Could this be Karma?
Let me say this first and most importantly… everyone accused of the crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty and we are strongly against sexual abuse of any kind. It is important to establish that this post is not to implicate someone of a crime before they have been convicted and certainly not to celebrate the commission of an offense.
That said… some news that came out last night got my attention… Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is under investigation for sex trafficking a minor.
This is the same Matt Gaetz, who when running for office put out a television commercial announcing he plans to “fix” sex offender laws by creating longer mandatory minimum sentences (see: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/longer-prison-terms-only-works-for-politics/). This is also the same Matt Gaetz whose father, former Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, promised to make Florida “Scorched Earth for Sex Offenders” (see: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-xpm-2013-12-21-os-ed-sexual-predator-epidemic-20131220-story.html).
Isn’t that a bit fortuitous (again, not the offense but who the accused is)? We’ve always said that ‘until it happens to them or their child’ they won’t realize or care about the draconian laws they created.
If the allegations are proven and Matt Gaetz has to do time and register as a sex offender, he will become the beneficiary of all the “scorched earth” laws he and his father helped create. Could this be Karma?
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Matt Gaetz was once roommates with John Tobia, the Brevard Co commissioner that pushed for even more buffer zones for registrants. Florida Today ran an article yesterday on the relationship. The paper will only let subscribers read the article. Does anyone have access to what was in the article?
Forgive me if someone else has already posted this.
The Washington Post found the following:
Gaetz was actually chair of the Florida criminal justice subcommittee and was one of the chief opponents to a revenge porn bill that was filed. Lawmakers who pointed out Gaetz’s leading role in getting the bill to die had to do so anonymously as one of the legislators told the Orland Sentinel, “If you crossed him, he was after you.”
In 2015, the nonconsensual pornography bill finally passed. Besides Gaetz, the only other no vote in the House came from then-Rep. John Tobia, his former roommate in Tallahassee. Tobia, now a Brevard County commissioner, did not respond to an email seeking comment on the legislation. (Again, Tobia is the Brevard Co commissioner who last summer pushed to have an amendment added to the already draconian SO ordinance, trying to further limit where registrants could go in Brevard Co.)
Gaetz opposed the revenge porn bill because he believed recipients of such images could use them however they wanted. He said that if a person gives an intimate photo to a romantic partner, the image becomes the property of the recipient. And this is a man who is allowed to file and vote for bills that force law-abiding registrants into a barbaric police state for the rest of their lives. Something is really
wrong here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/matt-gaetz-revenge-porn-bill/
Tobia, as Brevard commissioner, claimed to be passionate in his hatred for anybody who has sexually abused a minor. You’d think when confronted with similar allegations against his own buddy that he’d remain outspoken about this principle rather than being afraid to comment.
I see that he and Gaetz formed the Florida House Liberty Caucus which claimed to be libertarian in its principles. Far cry from the eventual creator of Brevard’s groundbreaking new exclusion zones.
Honestly, I think Gaetz had very little to do with the “scorched earth” policies laws passed in 2014. That was right after some Sun Sentinel articles on supposed cracks in Florida’s civil commitment system led to a big outcry to strengthen the system.
Gaetz just happened to get a lot of speaking time when the “scorched earth” laws passed because he was the Senate President.
Another example of how justice system-involved persons are continually denied even the basic rights and dignity afforded everyone else:
https://www.wyff4.com/article/as-states-expand-vaccines-prisoners-still-lack-access/36035028
I would think inmates could initiate lawsuits over this. Isn’t basic healthcare required for individuals in the prison system?
Speaking of Karma….
All those who were silent on the IML passport branding are weeping, wailing and gnashing their teeth over the “vaccination passport.” I say, bring it on. Let others get a taste of how restricted our freedoms are.
The plandemic proves we were the successful test cases of how much government can control it’s citizens rights and freedoms.