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.
    • [email protected]@lemm.ee
      592·
      10 months 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.

        • [email protected]@lemm.ee
          162·
          10 months 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.org
          English
          5·
          10 months 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.

          • KairuByte@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            10 months ago

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

            ~~Like this.~~ looks Like this.

        • Eldritch@lemmy.world
          41·
          10 months ago

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

      • golamas1999@lemmy.world
        9·
        10 months 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@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months 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.

    • argo_yamato@lemm.ee
      12·
      10 months 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@lemmy.world
      10·
      10 months 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”

  • dtc@lemmy.world
    9·
    10 months 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.