Good! We cannot let these foolish old men get away with their nonsense. The man was basically saying the state has a right to manipulate public opinion. Not in a free society, he doesn't. I hope that little old prick lives to choke on those words. He should be thrown out of politics.
Republicans have crossed the line. What is wrong with them? Qoutting Goebbels and spewing hate on a daily, grabbing people off the street and sending them to a foreign country just like the FUCKING NAZIS!
And will they remove him? This is more than just inappropriate, it's a Congressman using a quote from Hitler's right hand goon. Obviously, if he didn't out himself before, he sure did here. Texas, are you listening? This is still the United States of America, a successful democracy.
Not sure why you'd mention "most" of the judicial branch. Thus far, they've stopped a great deal of what the executive has tried to do. We definitely agree on a rogue executive branch though.
I can't say that I wouldn't have attacked him physically if I were in the room. I mean, holy shit, directly quoting Goebbels in the affirmative like his ideas were valid is quite an insult to every Vet and military family in the entire country
"The U.S.A. has no poets, no painters, no architects or composers of world stature. Whatever culture it has is borrowed from Europe. The land lacks its own language, culture, and civilization. It has borrowed everything, generally debasing it by Americanizing it, never improving it."
~Joey-G
It's like how people will joke that Americans aren't bilingual. That ignores all the immigrants who are now citizens, but it ignores indigenous peoples who've managed to hang onto their non-English languages (including those with ancestry that goes back to what is now Mexico, etc).
I can agree w/ the premise of "Americanizing" a great many things & not having a culture of its own, but Americans have contributed to arts, music & literature (+ science/invention/medical advances). To pretend they haven't takes away from talented ppl. I'm also not much into Eurocentrist arguments.
I’m sorry but that wasn’t even close to the level of outrage reaction the Texas Nazi deserved. She should’ve called for his resignation as a total traitor to the US values and the disrespect to the WWII soldiers who gave their lives fighting Nazis. 🤬🤬🤬
I agree wholeheartedly. How can anyone, hear a person quote Nazi doctrine in a positive way and carry on with hardly an acknowledgment of how heinous it was.
Points to remember are joints, pressure points, weakness between thumb and forefinger. Pinch with nails if needed.
Biggest men feel most pain.
Scrotum pinch tends to fall down fast.
Slap them balls ladies into submission.
Make de men understand your in control.
If not wanted advances and still push…
‘On the evening of 1 May, Goebbels arranged for an SS dentist, Helmut Kunz, to inject his six children with morphine so that when they were unconscious, an ampule of a cyanide compound could be then crushed in each of their mouths.’
His penultimate act of cowardice was murdering his 6 children.
I don’t doubt that there’s some on the GQP side that would do the exact same thing now. Akin to not getting your child immunized for measles, child dies, then the parents says, “Oh well, four of my other children survived. A win win.”
I think we need to be open and honest, even if MAGAts are not. I think he was not advocating for what he quoted, but was saying that was what his opposition was doing.
No, he admires Goebbels. We want to give people the benefit of the doubt…we need to stop doing that. These people are awful as it appears at first blush.
Out of context. This is him quoting Goebbels as he accuses Biden of this bcs Biden fought against COVID misinformation. I don’t like this guy, but he is not quoting Goebbels in a positive light. Context matters
But this is rich!! He's suggesting the BIDEN administration had an censorship industrial complex designed to curtail conservatives on social media.
Oh puleez! The rump administration is a world class censorship machine!
*sigh* What’s left out is the context of why he was quoting a Nazi. Christ you guys. He was dissing President Biden. Otherwise it’s just this random quote, whether quoting a Nazi or Mother Theresa. Context matters. No wonder social media is such a garden of misinformation.
MAGA/Rs working to punish universities for not protecting Jewish students on campus, claim they support Israel, yet are supporting Musk & his Nazi salute. This is so absolutely appalling.
Goebbles exterminated Homosexuals, disabled, too. This is the MAGA party & they cannot say it isn’t.
Context matters. Facts matter. He was accusing the person he was questioning of Goebbels-like behavior. I have no doubt the GQP would love to control public opinion and will if we let them. But it's important that we win with facts and not our own misinformation.
