cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15286301
“A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday which would send “any person convicted of unlawful activity” at a college or university, to do community service in Gaza for six months.”
“Strangely, the bill appears to refer to any “unlawful activity on the campus of an institution of higher education beginning on and after October 7, 2023” but does not specifically mention the ongoing student protests, rendering it stupidly broad.”
"Ogles spoke with Fox News about the bill, saying that, “If you support a terrorist organization, and you participate in unlawful activity on campuses, you should get a taste of your own medicine. I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity.”
Why wouldn’t they last a day in Gaza, Andy?
Why wouldn’t they?
Right like that’s kind of the entire point of these solidarity encampments; it’s a statement that we should not be subjecting humans to those conditions
Apparently, in the very clear minds of Republicans, if you got busted drinking at a college party at any point after Oct 7 2023, that’s sUpPoRtInG hAmAs nOw and you deserve to be deported to Gaza.
…Guess RFK’s not the only politician with brain worms
This is what you’re voting for, people! Never forgive. Never forget. We cannot let this happen.
What terrible, awful people these conservatives are.
Exile then?
It feels Kafkaesque. “Hello, I’m against genocide. Do I stand in line to be labeled a terrorist simp? Should I stand in the Nazi line? Just wondering what label I’ll need to own.”
Thanks for wasting even more of our tax dollars on these publicity stunts
Imagine claiming to support freedom while also supporting anything even remotely as ghoulish as this.
Remember, we’re paying them to draft this legislation.
Check the election calendar for your state and vote them out!
That’s the worst part. This has no chance of passing, this is just bad theater. Bad theater that you and I are funding.
Like a community funded production of Dance of the Vampires.
If I did my job this poorly I would be fired. Two tiers.
What a great use of their time. Vote these chucklefucks out already.
I mean, they probably know there’s no chance in hell of that bill gaining traction let alone passing (for so many reasons ‡). It’s all performance / pandering to their base in an election year.
The scary takeaway should be that’s what the Republican base wants to hear.
‡ The fact that you can’t just “deport” a citizen to a random country is the least of the things logically wrong with this bill.
It’d be nice if they stopped wasting money on things that they knew were unconstitutional though.
“Arooo, that may be so. But I know a place where the Constitution doesn’t mean squat!”
Just wait until next year. I wonder if you’re post will seem silly or prophetic.
As with any statement I make when I make fun of Republicans, I sincerely hope it turns out to be silly.
The left need to stop being scared of guns, stop voting for useless gun control measures that only restrict control in their own district and do nothing to reduce crime (meanwhile right wing districts allow you to buy an arsenal of nice ergonomic firearms that can allow even a morbidly obese diabetic to accurately shoot the dick off a fly, delivered to your front door like Amazon), start forming left wing LGBTQIA+ friendly militias and train to protect themselves.
We can do that, or hope the boot lickers and cops don’t persecute us. Which is the same as sending hopes and prayers on Facebook.
Ding ding ding. Authoritarian governments never disarm the right. The police have shown that they won’t protect you, if they’re not actively joining in on it.
We protect us.
How can anybody believe that more guns is the only possible solution for everything?
If your only tool is a hammer, every screw starts to look like a nail.
It’s another tool for the toolbox. How can being more prepared with a more diverse set of tools be bad for any situation? Right now the only tool seems to be posting outraged comments on the internet.
Next year they could pass this and the Supreme Court could approve it. Imagine still believing in guardrails…
I think we should always take these bills as serious attempts to accomplish what they say. Anything else gives them cover, like:
Can we get a bill started that says if you support any war, you have to be enlisted to fight on the front lines of it?
I stand by the fact that there would be way fewer warhawks if they had to put their money where there mouths are.
Cowardsw
100% of the population must vote to go to war or not.
Everyone is notified beforehand that a vote of Yes is also immediate enlistment into the military for the duration of said conflict.
No more shouting “hell yeah turn the middle east into a parking lot” from the comfort of your armchair or lifted pickup.
That would be great if we could get most governments to pass the same rule. If adversarial governments aren’t restricted by the same rules then it tips the power balance in a way that favors foreign warhawks.
I feel like enough people would be willing to step up and defend their own country.
Defensive wars almost always have high approval ratings.
This is America though, we will end up tearing ourselves apart from the inside, no outside entity has the power to wage wars over an ocean to invade us.
We are naturally in one of the most defensible spots, with both mineral and arable resources
I’ll 100% grab a rifle to help defend my neck of the woods, but no way in hell am I supporting an offensive war.
Never Again Volunteer Yourself, but in a defensive war it’s no longer capitalism and the military industrial complex you’re “defending”, it’s your neighbors.
Yeah, that one I could get behind.
“Don’t like the death camps? Well, we’ll send you to death camps and see how you like them then!”
The concept already seemed like something from a Futurama episode, and this fake quote cements it
Fucking hell, they are CARTOONISHLY evil.
I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity
Most people don’t last long in death camps.
They’re basically admitting it’s a death camp.
No, they wouldn’t last a day, neither would any other civilian there. That’s the problem, good job proving their point.
More wood for the fire, please
That is really messed up of the GOP.
Oh, fuck you, you posturing GOP crybabies. Also, do you clowns realize that by using a trip to Gaza as punishment, you’re acknowledging that the conditions are unfit for the citizens who live there, many of whom are innocent?
many of whom are innocent
This is the problem. They have decided that they are guilty of being Palestinian, a crime worthy of death.
