Comments on: Unnecessary shaming https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/ Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:25:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tony https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-2/#comment-25424 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:25:04 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25424 In reply to Media.

I am going to compose a letter to DeSantis about the unfair and unconstitutional restrictions [punishments] doled out to registered citizens. They want to say this is not punishment but I know FAC has and probably still fighting this in the courts, though i’m not sure. I’m not asking anything for me in regard to my designation only the inability to have any quality of life when the scarlet letter gets brighter and brighter with every punishment added.

]]> By: Media https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-2/#comment-25423 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:44:09 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25423 In reply to Tony.

I say amen to everything you said. My husband is also 78 and will have sexual predator on his license. That is punitive. One source that I read said that Florida is the only state that has those words printed for all to see on the driver’s license. The original intent was just so that law enforcement could be aware that the holder of the license was on the registry. I have read that most states only have a very small symbol that is barely detectable by the average person viewing the license. As the deputy with whom my husband will have to register said, Florida is among the worst states to live in (if not the worst) if you are on the registry.

]]> By: Tony https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-2/#comment-25422 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:37:33 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25422 Unnecessary humiliation:
Isn’t that a component of designating us the dregs of the world? It’s like getting, Sexual Predator, in bold blue letters written on my drivers license. Why does my pharmacy need to know that or my doctor or any other place I have to present my drivers license? I’m 78, my crime happened in 1995, did a total of almost 16 years for DOC without incident, been out since 2010 and they said I was free. My sentence never ended, it goes on and on. I thought over sentencing was against the law. Is there anything that can be done about the drivers license issue? I thought there was a case in the courts about registration not applying to those before it was in effect. God bless FAC, the hope all registered citizens have through the mercy of God.

]]> By: JZ https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-1/#comment-25421 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:27:35 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25421 In reply to Michael.

And shouldn’t they be eligible for Supplemental Security Income [SSI] since they are unemployable due to their “sickness?” DSM-V does have a code for paraphilic disorders:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3769077/

]]> By: sick and tired https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-2/#comment-25420 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:51:28 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25420 This is why I’ve told my wife it would be a serious thought to be a good Samaritan. I could save 10 people from a burning building carrying them on my back one by one out but the instance a news crew would be there I would no longer be a hero but turned in to the most evil on the planet. I would be thrown under the bus and backed over. I could even save the mayor and the news would turn it into something terrible because of my background would over shadow my good deed. A man named Charles Ramsey helped rescue 3 women in Cleveland from being hostage for years. News media got a hold he had a background of domestic violence the proceeded to run his name in the ground overshadowing his good deed.

]]> By: MAX https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-1/#comment-25419 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:21:21 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25419 In reply to RM.

Crossing the hwy he was probably up to no good. Eating at Burger King in indication someones up to no good also.

]]> By: Michael https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-1/#comment-25418 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:18:20 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25418 Well if offenders are really mentally ill people (sick) shouldn’t hipaa laws protect their privacy?

]]> By: Mp https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-1/#comment-25417 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 01:08:34 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25417 In reply to JJJJ.

Thank you!! Yes, this is how we make change.

]]> By: Mp https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-1/#comment-25416 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 01:07:19 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25416 In reply to RM.

Great job. Thank you for doing this. I can assure you, you may never know it directly but you made at least a few people on the receiving end of this take pause and think. And that is how we make change.

]]> By: DavidM https://floridaactioncommittee.org/unnecessary-shaming/comment-page-1/#comment-25415 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:54:21 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=11380#comment-25415 The US government has decided to make a list of people they consider sub human and of little worth. They call it the SOR. Since they have said and taken steps to publicly shame them and tried to humiliate them with every tool they have legal and illegal,why should a journalist not think he has the same right, if not obligation.

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