A city in Florida has said it was forced to cancel its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade due to anti-diversity laws.
The city of Delray Beach has also cancelled its Pride event in 2027 due to a state law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits local governments from promoting or funding diversity initiatives.
The city said in a statement that restrictions under the law “include certain programming and activities designed or implemented with reference to ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”
i’m not sure “ironic” is the right word. this was always the goal. they don’t care about cancel culture in general, they only care about backlash against other republican losers. they’re just serial liars and they have always been like that. even when “party of small government” was their primary marketing phrase, they were still giving the government more power over individuals. it’s not really irony, it’s just fascists lying.
there’s a well known sarte quote about it, you’ve probably read it before.
It’s an outcome opposite the one ostensibly stated or intended, ie, irony. Much like their attempts to end religious neutrality they claim represses Christianity enables the Satanic Temple to cause them grief, another rightwing policy intended to end cultural neutrality that deters their white ethnocentricity is still deterring celebrations they’d want. They’re their own enemy.