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Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville called for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to be arrested and sent to the infamous American torture prison at Guantanamo Bay. Mamdani’s crime? Calling indicted alleged war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu an “architect of genocide,” responsible for a series of atrocities in the ongoing war on Gaza.

“Sooner or later,” Mamdani will “do something more stupid than what he’s done, where we will finally say enough is enough, go put the handcuffs on him … and send him to Gitmo,” Tuberville, a Republican, said, calling Mamdani a “thug.”

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

This fucktwat will do anything to distract from the fact that he's a moron and a person who committed election fraud.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 35 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Stripping an American of rights and locking him up in a gulag?

Tuberville is un-American and I wish his voters knew or cared.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

They know. They approve because he's hurting the 'right people.'

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Tommy Tuberville's smell test on who should be sent to gitmo:

  • Trying to help the taxpayers
  • Trying to suffer less in life
  • Anyone who has ever looked at a rainbow flag
  • Anyone committing crimes so heinous that Tuberville becomes scared that you'll uncover his fetishes

Getting threatened with gitmo by Tuberville means there's a 75% chance that you're pretty cool.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 31 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

These snowflakes are terrified of this guy.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Conservatives have to demonize socialism because they know it's the only possible thing that could pose a realistic threat to their greedy, cruel and self-serving lifestyles.

[–] Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If I spent my career pretending to be indignant at the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the government while cosplaying as someone trying to fix the problem, I’d also be scared of the guy who showed it’s not only possible to bring about positive change, but possible to do in less than one term.

[–] raze2012@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

They really will do or say anything but their job, huh?

If we're being real, Mamdami hasn't even gotten his big plans rolling yet. He passed an easy tax (for people owning houses that don't even live in NYC) and fixed some potholes. His biggest win was bartering with the state government to get more support (instead of the dreaded "tax the rich"). The rest was normal stuff with good PR aimed at the 21st century. That's it.

But these relics spent decades minmaxing for cable news and can't look human on social media at all. They are used to saying words then doing nothing. The bar is that low and they are scared at a dude bending his knees (he hasn't even jumped yet).

At least they are finally breaking their fake decorum and sayong the quiet parts out loud. Makes it so much easier to tear down in the long term.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

arrest that punk for hate speech

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 6 points 6 hours ago

He will need to be protected by the people.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago

I'm so tired of Petey Potatotown.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Fascism

Core Features

One Ruler: Power belongs to a single leader or a small group with no free elections.

Extreme Pride: People are taught to love their country above all else, often looking down on other groups.

No Freedom: The government uses police and military force to silence anyone who disagrees.

Strict Control: Businesses and daily life are heavily watched and run to match the goals of the state.

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What does history teach us about stopping fascism?

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Historical anachronism it would've been a 1911, Webley revolver, Soviet Nagant, or whatever the fuck the French had look I don't know French guns.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ironically I passed over an image of a 1911 because I figured the glock would be more recognized in this day and age

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 32 minutes ago

It is, no conservative would admit it though

[–] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

I would take the last one… but it seems more the contrary these days

Edit: probably it wasn’t clear: I meant the business part. People are not influencing the state evidently

[–] raze2012@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Fascism is heavily contradictory. Maybe Joe' shop is watched carefully for making gay cakes, but WalMart will do whatever they want as long as they donate a ballroom every few years

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

It's also kinda wrong for fascism, in that in a lot of ways, fascism in practice is a sort of merger of the state and big business.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I would take the nationalization of vital industries, like space travel, air travel, trains, education, and healthcare... but

daily life are heavily watched

yeah, not that.

Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) companies like Flock Safety are quietly trying to build a nationwide mass surveillance system. If there are Flock cameras in your city, they are tracking, logging, and sharing your movements without a warrant.

[–] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

Added an edit given it wasn’t clear

[–] MasterNerd@lemmy.zip 12 points 10 hours ago

Wait this was the guy who halted the promotion of a whole bunch of Pentagon personnel because he was mad that the military was covering abortions, right?

[–] busted_Anoose@aussie.zone 13 points 10 hours ago

Tommy Tuberville can suck my nuts from the back.

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly, this trend of someone saying an incredibly reasonable thing that is in line with modern civilization and a MAGAt dropping the amazing reply of calling them stupid without providing any evidence, counterargument, or any effort at all seems to be resonating with low information voters. Things are not looking good, gang.

[–] raze2012@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The issue is the low information voter isn't hearing the reasonable thing at all. The media will spin Mamdami's point ("mamdami hates jews!"), then top it off with this quote. So Tubeville sounds "strong" and "defending America". They won't ever mention Netanyahu at all, nor the genocide.

Low information voters won't ever look farther than the spin anyway.

[–] corbindallas@fedinsfw.app 26 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

tuberville needs to be more afraid

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I think he is afraid. He's affraid that the rise of the DSA will let Americans see a better option, that the fearmongering is on its last leg before dying out, and the poor will realize who the true targets for their resentment. Whether its true or not is purely speculative. I mean the good liars do a great job of showing how stupid MAGAts are. But, the possibility is now more apparent than ever.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Made to walk the plank in shark infested water

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago

Send him to breathing tuberville

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 30 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

A senator openly calls for arresting a mayor, without naming any crimes, since none were committed, and sending him to the illegal prison where only innocent people are sent and tortured for no reason other than guards' enjoyment.

People like him belong in high security prisons, ideally far away from society. Assuming they won't receive capital punishment.

[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

A cage in the desert is fine. Pay minimun wage for an intern to feed him.

The high security prison will likely end up being a five star hotel where he gets full access to the outside anyhow.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

So, exactly on brand from the grand old pedo party

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 40 points 18 hours ago

Another American Politician showing more care for Israel and Bibi than for his own constituents or country.

God we really, desperately need to root these people out of seats of power.

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Nick Saban if you can hear me right now I have a favor to ask, I know YOU know Tommy Tuberville is dumber than a sackful of hammers, so please use the absurd level of influence you have over the state of Alabama to call for someone in Alabama to take care of him if you know what I’m saying.

Someone murdered a bunch of sentimentally valuable trees for you without your asking, they would jump at this opportunity

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Don't insult a sackful of hammers. At least those can be useful...

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 24 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Someone should throw old Tommy in the klink as well. That dude is dumber then a sack of nails.

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[–] liking625@lemmy.world 50 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

When politicians say things like that with no repercussions, that's when you should know you are no longer in a respectable democracy

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 26 points 18 hours ago

Isn't "thug" one of those far-right dogwhistles? Calling him "towelhead" would have been too on the nose

[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

This should be an impeachable offense for any elected official.

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[–] nightlily@leminal.space 25 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Tommy Tuberville sounds like a Stan Lee character that Spider-Man fights as a villain when he tries to go on holiday.

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