U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Republican nominee for governor of Alabama, criticized transgender people, their parents and their doctors on the Senate floor Thursday.

Tuberville claimed transgender people are mentally ill and a danger to others.

He said that airline pilots who are transgender or wear fursuits are “deranged” and suggested more LGBTQ people should be institutionalized.

“It is the best interest of our country to bring back mental institutions as a normal part of our society, instead of sweeping it under the rug,” Tuberville said, standing next to a sign that said “Transgenderism is a Mental Illness.”

“I want to be clear about this gender confusion,” he said.

“It is not normal. It is a cry for help, and our society needs to stop affirming people who are suffering from this mental illness.”

Its creepy how obsessed they are with transgender people. Why are they so obsessed? To what point and purpose would institutionalizing these people solve? Like, I’m not seeing how transgender people existing harms people.

Also, who’d pay for this? We don’t even have universal health-insurance in America. So, what? We involuntarily incarcerte transgender people and then charge them for their own extermination treatment?

Also also, how would the 5th Amendment come in?

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    I never said any of that. If you could quote me, that would be great.

    Since you seem to really need to talk about all that though, your sudden jump to wildly defend against your own strawman in such an exaggerated performance makes it seem like you don’t really believe anything you said.

    While you’re wishing for all that to be true, you better be preparing for it to not be true as well. For your own safety and that of those you care for.

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      Two sentences is not an “exaggerated performance”

      Here is your quote, “America never had a problem with the nazi genocide.”

      Apologies if I misunderstood your point then. Which was nothing, I guess

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        Thanks for the quote where I mentioned that American leadership in the 1930’s had no problems with nazi race theory and genocide, a well documented fact.

        Now could you show how that says all Americans support what America is currently doing?

        which was nothing, I guess

        Still pointing that fire at me instead of someplace constructive. Which, if you need me to be your lil punchingbag so you can be constructive later, I’m game. Don’t wear yourself out on me before you get to something that’ll help you though.

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          Not American leadership

          “America never had a problem with the nazi genocide. They just kind of half-thought the nazis took it “too far” and genocided a few too many types of people. Then the Japanese stupidly attacked them.”

          It’s “America” and “they”