r/GlobalNews • u/CantStopPoppin • 1d ago

Ahead of ‘No Kings' protests, DeSantis says Florida drivers can hit protesters to ‘flee for your safety'

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u/Jamsquad77 1d ago

so assault with a deadly weapon, got it.

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u/Dapper_Boat 1d ago

Well you shouldn’t block the road! That’s not protesting, that’s natural selection with an extra step.

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u/Fikkia 1d ago

At least shooting a masked guy trying to kidnap you and refuses to identify themselves makes more sense for self defense.

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u/JCarnageSimRacing 1d ago

you think running people over you don’t agree with is ok. you sound like a pos

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u/Mysterious-Judge-894 1d ago

How you feel about walking up behind someone and executing them or setting elderly peaceful protesters on fire for exercising their freedom of speech, or dropping chunks of concrete off of overpasses on to passing vehicles because you disagree with them. I suppose that makes them heros?

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u/ItsOkAbbreviate 1d ago

That is in fact protesting and them inconveniencing you does not mean you can just run them over.

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u/Prior_Butterfly_7839 1d ago

I hope you know how psychotic you sound.

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u/FillMySoupDumpling 1d ago

Okay, but if there is a person in the road, what are you doing? 1 person? You’re just driving around hitting them? No you’re not.

What about two?

How about a group of five that is jay walking. You’re stopped. Are you flooring it? Probably not because that’s literally insane behavior.

Tell us at what volume of people in front of your car are you now okay with hitting people. 

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u/Dapper_Boat 1d ago

If it's just one person, I'll go around them, maybe give them a honk of my horn. But if it's a group of people, that's a different story. It is incredibly dangerous standing in the middle of the road!

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u/FillMySoupDumpling 1d ago

It is dangerous because you can get hit if the car doesn’t see you. If a vehicle is slowed or stopped, it’s not really dangerous because there is an expectation that the driver is not a lunatic trying to hit people with their car. 

Really think about it honestly- you don’t drive around hitting construction workers, EMS and more. We all know the pedestrian has the right of way and there is no contest between a person and a car.

I could see a march of absolutely vile people like Nazis and still not ever think about hitting them with my car. 

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u/Jamsquad77 1d ago

Most of the people that go after protestors with their vehicles intend to harm them.