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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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[–] [email protected] 189 points 2 years ago (11 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 138 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And yet, he was still elected.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 years ago

Oh look, another worthless republican traitor.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Somebody get Chuck Tingle, I have a million dollar idea

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Obviously. Otherwise you say hanged

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Thinly veiled? He's saying the quiet part out loud.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"They said you was hung!"

"And they was right!"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I knew they'd work Hunter Biden in somehow

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

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

He is, I spend a lot of time in his district and saw the ad on TV.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This is treason, right? Feels like treason.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

this fella should not fly for the rest of his life

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

out a window would be fine though

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I see someone is familiar with the Russian style of flying.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

It's time to start arresting some of these terrorist members of the Republican Party.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If anyone's getting executed, it's the new era Benedict Arnold: Trump.

I believe hanging is the punishment on the books for treason.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whoa! No, no, no. Don't you dare compare Trump to Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold was nowhere near the level of Trump. Arnold served with distinction in the Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British. Cadet Bone Spurs has never served a day in his life, let alone with distinction, nor has he ever earned any military rank.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

The new normal is a weird, weird place.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

If Cheeto Hitler could call for someone's execution, why not him?

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