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Larry Huyhn calls out Tuberville for being the hateful asshole that he is. Tuberville had a chance to walk it back, but he doubled down. Full video: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/07/11/tommy-tuberville-white-nationalists-military-ts-vpx.cnn
MandalorianHybrid1
They don't care anymore. Trump kool-aid-manned the dam that kept their racist bullshit back and now it's just left to flow free because enough people open their arms to it. They don't know shame.
thereitis101
A few others joined in today although Tuberviloe has walked it back. Sure. They are who they are. MAGA is underlined and bolded by Christian white nationalists.
SaintSleepyWeasel
I would not have been able to say... "NO, a white nationalist is a person who believes the white race is superior. That is the definition of the term."
Noahbalboa82
He's clear about his racism now. "The armed forces are not an equal opportunity employer". Excuse the fuck me?
Heelcat70
I wonder how his former players feel about his political positions?
porcubot
Nazi corpses make great fertilizer.
westernlefty
That’s sound of a Nazi. They bark nonsense but the message gets through loud and clear to the folks it is meant to.
necrojoe
As Phillip Defranco said (something like), "Somebody must've locked him in a room with a dictionary, because he's now stating clearly, 'white nationlists are racists'. " https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/politics/tommy-tuberville-white-nationalism-cnntv/index.html
pinkypiesbutt
fair
Dolenmorgul
Seems to me he doesn't know what "white nationalist" means, he thinks it means a white person who loves his nation and that sounds to me like you should stop voting idiots like this into governments
Freepour91
I want to believe that also. But he is a political figure with a team that has the opportunity to tell him " hey don't say those things" unless his pr team tells him "hey you should say those thing bc they get you votes"
therealalansmithee
Wish she had asked him if he is a white nationalist
crossingdynasty
She literally gave him an absolute softball out and all he did was slow his digging down a little
constellanation5
I think the biggest problem here is that Tommy is to stupid to know what he's saying. But also yeah he's probably racist.
solarshado
Yeah... pulling the quote out of context makes it sound a bit worse. But in context, it's clearly an attempt to weasel out of an actual direct answer, which is still pretty gross.
slinkydust
The thing is, they know being a racist is bad but his racist opinions are somehow not because that conflicts with his identity of being a "good" person
MaximusUltima
They know being PERCEIVED as a racist by non-racists is bad. He thinks racism itself is good.
BlueSkinnedBeast
They’ve so completely individualized and detached the concept of racism that as long as they don’t feel any burning hatred towards PoC they “aren’t racist”
LuminoZero
Republican 'minds' have cause and effect backwards. Normal thought process is: "If you do bad things, you are a bad person." Republican mind is, "You are a good person, therefore everything you do is good." What makes somebody a 'good person'? Why, being a part of the 'In Group' of course!
ImHereToGetDownvotes
So when is the "finding out" phase of being a racist going to happen? Asking for a friend because it sure as shit doesn't seem to be at that stage yet seeing as these racist fucks keep getting reelected.
elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
…I think he’s just fuckin’ dumb. Thinks a white nationalist is just a nationalist who happens to be white. And that a nationalist is just someone who loves their country. The ones who fly American flags and celebrate America loudly. Who tend to be overly white. That’s what he seems to think a white nationalist is. ‘Cause he’s fuckin’ dumb.
trippingthelightfantastic
Pokegeologist
I thought coaches were supposed to teach history/civics. :P
threenotch23
The ONLY way to take the starch out of toobervillan is VOTING every time the polls open VOTE. Vote local state and federal elections every single time no excuses.
whitebbwolf
the real heat issue
circlebreaker
@OP You're right, he did walk it back. The man understands that he would be alienating a significant number of his, and in general, Republican voters. The piece of shit can't afford to take a stand against white nationalists, he would have to cross the floor and sit with Democrats.
Freepour91
And that's the problem. He has to choose between radical racists or the possibility of being called a "woke liberal "
mtraiders73
I love how everyone is mad about racism yet just today I’ve watched 2 subtle racist comments on here and it keeps happening almost daily. Some of you aren’t any better than Tuberville. You just hide it better.
kobrakaimf
You should delete your account and rethink…everything.
DidItForScience
If two random anonymous assholes on the Internet can be racist, then surely US federal government legislators shouldn't feel any shame for using bigoted rhetoric! Nor should you! Go ahead, tell us how you really feel!
mtraiders73
Oh no I’ve been downvoted by the usual hypocrites ha ha ha. What will I do?
waffleresidence
Where is the hypocrisy? You just said you saw more racism on a post about racism. Maybe if you link to it, people will downvote it? Idk but it’s odd you are just pointing out racism exists on a post that already shows that and denounced it.
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Ah yes everything is evidence that you are right. /s
Perfectlynormalhumanbieng
So some random people made a racist comment on an open forum which all types of people use and now we can’t be mad at racism?
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cmanaway101
A. You didn't mention indigenous people in your original post. B. Subtle unsubstantiated comments on imgur aren't the same as a senator endorsing white nationalism