Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday that bans homeless people from setting up tents or sleeping in public spaces, as he compared the issue of homelessness to the chaos of spring break.

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/10104083

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday that bans homeless people from setting up tents or sleeping in public spaces, as he compared the issue of homelessness to the chaos of spring break.

  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    7 months ago

    So let me get this straight, if I, living in Florida, ever found a fire ant free spot to lay down and relax in a park, I’ll be harassed by cops now? Or is this just for the “shittier” neighborhoods? What about people at the beach?

    The current governor and Florida legislature are a bunch of mean spirited bigoted buffoons.

    • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
      361·
      7 months ago

      So let me get this straight, if I, living in Florida, ever found a fire ant free spot to lay down and relax in a park, I’ll be harassed by cops now?

      Probably would depend on the color of your skin…

      This is just another attempt to harass people they don’t like.

    • quindraco@lemm.ee
      20·
      7 months ago

      No, it’s worse. If you go sunbathing on the beach and fall asleep, you’re a criminal.

  • Hello_there@fedia.io
    37·
    7 months ago

    That’s one way of the govt providing housing. It’s the most expensive and stupidest way, but still.

  • TeoTwawki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    7 months ago

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday that bans homeless people from existing so better off Floridans don’t have to see the poors so much

    Fixed

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
    16·
    7 months ago

    So where the fuck are they supposed to sleep you fucking evil, heartless shitnuggets? You know damn well what the situation with shelters is.

    • AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
      20·
      7 months ago

      The goal of this bill is to make it for police to be able to legally harass the homeless. The hope is that if they harass them enough they’ll move to another state and then the government won’t have to deal with it anymore.

    • Drusas@kbin.run
      81·
      7 months ago

      RTFA. The bill requires municipalities to provide encampments.

      You know, so they can concentrate people somewhere. In a centralized camp.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        5·
        7 months ago

        RTFA. The bill requires municipalities to provide encampments.

        And provides funding for the municipalities to create said encampments, right? Surely it doesn’t require those blue Demonrat controlled cities municipalities to fund such encampments on their own, right?

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
        4·
        7 months ago

        I can already imagine razor wire fencing and a watchtower or two around these public “encampments” soon, you know, for their “safety”.

  • teamevil@lemmy.world
    13·
    7 months ago

    It’s good thing this short impotent fuck is trying to make meat alternatives illegal instead of addressing problems like homelessness. I mean how many months are all of us from being homeless in this terrible state‽

  • Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social
    9·
    7 months ago

    Let’s see: biology demands humans sleep every day, and not always voluntarily. Yep, we should criminalize that.

    Also, let’s criminalize public eating, drinking, and breathing unless you have a house.

  • akilou@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    7 months ago

    Floridians don’t even have the freedom to sleep where they want. What kind of big government shit it this?

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 months ago

    this is just slavery with extra steps. pay rent to the Meatball’s real estate speculators or be sent to prison to work for free.

  • Uvine_Umbra@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    7 months ago

    What the actual hell??? Last week, I had clients across from Naples to Bradenton, so i woke up at 4am and started doing jobs. Made it up to Bradenton at 10am and the last client wanted to wait til 2pm to do the job

    As a result i chilled, enjoyed a nice lunch, checked out the boardwalk, and after 1.5 hrs of enjoying the place, I entered my car exhausted, set an alarm to 1:30pm, and fell asleep.

    You’re telling me that THIS NAP I TOOK WOULD BE ILLEGAL?!?!?!

    • Arbic@feddit.de
      1·
      7 months ago

      You need to arrest that baby over there right now. It’s sleeping IN PUBLIC!!!