I mean, Islam is intrinsically bad for me, just as any religion is, basically (I'm an agnostic atheist [I don't know if a god exists but I reasonaly believe that no, and even if it existed, I still wouldn't adore him], that's why)... But damn, that's wild. He doesn't even know him yet he is calling him "radical islamic" out of nowhere, what a fucking asshole. If I have to guess, he's surely an Incel too.
Oh thats funny I heard Tuberville was in the Klan.
... we can just play exactly the same game here.
We in fact should be.
Fuck decorum, antagonize these idiots untill they fuck up even harder.
They aren't constrained by facts. We can leave facts to policy, tell everybody Tumortown fucked his sister, why not?
Just do it via a PAC that implies those things without literally directly saying them.
Or, 'just asking questions'.
The rhetorical trick of the paranoid delusional, why not, they love it.
dont you mean islamaphobic, muslim isnt a race.
When Trump started his political career, it invited everyone to express their racism openly. Prior to that, they were adhering to the Reagan rules, which was instead to use racist dog whistles. (welfare state, street gangs, urban crime, and so on).
As the MAGA movement formed, open racism became a means of costly signaling. It tells your fellow MAGAs that you are one of them. It also tells the rest of us that you are racist.
Other signaling includes talking about liberals in the same manner one uses a racial slur, not only regarding them as a monolithic bloc¹ but also accusing them of outrageous wrongs, specifically acts of treason or betrayal of the country. This is much like blood libel, in which the accusations are not meant to be plausible, rather that fellow MAGAs are to pretend they are true. See also They're eating the dogs.
Anyway, Tuberville had shown time and again in his career that he doesn't care if he looks stupid, especially to anyone outside of MAGA, but that he is a staunch MAGA loyalist who will lick any boot and even sacrifice himself to stay adjacent to power.
Of course, when Trump or some higher up actually requires that he sacrifice himself his opinion may change. But he's signaling that he's a good, obedient dog to the end.
I also anticipate that when Trump dies or otherwise MAGA falls out of fashion (it's certainly losing popularity already), Tuberville will try to pretend he was never really into all that MAGA nonsense, and none of his statements and behavior ever happened. And it will be up to the public to make sure neither he, nor any other opportunists like him, ever live it down.
¹ Liberals are not a monolithic bloc even if most of them share some common values. The same is true for conservatives, feminists, Methodists or any other significantly large demographic. -- This is why the face-eating leopards always eventually come for your face no matter how true and loyal you are; in Fascism, the set of acceptable identity markers closes like a Fortnite perimeter and shuts you out.
There hasn't been a time in my life, and I'm not young anymore, that American conservatism hasn't been a racist movement.
The most racist element of that movement are at the end of their lives and the racist GOP know that. Unless they can cheat their way into total control, this is their last big push. That's why they aren't hiding it anymore.
Can you sue this motherfucker for defamation?
to be fair, this had been working for several decades, they're not gonna learn new tricks now
There should be a (heavy) penalty for public figures just saying this kind of made up crap about other people.
I'm a huge advocate for being able to speak your mind pretty much without any caveats, however objectionable your opinion is, but slander has nothing to do with free speech. This is a hill i'll die on.
in my country if a politician posted something like that, would be sued for defamation and will 100% lose in court.
Those old american politicians. Their last recourse for anything is "They're not white and they don't think like me!".
honey our president is a terrorist. .... most our government is ran by terrorists.
If all they got is racism they don't got much.
lol, Abdul El-sayed for president! Abdul El-sayed 2028!
What are they afraid he’ll do?
Oh, wait that’s MAGA-GOP project 25 shit
You jest, but within 5 days after he gets into senate, our government will be using public schools to teach children arabic numerals! /s
stupid ignorant assholes representing his state of stupid ignorant assholes......
these politicians don't appear out of nowhere, this is the best alabama can do!
and also, what kind of stupid fucking name is tommy tuberville? that is a fucking cartoon character name not someone a fucking adult would vote for!
Extreme Racist: "People from ethnicities I don't like are all 'terrorists'"
Hey, Tommy has been accused of a lot of things. "Smart" was never one of those.
TBF, Tommy Tuberville is Olympic-level caliber at saying things that make him look stupid.
Are Senators exempt from laws in the US? Given how easily this can be disproved why hasn't he been sued to the point of bankruptcy?
Football coach turned politician, what do you expect?
Dear Senator Tumorville,
Please describe, in excruciating detail, the things of America that you are afraid will be destroyed. Extreme detail... be specific.
Yeah, our politicians should have backgrounds that are more related to politics. Like fucking college football coach.
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