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GOP congressman calls for execution of “sodomy-promoting” US Army general (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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Rep. Paul Gosar said that the "homosexual-promoting" general "would be hung" in a better society.

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) called for the execution of General Mark Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a homophobic tirade this weekend.

In his newsletter this weekend – published to his Congressional website – Gosar accused Milley of being a “homosexual-promoting-BLM-activist” who delayed the military’s response to the January 6 riot. An election denier, Gosar has in the past claimed that he “started the revolution,” referring to the insurrection.

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[-] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 193 points 1 year ago

If all the quotes in the article, both from Gosar and Trump, are correct, that's pretty outrageous. I didn't fact-check them.

In any case, I heard Milley interviewed by Fareed Zakaria about a week ago. You can tell that he is completely bemused by all these crazy Republicans accusing him of being "woke". He is an old, white, grizzled, buzz-cut, 45-year army general. He is the epitome of The Establishment. In any previous decade, he would have been a staunch conservative. But the Republicans have gone crazy and alienated all of the sane conservatives.

[-] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago

We need more than 2 political parties to fix this shit show now, I don't believe what we've got now is sustainable, especially on the right.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

We almost had it when the Tea Party was spinning off into their own party. However, in a grab for relevancy the GOP agreed to drink their crazy KoolAid to maintain the bodies in the GOP.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I like the Australian system better. It ain't perfect, but it is better imo. Regardless, dragging the conservatives kicking and screaming into modernity, much less the future, has thus far proven to be a mixed bag at best. The fact that they're currently backsliding is hard as they possibly can isn't helping.

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[-] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 139 points 1 year ago

The guy running against Gosar having all of Gosar's immediate family in an ad saying Gosar sucks will always be one of my favorite campaign ads.

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago

Wow, you weren't kidding.

[-] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, my family has a cabin in his district and I damn near fell out of my chair laughing when this came on the TV.

[-] RedditReject@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

And yet, he was still elected.

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[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 114 points 1 year ago

I would like, if I may, to ask the distinguished gentleman from Arizona, exactly what better society he is referring to here? I can only think of nations like Russia or Saudi Arabia who would do such a thing so I would like the gentleman to clarify which nation he thinks is better than the United States of America.

I would also like to inform the gentleman, that to be hung, one would need to be a portrait or a porn star. A criminal would be, in fact, hanged.

[-] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

The modern GOP in a nutshell: come for the bigotry, stay for the Freudian slips.

[-] Rottcodd@kbin.social 87 points 1 year ago

Neither Gosar nor Trump have served in the military.

That pretty much goes without saying, but bears repeating anyway.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago

Oh look, another worthless republican traitor.

[-] ganksy@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago

T - 8 months until Paul Gosar is found with child porn on his computer.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Didn't he vote against an anti-sex trafficking bill, along with Gaetz the Groomer and other Republicans?

[-] Dadifer@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

Is this the same death that was called for by a twice-impeached piece of shit?

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Yes

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago

So ... Milley is a "BLM activist" (etc.) ... who delayed the miltary's response to Jan 6? That doesn't even make any sense.

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago

It does if you're trying to pretend it was antifa.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

Ohhh you meant if GOP Congressman Crazypants was trying to pretend it was antifa. I was confused. Let me try and get it straight:

Milley, a BLM activist, delayed the military response to Jan 6, because the real perpetrators were antifa, and he wanted to protect them so that they could make the right wing look bad by ... doing exactly what the right wing wanted done?

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A few cycles ago his opponent ran an attack ad that was, no joke, all of his siblings denouncing him and urging the voters to support his opponent.

Here's a link to some news coverage of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=copjOEVVP-Y

Here's the actual ad with all his siblings/relatives:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMPdwhdBIpU

[-] tomatopathe@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

And he was still elected.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

So now they're not even trying to not be like Saudi Arabia.

[-] centof@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

would be hung

This is the the Free speech the right so desperately fights to say in the internet discourse. Either thinly veiled threats or dogwhistles.

Unfortunately for them such speech has consequences for them outside of their small bubbles.

[-] FrankFrankson@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Maybe by hung he meant cock size like if he wants a general in the army to blast him in the butt he wants them to do it with a hog leg.

[-] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

Somebody get Chuck Tingle, I have a million dollar idea

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[-] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 47 points 1 year ago

"Hung" lol

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 37 points 1 year ago

"They said you was hung!"

"And they was right!"

[-] cowfodder@unilem.org 24 points 1 year ago

It's twue! IT'S TWUE!

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.

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[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

delayed the military’s response to the January 6 riot

I thought it was just a tourist visit? Or is it only bad when it's convenient for them?

Also, isn't Gosar the one who's siblings all appeared in an ad for the guy that was running against him?

[-] Hairyblue@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Yes. That says a lot. Who else knows you better that your own family.

My brother would have to be super duper evil for me to make a commercial campaigning against him.

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[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Deport him to Uganda so he can live in his "better society"

[-] Smurfe@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

What's up with all these pro life conservatives wanting to kill people? /s

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

who delayed the military’s response to the January 6 riot.

So Jan 6th was a riot now? And those were in fact insurrectionists?

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 15 points 1 year ago

It was a riot caused by anitfa pretending to be good upstanding Trump supporters on a tour of Congress.

I believe that covers all the bullshit excuses these fuckle heads have come up.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

Republicans love America so much that they want to murder it's top military leader.

[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Wait are there no hate crimes on the federal level?

I thought there was actual legal reason they don't loudly proclaim their homophobic tendencies.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Not sure if it fits this context, but politicians are pretty much able to say whatever the fuck they want during session.

The idea was someone can't say "the president is fucking shit up" and get thrown in jail.

The reality is shitty politicians use to say shit like this.

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[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

This is treason, right? Feels like treason.

[-] plantedworld@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

This is awful, but treason is really narrowly defined. He also didn't say "hey followers, go kill this guy," he is speaking in hypotheticals that are free speech.

He still sucks massive donkey farts though

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[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Oh look, nothing will happen to him. No punishment for calling for his death.

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

this fella should not fly for the rest of his life

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[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Oh he’s “hung” alright, Paul. Don’t be jealous.

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[-] geosoco@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

GOP: "We support our troops" [by executing them]

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