Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/buddy-holly-crosswalk-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.108.gi1M.1meiLjA2VmYw

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Basically, in its dumbass attempt to outlaw the crosswalks memorializing the Pulse nightclub shooting victims in Florida and a BLM-themed crosswalk in DC, the Trump admin overshot and made a Buddy Holly themed crosswalk illegal, too.

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N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 282d

Cancel culture pushed by the most fragile snowflakes.

WatDabney@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 282d (2 replies)

Feeling a bit North Korea in here.

Triumph@fedia.io · 12 pts · 282d (1 reply)

Next up, approved haircuts.

LoonyLenny@lemdro.id · 9 pts · 282d

Empricorn@feddit.nl · 28 pts · 282d (1 reply)

Yeah, Republicans sure do love freedom of speech... 🙄

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 281d

You're missing a word ya stupid librul

"Yeah, Republicans sure do love freedom of my speech..."

nalinna@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 282d (1 reply)

They also had to get rid of the NASCAR crosswalk in Daytona. Oops.

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 5 pts · 281d

That will show those liberal Nascar fans! They're all Antifa anyway