transportation secretary, Jared W. Perdue, announced earlier this month that bridges in the state will have no choice but to be illuminated in red, white and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

“Thanks to the leadership of @GovRonDeSantis, Florida continues to be the freest state in the nation,” Perdue wrote on X.

Give my regards to the Ministry of Truth.

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    This feels like it’s just a way to get around Pride in June.

    Didn’t read the article before I said this. Why are my shittiest suspicions about Desantis always right.

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    The rain is starting to end. The sun begins to peek from the clouds. DeSantis looks upward in dread.

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      I do like that the rainbow has been ruined for them despite their holy book talking about how god made it to show Noah and his descendants that he wouldn’t kill them all off like he did everyone who came before them.

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      Anyone: “Take a look, it’s in a book, the reading rainbow!”

      Florida: “Put your hands behind your back.”

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    Florida

    freest state in the nation

    Florida

    The irony is indescribable

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    Gosh, it would be a shame if some of those lights were to be combined or refracted into other colors…

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    The same confirmed child molester, Ron Desantis, governor of Florida?! Who would have thought?

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        Probably, but your insult for him isn’t very great.

        1. He’s clearly not gay, he is known for is inappropriate relationships with teenage girls.
        2. Republicans won’t hear you use “gay” to insult them, but all the queer people on Lemmy will.

        That aside, DeSantis absolutely looks like a face that belongs on a mugshot on the sex offender registry.

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    Calling Florida the freest state in the country is like saying it’s safe to eat enriched uranium rods.

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    Florida banning the visible spectrum because it’s too gay. Are we sure this isn’t some sort of simulation to see how much we can take before we figure out we’re in a social experiment.

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    So much “freedom” down there in Gilead. Policing colors and not letting people choose to eat lab-grown meat. Wouldn’t want anyone getting any ideas about any notions of ACTUAL freedom.

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    DeSantis is a dope and this move has nothing to do with freedom and is just pandering to dumb Republicans.

    But dear God, to paint this as some kind of attack on colors… Well, its almost as if the author is trying to out stupid DeSantis and is pandering to dumb Democrats.