Madison County Board Chairman Slusser defends Fauci hanging post as 'rhetorical hyperbole'
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From his personal account, Chris Slusser wrote that Dr. Anthony Fauci “should receive a public hanging” after tense hearings in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    “Looking back, I probably wouldn’t do it again because I don’t want to bring that kind of scrutiny on my friends or anything else like that,” Slusser said.

    Let me translate from GOP-speak: “I still truly believe he should be hanged, but I don’t like the personal consequences and public outrage at me for saying something so obviously obscene.”

    “Anyone with common sense knows the remark wasn’t a literal call for public execution,”

    “It was just a prank, bro” - Slusser probably

    • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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      1 month ago

      Anyone “with common sense” wouldn’t even think such a thing, let alone utter it. Much like everything else about you, your understanding of the term “common sense” is quite suspect, Herr Slusser.

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      “It was just a prank, bro” - Slusser probably

      Ah yes, the classic “It’s Just a Prank, Bro” defence. That’s up there with “It’s Just Words” defence.