Diocese of Florida uses racist trope to argue for consent to Charlie Holt election

Many with ties to the Civil Rights movement will recall the racist rhetoric used by white Southerners to denounce efforts to promote integration. This rhetoric includes arguments about states' rights, "massive resistance," and the dog whistles accompanying these efforts. And leading the pack when it comes to dog whistles is the infamous trope about "outside agitators" coming in and upsetting the established order, used to distract from the call for fundamental human rights, including the right to vote.