“Four members of Alabama’s congressional delegation attacked a private citizen last week. And now we’re all in danger. See, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville and U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt of Haleyville; Gary Palmer of Hoover and Dale Strong of Madison went after someone who works at Space Camp.”
Alabama Reflector, March 18, 2024
Continuing, “This person is transgender. That got someone on Facebook very upset. The state’s conservative media launched a wave of attacks on this person. Libs of TikTok followed suit. And Aderholt, Palmer, Strong and Tuberville
joined in the howling. Strong even said outright that this person should be removed. Again: the “”issue”” is that a transgender person has a job. That’s it.” [A petition was started by the Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition in support of the employee].
As Brian Lyman wrote, Tuberville? Personally, I think my children are far more safe with a person who’s transgender than a person who had a really hard time saying that white nationalism is racism.
We have to feel deep sympathy for the person being attacked. Lyman makes a good point in emphasizing that more than an attack on one person is involved.
If these four men are willing to attack a private person — and indulge the most vile instincts of their voting base — what’s stopping them from attacking you?
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They’ve shown that if they can gain from it, they will.
So what’s restraining Aderholt, Palmer, Strong and Tuberville from finding one of your old Facebook posts and telling their tens of thousands of followers that you should lose your job?
What’s stopping them from doxing you and putting you in the crosshairs of violent people if it means a conservative outlet can get clicks?
They act like gullible opportunists. They have less understanding of consequences than a toddler. And they don’t care about what happens to the people they represent.
If these “leaders” are willing to be the tools of thugs and bigots, every Alabamian is potentially an issue.
And when every Alabamian is an issue, no Alabamian is safe.
When public officials threaten private citizens
by Brian Lyman, Alabama Reflector
March 18, 2024
Four members of Alabama’s congressional delegation attacked a private citizen last week.
And now we’re all in danger.
See, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville and U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt of Haleyville; Gary Palmer of Hoover and Dale Strong of Madison went after someone who works at Space Camp.
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