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[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I find it disturbing that some Americans glorify violence but vilify love and sex.

  • Blood, dismemberment, decapitation? PG13
  • Sex? Rated-R
  • The F word more than one time? Rated-R
  • Okay with public executions, but drag shows are too much.
  • Gay people kissing? Woke and against nature
[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 6 points 11 hours ago

shithole country

[–] Fartemis@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 hours ago

Charlie Kirk’s was all I needed! :P

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

This is fetish content for him and his supporters.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Fucking disgusting. But then again, religion isn't exactly shy when it comes to wanton death.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago

Not first though. The first one performed by the military.

[–] MasutaHarada@thelemmy.club 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

There are reason why public execution is bad idea and abolished for good, it waste of time and ultimately just propaganda tools to incite fear for masses, until that fear turn to rage, the rest is history.

[–] YragNitram1956@feddit.uk 4 points 18 hours ago

More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter how venal or violent, was capable of shocking me any longer. Then I woke to today’s news that one of the Trump cabinet’s bigger boofheads – the uber Christian nationalist, crusader-fantasist and “secretary of war” Pete Hegseth had announced that America would have a public firing squad execution of murderer Nidal Hasan. Reckless global militarisation including a threat at the UN to annihilate Iran, a litany of sexual misconduct allegations against the commander in chief, claims of blatant presidential corruption … they have all ceased to surprise and shock us, so inured has the world become to Donald Trump’s monstrous narcissism and maladministration. But now we have execution TV. Tune in to the livestream on Thursday 3 December to watch a military firing squad shoot the life out of Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at a US army base in 2009.State-sanctioned killing as entertainment! Yes, the world’s supposedly greatest (or formerly greatest) democracy has arrived at an horrific new moral nadir. The fact that America remains Australia and the west’s most relied-upon and trusted ally despite the global wrecking ball the second Trump administration has proved to be, was already cause for deep concern. But being so closely allied to a country that now wants to turn the execution of a human being – no matter what their crimes – into a live entertainment event, promises to redefine depravity. Given that American states continue to execute so many convicted criminals, where might the United States ultimately draw the line? No doubt the ilk of Hegseth in American society – and elsewhere – will count down the days until they can tune in to the live coverage of Hasan’s execution in droves. Might the audience cry out for more – for livestream cameras in the death chambers across the land of the free? How would this populist administration respond? If you think it is a fanciful question, consider how far American governance and presidential values have slid in the moral murk in the past two years alone. Meanwhile, it is hard to contemplate a more audacious appeal to American society’s darker angels than this looming entertainment event. But there we are. We have arrived. Pass the popcorn, Don, and Pete! It would be heartening today to hear political leaders the world over condemn Hegseth and Trump’s planned introduction of Ghoul TV. But let us please start in Australia, where federal governments have for a long-time opposed capital punishment – let alone turning it into a public spectacle. Will the prime minister and his senior ministers stand up and condemn without qualification this depraved plan for America to livestream an execution? What about the leaders of other political parties here, some of whom have, after all, supported capital punishment? We are waiting. Meanwhile, how much further into the moral quagmire must America wallow before Australia rethinks its craven military dependence on Washington – not least via the reckless shackling of our strategic reliance to the US via the $368bn (and counting) Aukus submarine deal? Announcing America’s decision to turn killing into a form of entertainment, Hegseth said: “It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks, and so he’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be, and we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand there’s serious consequences for these types of things.” America’s defence department later confirmed the execution would be livestreamed. This represents a significant lurch in the US from civilisation towards savagery. You cannot choose your family. But you can choose your friends and allies. And you can also tell them firmly when they have careened off the ethical rails. Actions speak louder than words. And this planned livestreamed execution says it all about what is happening in America today, opening the window ever wider on the Trump administration’s moral vacuity and its paucity of human decency. • Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist

[–] adjectivenoun@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh look.

Bread has become expensive,

so here come the circuses.

When this is over, we need to recreate that famous photo of Mussolini a few hundred times all over DC. (You know the one.)

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That should be reserved for the worst traitors we have ever seen, so...

[–] ours@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

I saw a joke going around: "False hope suddenly surges as the words 'firing squad' and 'Trump' are seen together."

