During a nearly 20-minute speech filled with misinformation about transgender people and a fear-mongering call to bring back mental institutions as “a normal part of our society,” Tuberville claimed that furries “[tout] the fact that… many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community.” He did not provide any evidence as to where this information came from.
Then the came for the Furries?
45 Comments
mikenurre@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 21h
Furries are so much worse than $6.50/gal diesel. Glad he's on top of this.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 20h
i'd rather have a furry in the cockpit than a republicant in public office.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20h
What if it's a Republican furry in office?
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 16h
There already is. Why do you think Tommy is so vocal about it? Every accusation...
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 16h
Fire them, too!
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 30 pts · 20h
Let's not address the actual issues with ATC funding, but go after a (probably) very small demographic that has nothing to do with the problems at hand. Dude went down a furry rabbit hole one night, got scared because he was excited, and invented something to convince himself he's not interested.
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 20h
Lana, are we still doing phrasing?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 20h
That rabbit hole's name is Judy Hopps.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 19h
Zootopia 2 didn't make $1.8 billion for no reason.
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19h
ACAB includes Judy Hopps.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 19h
All Cops Are BUNNIES.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 4 pts · 18h
Assigned Cop At Birth
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 4 pts · 20h
It could honestly work either way. Dude is projecting HARD. (there's another one)
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 30 pts · 21h
Tommy boy in precisely two days time: Why are all these credit cards in my name and my own home internet is shut off? Woah, I dont even know what AWS is what's this bill?
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 19 pts · 21h
Welp... He threw down the gauntlet, furries - I think y'all should put him to the test. Show up at his next TV appearance in full garb, and see just how terrified he gets.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 20h
GreenBeard@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 20h
I don't know about airline pilots, but they definitely have a significant presence in software development and network engineering. It's probably unwise to provoke them on a public platform.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 20h
If a pilot has the confidence to wear a fur suit in the cockpit, I'll feel safer than ever.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 13 pts · 20h
Damn, you guys just can't let people be, can you..?
So much for "liberty".
Furries are literally just living their life. They aren't hurting anyone just by existing, so why on Earth would anyone care?
I would hang out with a plane full of furries over a plane full of Republicans any day.
QueenHawlSera@piefed.social · 5 pts · 11h
Republicans are definitely planning to pivot to furries if transpeople ever become accepted by the mainstream.
18107@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 18h
You could say exactly the same argument about trans people, black people, Muslims, women, ...
The Republicans just single out minority (or sometimes accidentally majority) groups to blame for all the country's problems.
SparroHawc@piefed.world · 1 pts · 13h
If it makes them feel icky then it MUST be bad and MUST be eliminated.
SPRUNTnsfw@fedinsfw.app · 13 pts · 17h
You can all-but-guarantee his browsing history is full of furry porn.
cannibalkitteh@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 15h
It's weird to have something in common with a Republican Senator.
myyass@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 17h
Meanwhile, the FBI:
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 20h
Wait till he hears about the furries running the internet.
Asafum@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 19h
"have you ever been to Disney land? Not me, that place is fucking terrifying. Chuck E Cheese? I literally shit myself and then felt proud for emulating our president."
Corvidae@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 20h
Another false Christian hating on their neighbors.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 12h
Personally, I'm more worried about the sheep fuckers being let in to the FBI now
jim_v@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 10h
'Meow, meow': Pilots scolded after animal noises heard on air traffic control frequency April 15, 2026
You can bark into the microphone at 10,000 feet. Good to know!
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 7h
Correct.
JTskulk@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 20h
I'd much rather have a furry pilot rather than a republican pilot. You know the moment that plane has a problem he's jumping out with a parachute he brought only for himself.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 20h
You're a fucking idiot if you don't think a guy who likes being a bird is a good pilot. Birds know how to fly.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 17h
I wonder what those politicians smoke before they do those speeches, and if that stuff is even legal.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 17h
man, if it was and it was on the market.. these morons in office would get away with so much more shit, it'd make the current administration look clean and legit.
UniversalApproximation@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 11h
"You shouldn’t care about money stealing pedophile incompetent republicans and the masked US-Gestapo, called ICE, kidnapping, raping and killing you poor people, be afraid about Furries and hate them for enjoying life."
Always the same shit, just different scapegoats.
CobblerScholar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 17h
I mean what else can you expect from a man who has a deflated football for a brain
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 4 pts · 21h
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 20h
People like Tom Segura?
That guy is a massive piece of shit, like he was already a piece of shit, but now that he's wealthy he's a massive piece of shit.
Seriously, fuck that guy, why are you posting gifs of him?
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 13h
Does he think people that like to dress up as stuffed animals and fuck other stuffed animals aren't able to fly planes?
He doesn't, I bet this bitch is into some weird shit himself.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 20h
🙄 who listens to these people, but other bullies looking for scapegoats for their own proclivities?
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 20h
I mean you just described almost half of the American voting populace.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20h
I did not read this, it's lunch time so I am going to bed
Archer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19h
I’ll consider this statement from someone not named Potato Town
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18h
What!? I don’t even know what those mean when put together like that.