Florida Bridges

Several right-leaning posters have used the phrase about shoving things down their throats. I'll stop short of naming names, but it's been a common refrain on the board. You misconstrued the notion of "pushing." That was your contention, not mine.

 

Fair enough, can I use over-saturation to the point of counterproductive as a more appropriate term? Because that is what I believe is happening.

 

A lot of people must miss "The good old days of slavery". I didn't want to comment when this photo showed up over in the pub today but I brought it over here because it could apply to so many biased threads over here. Just search the word Confederate.

Anyway notice the Gator version of the Stars and Bars from back in the 50s when it wasn't frowned upon.
OMG look at the family flying it they must miss the good old days of slavery.

My intention in posting this is to show that before the coming of political correctness people were just people not butt hurt by every little thing.

 

They fly in people’s front yard here on flag poles right next to their car up on blocks.

 

That would be the 1950s UF, in which black people weren't allowed to attend due to being considered inferior due to their race? And you are using that picture to show how people didn't want slavery?

 

UF certainly does have an embarrassing history of blatant racism, as one of the last schools to integrate sports in the entire nation, so add one more pic to that story ...

And you have no idea what black people thought of seeing UF's verision of the confederate flag in the 1950s, and to be honest, the adults standing there with arms folded doesn't exactly look like they are cheering it on, or anything. What do you expect them to do, tackle the flag carrier? In Florida in the 1950s they probably would have gone to prison for 20 to life for that ...

 

I think highlighting the bridges is cool.

Actually repairing them would be better

 

Heh? Socio-political messaging from the 1950s validates ideology in the 2020's? Would you care to rationalize?

 

Most of them haven't undergone an attitude shift for anything that's happened since the 50s.

 

I disagree with their why, but this is pretty brilliant

Rainbow lights shine on Jacksonville bridge after Florida stops Pride displays

As night fell Friday on downtown Jacksonville, 70 people lined the pedestrian walkway of the Main Street bridge and simultaneously turned on high-powered flashlights that lit the bridge in a ribbon of rainbow colors arching above the St. Johns River.

The display on the eve of Pride Month came after the state Department of Transportation decided the nearby Acosta Bridge would be lit in red, white and blue for state government's "Freedom Summer," meaning the Acosta's lighting system won't have rainbow lights for Pride Month as it did the previous three years.

So a group from the LGBTQ community and their supporters took the lighting into their own hands by illuminating the Main Street bridge with rainbow lights.

 

Oh the horror.

 

As a heterosexual and a photography enthusiast who holds the science of color and light near and dear to my heart, I find the rainbow thing kinda...exclusive.

 

DeS such a bottom.

 

This is what happens when you start something that on the surface sounds great but ends up making a mess of things. Like you said, the month of June already sees 5 other awareness efforts, so we need to stop with the month-long awareness. Make it a week because I do see scores of awareness efforts getting talked about and to think that July one day will be home to 10 awareness month efforts is going to drown out these awareness efforts.

 

Perhaps all government and private entities should just check in with you as to what is an appropriate length for any commemorative public display.