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Shindo66@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Might as well develop a new military logo with a skull on it

[–] rdrunner@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

I grew up watching ISIS and cartel execution videos, some of the worst stuff out there. This is not what the "good guys" are supposed to do. It's just absolutely disgusting. Anyone who supports this is simply a terrorist

[–] Thor_Whale@lemmus.org 10 points 1 day ago

Disgusting pig of a man. They're probably going to have betting wagers to see how fast this guy dies.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

surprised they arent trying to sell tickets

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I'm 42.

I remember Rotten.com, ogrish and Liveleak.

Unfortunately, I guess Pete does as well.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

He probably jerked off to execution vids back in the day.

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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

By the way everyone needs to remind the right-wing that the public execution of Charlie Kirk was cooler, more entertaining, widely approved, and sold more merch.

And thus.....

spoiler

Killing chuds on camera has more mass appeal to Americans than executing a traitor who killed his fellow comrades.

[–] billionsandbillions@piefed.social 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Fuck, no nuance or anything, that's just exactly what they did.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Sure, shoot Trump. We'll all watch that.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Hegseth needs to be hanged

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why not a firing squad of fatties, transies, beardos, weirdos, wimps, and radicals?

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

I don't think Elon can handle a gun

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[–] Iambus@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago
[–] KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I think the only firing squad execution worth watching since WWII would be one where it is Donald J. Trump who is being fired on.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So, I know the US army now bans trannys, fatys, beardos, weirdos, which seems like a good start.

BUT, what about short dick guys? Would a serious army really allows it? And, let's say those who grew up with 2 moms, or without a dad for example. Do Americans wants their enemy to go "Haha, American soldiers are so lame even their dad didn't love them haha." . How about the women, the lazy Blacks and Hispanics, people who are poor, guys who are less than 6 feet tall, dudes that didn't had sex with at least 50 women, any type of minorities, etc.? Is the strongest country in the world really gonna allow this type of pussys to join it's army? If Hegseth is serious is gonna ban all these losers and only allows whiten blonde conservatives with a huge dick and a six figure paycheck to join the force, otherwise it will be called the farce.

[–] BiteRabbit@reddthat.com 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No country has EVER won a war waged on its own people, without massive population loss and/or outside assistance. America can't afford a massive population loss, because we have too many enemies.

Now apply 👆 to these knowns 👇:

  1. When you can't compete, you coerce.
  2. When your enemy wants to wage war, you remove their ability to do so.
  3. Numbers is all they've ever feared.

That's why they're broadcasting this. One man against many, with no hope of escape. Watching in our homes in isolation, all while the socials are being monitored to quell any resistance on them. Never let those with dirty feet walk through your mind. Protect your soul and be neighborly.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

I've been getting back into shape and looking at Pete kegsbreath's 'fitness' videos makes me realize just how out of shape the fucker is.

The Nazis at least had some military victories at first in the Spanish Civil War and until 1942. These guys have NOTHING. They have failed at everything except fleecing people of their money.

I am also very confident that China's acquisition of F35 parts is not accidental. Trump probably sold them for money or some other favors.

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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Let me see how many other authoritarian dictatorships do public executions: Iran, North Korea, Yemen, but none of them broadcast them in live streaming. The only other occurrence of a live streamed execution was with the ISIS

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[–] epicthundercat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is really stupid because desensitizing the public to violence in such a way doesn't typically end well for those in charge, historically speaking.... It's evident thinking isn't their strong suit...

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[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 176 points 2 days ago (19 children)

because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things

Everyone understands that. That's not a question.

All this will do is provide something inside these terror networks to play over and over and over to their recent converts. A public execution of these radical attacks only serves to encourage more of the exact same thing. There's no part of it that's discouraging.

These terror networks will literally play it over and over again. They will tell their people. "Hasan killed 13 of them and he is now dead and in heaven for his actions. The US will make you all martyrs and your kin will know your acts."

Like Hegseth has literally no clue who he is dealing with. The people who he acts like this will discourage, all it will do is make happier to jump at the chance to have the same thing happen to them. He's going to make the best recruitment tool for these terror organizations.

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[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Let them show the world what they are. They've traditionally hidden their heinous ways from media so they can project an image of being the only one moral righteous nation.

Take the mask off. Show us everything.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This time it's free but next execution will be pay per view.

(I started writing this as a joke comment but I really wouldn't put it past the shitler regime to do it.)

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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What a terrorist

He watched ISIS videos on Facebook and loved them

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[–] AmazingSUPERG@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Kid Rock is ready

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[–] TexNox@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Wonder if they'll get that guy who just wants to feed his dog and drive his truck not think about trans kids to do the opening entertainments?

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