I am gonna net it out for you fellows, this coming from a 4th gen Florida Cracker.
First and foremost, the influx of Yankees coming to my state and goat ****ing it is the real problem. A good portion of those folks have no manners, are hypocrites (leftists), and have taken advantage of the good nature and easy going lifestyle Floridians have traditionally exemplified. This applies to their first generation children as well, they aren’t true Floridians. Watching this go on for decades and decades, leaving NY, Jersey, Penn, Conn, Delaware, etc. for several reasons, but often because they want to enjoy what we offer, the lifestyle, yet when they get here, they are determined to change it to be like where they left! WTF? Plus, most of them bring their leftist/commie idealoly with them. If I had my druthers, I would send the vast majority of them back.
I found out and understood exactly how the Hawaiians feel many years ago.
Enough background. I witnessed some of this “protest” bullshit, and it was a joke. You did not see nearly as much down here as you did in other places, but we were exposed to the nonsense nonetheless. Most of these ass bandits wouldn’t have lasted 30 seconds back in the day blocking traffic, interfering with folks dinners, screaming and yelling at business patrons, looting, and burning. You ask why? They would have gotten a quick lesson in Southern hospitality and manners, they would get an ass kicking, pronto. We didn’t **** around back in the day. These pussies with the backpacks, masks, bullhorns, tie-dye shirts, you know the drill. No self respecting and true Floridian would participate in something so egregious that was even quasi-violent. Sadly, you see now that the folks who retaliate and maybe are even defending themselves from assault are the folks that get arrested, not the perps.
I generally don’t like more laws either, and this is of course a mixed bag in some respects, but you can’t have these people running amok and destroying private property with the police having one hand tied behind their back. Understand, what is going on is already illegal on so many fronts, but the commie left won’t enforce the laws, all with the support of the so called “media”. Left wing politicians permit the behavior, feed off people’s fear as a tool, and they stoke that fear to get what they want.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XliDpfKXSIY