Also, freedom of speech protects everyone. Banning speech does not protect anyone. People want to guarantee short-term comfort from being offended at the expense of long-term freedom of thought. The best way to spot a Nazi is to let them be who they are. Then you know who to punch.
I just googled his name and “quotes Goebbels”. The first 50 listings included no major media outlet - the closest were The Guardian and the Drudge Report.
That’s why the public isn’t alarmed by what is going on.
Oh, nothing, just openly admitting we should seriously consider becoming more like Nazi Germany. This is the kind of shit that would get rejected as an SNL skit, but here it is, playing out, for real, in our own freaking government! 🤦🏻♂️
Like I’ve been saying - once they got control of all the branches of govt, plus the press, they’re so damned stupid that they just stopped pretending to be Americans.
What in the Actual Nazi Fuck?!
But also, I’m guessing Jasper Bob of the dusty expanse has no idea who Goebbels is…and he sure as hell can’t pronounce the name. This is another episode of,”The Painfully Stupid”.
Texas is a majority minority state and actually purple. Representatives are vastly different depending on the area. For example, Jasmine Crockett and Al Green are Texans.
It's about time some of those on the right, that aren't completely immoral, spoke up. They are following the Hitler/Goebbels playbook and have been the entire time. It's not a "mistake" or "misunderstanding", they are full-on Nazis and their end will likely come the same way.
Apparently he’s claiming he was referring to the Biden Administration w his comments…truth or deflection…it’s not his first time quoting questionable sources
He knows that the US education is already so bad, that he had to make sure, that this quote would be recognized as one of Goebbels. Idiocracy becoming true.
What is the wider context? Absolutely not defending this douchebag, but is he quoting this to claim the government is acting like this (e.g. is he calling the government Nazis for “censorship,” accusing govt of controlling opinion) or is he agreeing with the quote?
Joseph Goebbels committed suicide by shooting himself in the garden of the Chancellery in Berlin on May 1, 1945, after poisoning his six children (ages 12-years to 6-years-old) with cyanide. Role model, Texas Congressman Keith Self?
Vile Congressman. How many Texans died in WW2 ? Insult
to their Eternal Memory. How many Americans and Allies of America were killed in WW2. This guy is quoting one of the biggest war criminals and cowards. Shame.Shame.Shame.
I remember having a propaganda section in 7th grade English. According to Mrs Faurquier, the government cannot do propaganda. Of course we also studied times in history when this rule was violated in the US.
The funny part about this clown saying that is that it erases the GOP denial of being nazis. Normal people in government or otherwise don't just whip out nazi quotes like that. I suspect he's revealing more than is visible.
Yeah, this is the same party that let kid rock dress as a rodeo clown and slobber in the oval office over ticket prices and such. So, not expecting a high level of brains over there.
It's like a coming out party since the election. Trump 1 was when all the racists and bigots came out of the closet to join under the maga umbrella. This time all the fascists are out.
WTF? Do they just not care? You can't tell me he doesn't know who Goebbels is. He looks like he was alive during WWII. How do they keep their positions?
It's important to remember that Hitler and his cohort drew inspiration from America back in the day for their own way of running their state. So this entire ordeal doesn't hit far from home, unfortunately, for the 'Mericas. Times change, but history repeats itself.
PEOPLE! CHILL just a tiny bit. Don't you care about context at all?
Passing along what another person commented: "... he's not quoting Goebbels favorably. he's saying the Biden administration’s anti-disinformation efforts were like the Nazi campaign to influence public opinion in 1930s Germany."
Something is wrong with these people to normalize ANY DAMN WORD that was ever uttered by anyone that was a part of the Third Reich, or something that led up to its being.
Fuck that bald ass nazi bitch.
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Hey, we all had idols growing up. Mine were mostly sports stars and my dad who fought in WWII. In America we are free to love what we love and that’s the best.
Call your Congressman do not let this moron introduce quotes from Nazi murderers into the Congressional record of the United States of America. This is not a one-off, he has quoted Nazis for 10 years. No more hiding in plain sight.
