The argument over 8x11 paper signs in the legislature boiled over Tuesday as three were escorted out of a House subcommittee by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
  • Flying Squid
    1133·
    2 years ago

    Republicans championing free speech once again by banning pieces of paper.

    • [email protected]@lemm.ee
      592·
      2 years ago

      but allowing hand guns…

      On Monday, the Tennessee House voted on allowing the pieces of paper along partisan lines. Democrats argued they were harmless, and questioned if guns could be brought into Cordell Hull, why couldn’t the signage.

      • Flying Squid
        481·
        2 years ago

        Of course. You never know when a bad guy with a piece of paper might threaten everyone.

        • [email protected]@lemm.ee
          162·
          2 years ago

          All you need for a bad-guy with a piece of paper, is a good guy with a piece of paper.
          Wait, that’s wrong…
          All you need for a bad-guy with a piece of paper, is a good guy with a gun.

        • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          ~~You need a hero with a piece of paper to save everyone. ~~

          Whoops. @ negativenull beat me to it and the app I’m on doesn’t appear to have strikethrough. Apologies.

          • KairuByteEnglish
            4·
            2 years ago

            Strikethrough is just surrounding your text with ~~ on either side, touching non-whitespace characters.

            ~~Like this.~~ looks Like this.

              • KairuByteEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                You almost got it, gotta remove the space between that last period and the following tilde. Whitespace kills markdown in most cases.

        • Eldritch
          41·
          2 years ago

          Nah. You just need a guy with scissors when there’s a bad guy with paper. Rocks OTOH, ban that shit.

      • Billiam
        12·
        2 years ago

        Simple. Stuff the paper inside the guns.

      • golamas1999
        9·
        2 years ago

        What would happen if they had the paper but also had guns. Or black people with guns? Or socialists with guns?

        How would their opinions change?

        • ShakyPerception
          1·
          2 years ago

          They would have been shot on sight by the brave troopers (who actually showed up and took action this time, which is a nice change) who escorted everyone out the door.

      • TheJimsEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        The truth is way more dangerous to Republicans.

    • argo_yamato@lemm.ee
      12·
      2 years ago

      Well that makes sense most Republicans there probably can’t read and the signs make them uncomfortable because they can’t shout over the signs.

      • ShakyPerception
        4·
        2 years ago

        And it’s there forever. No matter what they say or do… that paper is still there with the same message

    • ShakyPerception
      10·
      2 years ago

      Paper is scary. Plus, there’s a really good chance they don’t know what the “ > “ symbol means, so they are freaking out that it might be “woke”

  • dhorkEnglish
    17·
    2 years ago

    Paper is dangerous, it covers rock and disproves Spock

  • pozbo
    9·
    2 years ago

    Now that’s a great way to cement your ideas as a total fucking joke. Be so triggered by a sign that you throw away people’s rights. Great job.

    Anyone care to hazard a guess at party affiliation? I’ll give you a hint: it’s Really obvious.