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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.”

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[–] [email protected] 164 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

More wood for the fire, please

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[–] [email protected] 145 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Imagine claiming to support freedom while also supporting anything even remotely as ghoulish as this.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Remember, we’re paying them to draft this legislation.

Check the election calendar for your state and vote them out!

https://ballotpedia.org/Elections_by_state_and_year

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's the worst part. This has no chance of passing, this is just bad theater. Bad theater that you and I are funding.

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[–] [email protected] 134 points 6 months ago (31 children)

Remember folks, a protest vote against Biden just puts us one step closer to fuckery like this actually happening.

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[–] [email protected] 120 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I propose a law that says any rep introducing or supporting performative, moronic legislation that wastes my tax dollars gets to have their balls kicked off. Who’s with me?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Now hold on just a minute there. They can have their balls or ovaries kicked off. Inclusivity, y'know.

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[–] [email protected] 104 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Don't like the death camps? Well, we'll send you to death camps and see how you like them then!"

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't they last a day in Gaza, Andy?

Why wouldn't they?

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Yeah, that one I could get behind.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It'd be nice if they stopped wasting money on things that they knew were unconstitutional though.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 6 months ago

Protest against genocide? Straight to genocide. Be against genocide? Believe it or not, straight to genocide.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So people who are anti-genocide should be genocided?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Gotta fight fire with fire

-Republicans, probably

[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So when do we get to start calling these guys nazis? Cause I'm pretty sure that calling to send dissenters to camps, where a concentrated ethnic group is actively having genocide committed against them, is some nazi shit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

You don't need permission.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

to do community service in Gaza for six months.

Sooooo... these geniuses are proposing to send people who are already (and justifiably) not very fond of Israel on an actual state-funded six month fact-finding mission to witness the horrors caused by Israel for themselves?

Better make sure they don't have smartphones on them... otherwise, they might just record enough Israeli war crimes to fill three TikToks.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago

What terrible, awful people these conservatives are.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I had to triple check this wasn't an onion article. This seems too stupid and horrible to be real.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is so old. "If you love communism so much, move to Russia" said every right wing asshole to the boomers when they were kids a half century ago. Yawn.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Does that mean "any" person? So all police officers that broke the freedom of speech ammendment have to do 6 months of community service as well? And those nut jobs that attacked peaceful protest camps and clubbed students over the head?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago

What a great use of their time. Vote these chucklefucks out already.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is a clown doing a performance. It's a bunch of hateful horseshit to feed the ever rabid base.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait, will that include Matt Gaetz?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

Wait, this isn’t the Onion?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Thanks for wasting even more of our tax dollars on these publicity stunts

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fucking hell, they are CARTOONISHLY evil.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

I honestly thought this was the Onion. Strange timeline. Bring Harambe back.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Such a serious and intelligent political party. Yes, let’s give them lots of money and let them run things.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Can we get an uno reverse on this?

Any federally elected politician who does not ~~school~~ acknowledge the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and that that crisis is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government should also serve 6mo service in Gaza.

E: a word

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

That is really messed up of the GOP.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

This has to be satire.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)
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