Story here.
This reminds me of the "free expression" conducted all over the world, with permission from, for example, the totalitarian Islamic regime of Iran, the evil Communist regime of China, etc... really, the state, in this case, St. Petersburg, Fla., is trying to control Americans' exercise of their First Amendment right.
This is simply a ploy by the very powerful radical left to use the state apparatus to control who can say what, when and where.
I note the hypocrisy of the ACLU's stated positions, in which it pretends to stand up for everyone's First Amendment rights. Including religious peoples (particularly Christians), whose messages and symbols are known to offend some. I know the ACLU is trying to get away with this hypocrisy because I've been blogging in the past about the ACLU's anti-Christian activities, in which they actually go to court and get extremist leftwing judges to issue rulings banning Christians from expressing themselves religiously in public, in violation of their First Amendment right.
I also note the literally unbelievable agreement of the Christian-hating ACLU with the position of the Alliance Defence Fund, who defends, amongst others, the very victims of ACLU hatred and bigotry! The ACLU is lying about its true agenda. They're really standing up for the special people at the center of the controversy here. Want to know who these "special people" are? You'll have to read about it for yourself!
I also note that the people who would be adversely affected by St. Petersburg's restrictions on free expression are NOT going to submit to this authoritarianism! They already ignored Atlanta's own similar attempt to restrict their First Amendment right recently. And they're planning to disobey this unconstitutional, authoritarian attempt to shut them up in this jurisdiction.
If I was there, I'd stand up for my rights. I'd dare the leftwing dictators to crack down on me for exercising my rights. So that then we'd have proof positive that the radical left is rapidly gaining control of governments in America with a view to taking rights away from certain hated-by-the-left kinds of people.
If we don't stand up to these unlawful, authoritarian "authorities", in opposition to their hidden agenda to invalidate the Constitution for their own selfish purposes, then America and the Free World will eventually fall under the control of radical left-wing authoritarians, emboldened and enabled by the submissive apathy of the people and unwillingness to fight and sacrifice to keep their rights. And we cannot allow this to happen.