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“Why would you even get into bestiality?” he asked. “We’re not into bestiality,” said Patel.

In a further exchange, Patel explained to Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, that previously, regulations had barred anyone who engaged in bestiality “on either side of it.”

“Either side of what, the bestiality?” asked Kennedy. “So you disqualified the animal?”

“We have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” said Patel.

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[–] corvide077@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The right: “the left is forcing us to be gay!” Also the right: will f*ck dogs, children, and anything besides a consenting adult. What pride flag is that?

[–] groucho@retrolemmy.com 5 points 2 hours ago

It kind of looks like an X with stars.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 hours ago

“We have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” said Patel.

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

These conservatives will fuck anything

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Except a consenting adult human, some of them.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 23 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Jesus, is this what even qualifies as a distraction now? If gas prices keep going up Kash may end up sucking off a llama in front of Congress.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago

This hasn’t been in the news (I’ve seldom seen this in reputable places other than Wired), so it’s an ineffective distraction if so.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

Imagine his eyeballs! I would feel really sorry for the llama.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 31 points 7 hours ago

Fuck, these people are weird.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 38 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is the type of shit that would be written for a South Park episode.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 24 points 7 hours ago

South America get it right patriot

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 24 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Its hard to understand why they would do this. Some high muckety muck must have hit bestiality (I'm sure they prefer "zoophilia") on their polygraph, or else its a opener/stage setter to ease a broader category of crimes, probably pedophilia and rape.

But no one can claim the GOP doesn't love animals anymore. A Lot. Patels claim that this is aimed at protecting sexual assault vicitims is nonsensical. They could carve out a law specifically for that use case but they didnt. And the FBI pushing a law specifically for an exceedingly rare outcome for victims is out of pattern. Its not about victims, its to protect perpetrators-- as is usual for republicans in the US.

[–] lawks@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

As weird as it sounds, I assumed there was some logic to this, and there was at least one case where someone had been the victim of sexual abuse and was forced to engage in bestiality. Then someone with half a brain realised that such a victim had no repulsive proclivities, so shouldn't be excluded as a candidate on that basis.

The mere mention of the topic encourages irrational discourse.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Its hard to understand why they would do this. Some high muckety muck must have hit bestiality (I'm sure they prefer "zoophilia") on their polygraph

Wasn't one of the potential identities of the mysterious "Bubba" that Trump was rumored to have blown a horse?

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Why do I get the impression some second rate LLM scraped references to "fucking the dog' and turned it into official FBI policy?

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's really just as simple as Kash Patel likes doggie dicks. It's not rocket science.

[–] Boe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 7 hours ago

I think it's really just as simple as Kash Patel likes doggie dicks. It's not red rocket science.

FTFY

[–] FE80@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

The future is weird.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Just need to which one of Kashs mates that he wants to hire has done unspeakable things

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Probably every other frat boy on Kash's short list for hiring, if not himself.

I mean I think it was an Oxford frat that had a dead pig dick sucking hazing ritual or something. Ruling class is weird.

[–] mHtt@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

Most Americans really believe they have moral high ground. City on the hill bullshit. THATS the real copium in this world.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

Two years of total control and this is what they consider a win?

I know there's no conservatives here because Lemmy is very much not a safe space for them, but I'd really like to ask one what the fuck they think winning is.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

The cruelty to immigrants makes everything else worthwhile to a lot of them. There's also much enthusiasm for Hegseth's bro-ification of the armed services. For wealthier supporters, the enablement of open corruption is a huge plus.

Anyone whose identity requires them to be Republican, but isn't enthused about previous points, can fall back on the claim that Dems would be even worse and this is the lesser evil.

[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There's conservatives everywhere on Lemmy lmfao. There's even conservatives who think they're communists, there are so many right wing cesspools here just like every other website. There's also just a lot of right wing propaganda that's so prevalent elsewhere that it's getting regurgitated by majority of people worldwide and then gets plastered all over here by "extreme leftists" who don't even realize what they're saying. I do envy your experience here though.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I blocked ml. That's probably why.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I’d really like to ask one what the fuck they think winning is.

its pretty clear that being able to fuck livestock on a streetcorner and get away with it = winning. Good job republicans. Whenever I've heard "the south will rise again" this is exactly the sort of stuff I thought would happen. This and the elimination of womens rights and the legal enshrinement of racism.

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[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Kash is truly barking mad… woof woof

[–] Sordid_Seraphim@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago

Someone needs to tattoo a pawprint on Patel's forehead so the message comes out loud and clear.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I guess that's one way to out one of your kinks.

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 16 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

These DEI hiring standards are getting out of hand.

Are companies going to have to hire donkey fuckers to their boards in order to comply or what?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

You mean more donkey fuckers?

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[–] Dwayne_Elizondo_Mountain_Dew_Camacho@sh.itjust.works 54 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

The following post didn't make much sense until I saw this one further down the feed.

Thanks, OP, for keeping me sufficiently aware of the insanity to understand the memes.

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago

Which White Supremacist group is it that has bestiality as an initiation rite?

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