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autismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’

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Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’

www.theguardian.com

autismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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Lawmaker JJ Humphrey seeks punishments for ‘acts of terrorism’ and defines terrorist as ‘any person who is of Hispanic descent’

https://web.archive.org/web/20240119215828/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/18/oklahoma-bill-labels-hispanic-people-terrorists

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  • Futterbinger [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    First the Furry thing now this, Oklahoma is really on a roll this week.

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      Same guy btw

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        https://hexbear.net/post/1642215?scrollToComments=false

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      Oklahoma delenda est

  • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    Ripped the mask off so hard it tore the skin off!

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      We need a :mask off: gif emote of the dude peeling his face off in poltergeist for this level of chuddery

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    Humphrey apologized but then doubled down.

    He said: “I apologize for using the word Hispanic, but I was not wrong. Again, these are Hispanic. Reality is they are Hispanic. There’s nothing to be ashamed with.”

    Yup, it was the word “Hispanic” that people were reacting to. /s

    The only terrorist I see here is the one making the law. And why are the other lawmakers lecturing him and calling his behavior “unsurprising” instead of challenging him to a duel or punching him in his stupid face? American politicians have gotten far too malicious and dumb for modern American politics. I demand IQ and American history tests to qualify to run for election from now on.

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        “It’s not racism if I believe it’s true!”

        FTFY

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    “us-foreign-policy is cool and all, but it’s a little too ambiguous not to have it written down in the legal codes in plain English”

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    If JJ Humphrey wanted to get the Guardian on his side, he should’ve defined terrorist as “any person who is of Arab descent”

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    Evil racist fucks

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      satanically racist

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        Give a priest a flamethrower and invent a new type of baptism level Satanic racism

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    amerikkka

    Zamasu was right, just put humanity out of its misery already. The amoral hedonists won and I’ve seen enough.

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      I’m not an optimist about the human project

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