Republican Introduces Absurd Bill to Send Arrested Student Protesters to Gaza
www.thedailybeast.com
Rep. Andy Ogles desperately wants to punish protesting students.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15286303

GOP introduces bill that would send anyone convicted of unlawful activity on a campus since Oct. 7th, 2023 to Gaza.

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.”

  • Feyd@programming.devEnglish
    212·
    6 months ago

    Yeah everyone should just let Republican lawmakers do whatever they want, no matter how outrageous, without discussing or complaining. Because that totally doesn’t normalize their outrageous behavior.

    • Windex007@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      6 months ago

      You believe this legislation is being put forward with the intention for it to be codified into law?

      • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        171·
        6 months ago

        Yes. They spent years fighting Roe V. Wade with inane bullshit until one stuck. They fought student loan relief, immigration changes, and healthcare reform. Republicans in America have clearly demonstrated that they are dogs chasing after cars, and when they catch them they don’t care or realize what the consequences are. We need to stop excusing their behavior as if they’re “making a statement” or “posturing”. They tell us what they want to do, we say “nah, they don’t mean it”, and then it happens

        • Windex007@lemmy.worldEnglish
          66·
          6 months ago

          Roe v. Wade is a supreme Court ruling, not a law. And what happened was the supreme court changed. This isn’t comparable at all.

          Again, this isn’t real, at all. For like 100 reasons.

          Get mad at the real ones, there are certainly enough REAL ones to get mad at that deserve yours (and everyone’s) attention. This is noise. A smoke screen. It’s bait.

      • Feyd@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        No (only because as you mentioned it’s not going to fly at the current time. They absolutely would if they could). That does not mean I think ignoring it is less harmful than calling it out.

    • AutistoMephisto@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      My human, you have to know that they submitted this bill knowing full well it hasn’t got any chance of being taken seriously on the floor. There’s only one reason a lawmaker would even draft a bill like this, and that one reason is to get attention. A shiny bauble to distract us all. Any stage magician can tell you that magic is all about misdirection. If I’ve got you staring at the card in my left hand, you don’t notice the deck in my right hand. So, the thing you should be doing, is asking what they’ve got hidden up their sleeve.