Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ commits a ‘First Amendment sin,’ appeals court says in ruling that blocks part of the bill - eviltoast

“The ideas targeted in Florida’s Individual Freedom Act are embraced in some communities, and despised in others,” the ruling said. “By limiting its restrictions to a list of ideas designated as offensive, the Act targets speech based on its content. And by barring only speech that endorses any of those ideas, it penalizes certain viewpoints – the greatest First Amendment sin.”

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    8 months ago

    Anyone that uses “woke” as a pejorative really just wants to say the n-word instead, but don’t think they can get away with it yet.

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      8 months ago

      That’s not true at all. Sometimes they mean “gay,” “empowering women,” or “left of Joe Manchin.” Give credit where is due, these people suck way more than you make it sound.

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        8 months ago

        (Woke is) the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.

        -Lawyer Ryan Newman, representing Florida man Governor Ron Dipshit.