And in two years or however long it is people will not think back to how out of control crazy this post was. Nobody will remember. All they'll know is that they felt fear and anger and the name associated was Abdul El-Sayed.
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2026
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The sad thing is that he's probably a racist flanderization of his true self, crafted specifically to appeal to a dull constituency who fear everything.
None of these old fucking politicians stand for anything and will do and say anything to maintain their power.
tommy shoulda stuck to pinball. his blindness is not the asset here
What are they afraid he’ll do?
- Gut government services
- Weaken the US military and international relations
- Torpedo the economy
- Empower the rich and fascists
- Implement a national religion
- Murder women who get abortions
- Cover for pedos
- Remove protections for the young, elderly, disabled, and minorities
- Allow the poisoning and pillaging of the land
- Gut education
- Encourage a surveillance state
Oh, wait that’s MAGA-GOP project 25 shit
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There should be a (heavy) penalty for public figures just saying this kind of made up crap about other people.
I'm a huge advocate for being able to speak your mind pretty much without any caveats, however objectionable your opinion is, but slander has nothing to do with free speech. This is a hill i'll die on.
They make it a "free speach" thing like false accusations are covered under that law.
I can't go around lying to police about how "my neighbor tried to kill me." Ruining their life for fun or profit has consequences, and rightfully so.
But for some reason, public figures go around talking about how "all trans people are pedophiles" and "immigrants are eating our cats and dogs."
It does ruin many lives too through deportation, bullying, gossip, and even just small stuff like reducing likelyhood of fucking getting hired at a job.
But also same figures and journalists, in spite of the victim testimonies and released files, can NOT call a certain someone pedophile without losing their job because "they didn't say allagedly."
It's like the application of laws and even their morals themselves bend around to unprotect minorities.
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I believe it falls under libel, but that's up to the person being defamed to pursue.
Slander is spoken, libel is written. Might be a little blurred in the age of video and podcasts though. Anyway, slander and libel cases are famously hard to win, because you have to prove the statement was made, the person who made it knew it was false, and that it damaged your reputation. It's also harder to win for public figures, as the increase in general media around them tends to dilute damaging statements.
I ment it more in the sense that public figures should just straight up be held to a higher standard than Joe Schmoe when it comes to these things.
the person who made it knew it was false
Someone in this position should just be expected to know better and if otherswise be expected to prove these kinds of claims.
Just like I feel they are supposed to divest when they enter public office and be barred from investing in anything while holding any kind of position of power instead of becoming obscenely wealthy in this period of "public service".
But don't worry, i'm fully aware these things are all naive pipe dreams in this system.
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TBF, Tommy Tuberville is Olympic-level caliber at saying things that make him look stupid.
And unfortunately he’s the likely next governor of Alabama…
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You jest, but within 5 days after he gets into senate, our government will be using public schools to teach children arabic numerals! /s
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Those old american politicians. Their last recourse for anything is "They're not white and they don't think like me!".
Then it is up to us pasty white folks who hate fascists and racists; to show that "hey, you might be the same shade of skin colour as me, but your personality and politics are if a shade of bullshit I detest. Tommy Tubervulle is a mongerel
Yep, I for one am glad that someone smart and with good politics won the senate primary and that it's even better to have him be Egyptian American, considering that's a group that faces discrimination and deserves representation.
John Adams told one of our earliest friendly nations (Morocco) that our country is just as much for Muslims as it is for Christians, and while I may have a lot of disagreements with the founding fathers I think they nailed that one on the head
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Their ~~last~~ first recourse...
in my country if a politician posted something like that, would be sued for defamation and will 100% lose in court.
And they'd pretty much be forced to step down.
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Are Senators exempt from laws in the US? Given how easily this can be disproved why hasn't he been sued to the point of bankruptcy?
to be fair, this had been working for several decades, they're not gonna learn new tricks now
Create an enemy out of a minority by blaming everything bad on them with emotional arguments to make the audience angry so they stop thinking rationally. One of the standard techniques. It worked great for them so not much reason to stop.
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There hasn't been a time in my life, and I'm not young anymore, that American conservatism hasn't been a racist movement.
The most racist element of that movement are at the end of their lives and the racist GOP know that. Unless they can cheat their way into total control, this is their last big push. That's why they aren't hiding it anymore.
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They call him a radical Islamist because of his ethnicity alone?
Or did he do something incriminating?
Yes, he exists.
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Oh thats funny I heard Tuberville was in the Klan.
... we can just play exactly the same game here.
We in fact should be.
Fuck decorum, antagonize these idiots untill they fuck up even harder.
They aren't constrained by facts. We can leave facts to policy, tell everybody Tumortown fucked his sister, why not?
Just do it via a PAC that implies those things without literally directly saying them.
Or, 'just asking questions'.
The rhetorical trick of the paranoid delusional, why not, they love it.
He's even dumber than Trump and that's saying something
They've spent decades conditioning the dumbest among us to respond like dogs to Arabic sounding names.
Sadly, it's worked.
Comparing Tuberville to almost anyone with a pulse makes Tuberville look stupid. Even John Kennedy seems smart compared to him.
The fact that you need to research that information about him to prove it, but don't need to research the allegations against him says a lot
stupid ignorant assholes representing his state of stupid ignorant assholes......
these politicians don't appear out of nowhere, this is the best alabama can do!
and also, what kind of stupid fucking name is tommy tuberville? that is a fucking cartoon character name not someone a fucking adult would vote for!
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honey our president is a terrorist. .... most our government is ran by terrorists.
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As opposed to the radical christians in the senate and office right now?
If Tuberville sounds stupid. It’s because there’s a potatoe shoved up his ass. It’s been there long enough it’s sprouted and is now doing all his thinking for him.
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Extreme Racist: "People from ethnicities I don't like are all 'terrorists'"
Hey, Tommy has been accused of a lot of things. "Smart" was never one of those.
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