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Baitball Blogger

(52,725 posts)
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 03:19 PM Aug 2025

Orlando fights back.

So, there was a memorial set up for the Pulse shooting where people died because a gunman shot up the gay bar. The memorial was simple. A crosswalk painted in rainbow colors. Last night the state came and painted it in white and black. So the residents just colored it back to rainbow colors using chalk. Resist

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Orlando fights back. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Aug 2025 OP
It's raining here Greg_In_SF Aug 2025 #1
We know. It will probably become a pilgrimage. Baitball Blogger Aug 2025 #2
I'm surprised the chalkers weren't arrested for "vandalism". Boomerproud Aug 2025 #3

Boomerproud

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3. I'm surprised the chalkers weren't arrested for "vandalism".
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:24 PM
Aug 2025

I read the entire piece on NBC's website and the DOT painted it over in the dead of night. The state is worried about one crosswalk being ",political". Newswise it's been a bad day.

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