I would not support any bill increasing the power of any government entity to regulate speech. The language of the bill is far too nebulous. The recent Florida efforts to declare a Muslim organization a domestic terrorist group shows me how this entity would use and interpret information. Our civil rights are under assault like never before. Vote no.
I am the founder and lead organizer for Pasco Resists. If passed, these bills, SB 1632 and 1634 will mark a massive shift away from the 1st amendment and towards authoritarianism. There is no way in hell I'll allow anyone to arbitrarily label myself, my organization or anyone who works with us to be labeled terrorists without a fight. While we are and will always be committed to peaceful protest, we will not go silently into the night. Instead we will be in their faces, loud and proud until this madness ends. WE MUST FLIP THE HOUSE & SENATE! WE MUST IMPEACH, CONVICT AND REMOVE that pos in the WH!
This legislation brings to mind Orwell's 'Thought Crime' in 1984 and 'Pre-crime' in the sci-fi film Minority Report. We already have plenty of laws to protect the public from threats domestic and foreign, so these additional measures are like the Patriot Act after 9/11 which was nothing more than incipient fascsim.
As usual, they define "terrorists" as anyone who doesn't agree with their specific views. As we trundle down the road to authoritarianism where those in the ruling positions decide they know what we should do, think, or say we stop being a democracy and return to the 18th century where the ruling class control everything.
I would advise Rep. Alvarez to ask his parents about the "neighborhood committees" that they may recall in Cuba. His proposed HB 945 legislation seems to me to be too close to the "supervision" that tyrannical regimes impose on their citizens under the pretext of "fighting terrorism."
If you’re able to leave the southern US, now is the time, especially if you have kids, and especially if you expect to live 20-30 more years. This is not an isolated incident.
I would not support any bill increasing the power of any government entity to regulate speech. The language of the bill is far too nebulous. The recent Florida efforts to declare a Muslim organization a domestic terrorist group shows me how this entity would use and interpret information. Our civil rights are under assault like never before. Vote no.
We must all reject any bill that promotes surveillance of our citizens and goes against our first amendment rights.
There is NO scenario where this kind of bill is okay.
Please vote NO against this or any other rendition of a bill that takes our hard fought freedoms and rights away!
I want to move out of Florida so badly but I cannot afford to do so. I’m exhausted of the awful news every single day
I am the founder and lead organizer for Pasco Resists. If passed, these bills, SB 1632 and 1634 will mark a massive shift away from the 1st amendment and towards authoritarianism. There is no way in hell I'll allow anyone to arbitrarily label myself, my organization or anyone who works with us to be labeled terrorists without a fight. While we are and will always be committed to peaceful protest, we will not go silently into the night. Instead we will be in their faces, loud and proud until this madness ends. WE MUST FLIP THE HOUSE & SENATE! WE MUST IMPEACH, CONVICT AND REMOVE that pos in the WH!
My dear God, didn't we learn back in the 60s that absolute power (held by FBI director Hoover at the time) corrupts absolutely?
This legislation brings to mind Orwell's 'Thought Crime' in 1984 and 'Pre-crime' in the sci-fi film Minority Report. We already have plenty of laws to protect the public from threats domestic and foreign, so these additional measures are like the Patriot Act after 9/11 which was nothing more than incipient fascsim.
They sure are making it hard to want to live in the state of Florida!!
As usual, they define "terrorists" as anyone who doesn't agree with their specific views. As we trundle down the road to authoritarianism where those in the ruling positions decide they know what we should do, think, or say we stop being a democracy and return to the 18th century where the ruling class control everything.
DeSantis, Abbott, Trump, Vance, Johnson are all sores residing on the bottoms of Americans!
I guess my days are numbered. It’s been nice knowing you all but my opinions and criticisms are my right and important to me! DeSantis can suck wind!
I would advise Rep. Alvarez to ask his parents about the "neighborhood committees" that they may recall in Cuba. His proposed HB 945 legislation seems to me to be too close to the "supervision" that tyrannical regimes impose on their citizens under the pretext of "fighting terrorism."
I've been assuming they were already doing this...awful!
If you’re able to leave the southern US, now is the time, especially if you have kids, and especially if you expect to live 20-30 more years. This is not an isolated incident.
The only ones that need to be watched are the Republicans and trust me no one watches them bunch of crooks
I’m pretty sure it’s already happening. I have emails and texts go missing. There are clicking noises on my calls.