This guy is an undisputed douchebag, and comparing President Biden to a notorious Nazi propagandist to get his point across is inexcusable hyperbole and sadly in line with his general despicable approach, but without context it could appear that he's endorsing Goebbles, when the opposite is true.
Sure thing. And thanks to @digiacom.ratwaysanctuary.org for sharing this guardian piece providing additional context! Clarity and scrupulous honesty are always important, and particularly so now, considering the current political spin cycle.
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She’s my representative! I should have known that, sick fuck.
Send him to school
Thank you, Rep Johnson-
OMG!
~Joey-G
https://imgur.com/gallery/richard-spencer-getting-punched-face-4Di9t
Biggest men feel most pain.
Scrotum pinch tends to fall down fast.
Slap them balls ladies into submission.
Make de men understand your in control.
If not wanted advances and still push…
His penultimate act of cowardice was murdering his 6 children.
Do they have to burn down Congress before we call it a #ReichstagFire?
About as likely a notation for Rep. Self in regard to his standing in the Legislative Branch, today.
Kick that Nazi’s butt!!❤️❤️
Oh puleez! The rump administration is a world class censorship machine!
There is no context where it's ok to quote Nazis.
Goebbles exterminated Homosexuals, disabled, too. This is the MAGA party & they cannot say it isn’t.
That’s why the public isn’t alarmed by what is going on.
caucasia to others
But also, I’m guessing Jasper Bob of the dusty expanse has no idea who Goebbels is…and he sure as hell can’t pronounce the name. This is another episode of,”The Painfully Stupid”.
He could dish it out, but he couldn't take it. Sad.
I would think that a Republican directly quoting Goebbels during a congressional hearing is at least eyebrow raising
This senator is telling us who he is and it’s up to reporters to let Americans know.
@nytimes.com
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
@cnn.com
The difference this time is the internet, and 200 years of Americans telling their government how it is - not the other way round.
#Disgusting
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A spray tan lasts for weeks. His tan is off so he can golf without it because it would streak from the sweat if he had it on golfing.
It is his work makeup that he applies for work hours.
Super manly for the most manly man.
Love that Trump normalized men wearing heavy makeup.
Which is funny, because he and his party are more or less actual Nazi Propagandists.
but yeah misrepresenting info like this just leads to a lot of people losing an argument about it later.
to their Eternal Memory. How many Americans and Allies of America were killed in WW2. This guy is quoting one of the biggest war criminals and cowards. Shame.Shame.Shame.
#AlwaysPunchTheNazi
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There is absolutely no need to non-consensually include anyone else in your drama.
Rhetorical question.
Of course, he would be summarily fired and escorted out of the building by security.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Self
Why not quote Charles Manson, Pol Pot and Joe Stalin while you’re at it, I’m sure they had some sage words too.
Last but not least, he murdered his six kids…
(Self) is an ABSOLUTE NAZI
Jesus, Mary and Joseph🙏
God I hate my district.
Then again, I'd be in Fallon's district otherwise, and he's only a smidge less bootlicking.
By the grace of something or other, I have Jodey Arrington.
We sure do have a fine stable of MAGAt reps in this state. 🤮
We get my mostly-progressive suburb and a huge swath of deep-red rural Texas.
We know what we have to do about Nazis like those, right?
Passing along what another person commented: "... he's not quoting Goebbels favorably. he's saying the Biden administration’s anti-disinformation efforts were like the Nazi campaign to influence public opinion in 1930s Germany."
GOEBBELS?!?!?!?!? GADDAMN THESE FUCKING MAGATS!!!
Sam Altman, Ben Miller, Daniel Gackle, Robin Hanson, Jessica Livingston, Greg Lukianoff, Harj Taggar, Garry Tan, and Tim Urban
No beer for nazis.
Texas Nazis.
I'll bet his grandfather would tell him how bad the Nazis are.
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#RealMenFuckMen
#RealMenWearPink
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#WomensRights #women
#science #knowledgeispower #Freedom #Liberty #Justice #MinorityIsTheMajority
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