As I wrote about yesterday, the four bills that De Santis signed into law on the 17th are being called "The Slate of Hate" by LGBTQ Floridians, many of whom are now actively trying to move.

The direct impact of the four new laws are bad enough. The impact on transgender and gay teachers is going to be such that most of them will feel unable to continue in the profession.

Parents of trans adolescents are going to have to stay away from Florida, whether they're Floridians or not. The law authorizes the state to take trans kids from their parents.

Cities and towns are canceling Pride festivals and parades due to restrictions on drag queens.

Trans people are unwelcome in public restrooms, with just the act of relieving themselves being turned into a criminal offense.

Your article points out a more insidious but probably equally toxic effect:

Expressing hatred toward queer people has become increasingly socially acceptable in Florida. That sign is not an anomaly, it's not a bug in the system, and it's not unexpected.

When he signed The Slate of Hate, De Santis said he's "restoring normalcy" to Florida, broadcasting loud and clear the old hateful message that queer people are abnormal freaks.

Incidents like this sign are almost inevitably going to have to increase. Random violence against queer people in Florida is going to have to increase, and it already has been.

It's not just Florida. It's all over the United States. And I just came from reading an article about a 14-year-old gay kid in Ireland who got the snot beat out of him on Monday by a gang of boys from his school screaming at him that he's a poof and a queer.

He lost two teeth in the attack.

Media in Ireland is as saturated with new-wave anti-queer rhetoric as anywhere else in the British Isles and in the United States.

Violence is the inevitable response. There's a term for this: stochastic terrorism, which describes to a tee what De Santis and his hateful Christian soldiers are up to in the sunshine state.