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Rainbow crosswalk outside Florida Pulse nightclub where 49 LGBT+ people were killed is removed overnight on Trump’s orders (www.independent.co.uk)

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DeSantis administration’s removal of memorial crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub is ‘cruel’ and ‘callous,’ Orlando mayor says

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 78 points 1 month ago (3 children)

People should paint it back

Those 49 people deserve to be remembered.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A bunch of people already went back and did it again with chalk, so I've heard.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

Yup

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Trump will make that a hate crime. Because he hated it.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

They and all LGBTQ people in this country deserve a lot more than some paint. Paint it back by all means. But all this country seems to give minority groups besides oppression is paint, symbols, and some extra days for holiday sales.