Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Florida - The Sunshine State@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy Florida is banning street art with political, social or ideological messagingwww.wlrn.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down12
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minus-squareushmel@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agohell i have two good examples from florida of ROAD MURALS conservative back the blue mural in tampa (which was hastily painted without permit btw): https://media2.cltampa.com/cltampa/imager/u/blog/12438162/btblup.611558c8ca1c4.png article: https://www.cltampa.com/news/a-year-later-tampas-worst-mural-is-still-there-and-new-documents-shed-light-on-tpds-investigation-12441446 “not conservative” black lives matter mural in st pete (which is so loved that it is featured on the tourism board website): https://https/://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_horizontal_wide/public/2022-02/mural-black-lives-matter.jpg which of course the conservatives made them change to ‘black history matters’ because ‘black lives matter’ was so “controversial” https://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_horizontal_wide/public/2023-06/black-history-matters-mural-deuces-std.jpg link: https://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/list/murals-deuces-live-district
hell i have two good examples from florida of ROAD MURALS
conservative back the blue mural in tampa (which was hastily painted without permit btw):
https://media2.cltampa.com/cltampa/imager/u/blog/12438162/btblup.611558c8ca1c4.png
article: https://www.cltampa.com/news/a-year-later-tampas-worst-mural-is-still-there-and-new-documents-shed-light-on-tpds-investigation-12441446
“not conservative” black lives matter mural in st pete (which is so loved that it is featured on the tourism board website):
https://https/://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_horizontal_wide/public/2022-02/mural-black-lives-matter.jpg
which of course the conservatives made them change to ‘black history matters’ because ‘black lives matter’ was so “controversial”
https://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_horizontal_wide/public/2023-06/black-history-matters-mural-deuces-std.jpg
link: https://www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/list/murals-deuces-live-district