MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoTommy Tuberville says he can’t be racist because he’s a football coach – after white nationalist commentswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down14
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkTommy Tuberville says he can’t be racist because he’s a football coach – after white nationalist commentswww.independent.co.ukMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarePhoenixRising@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoSo do we give him the Brock Turner treatment? Only refer to him as Proven Military Hater Tommy Tuberville to counter this? ETA: How do we change the narrative back to something his supporters would be against?
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAs immature as it may come across, the Brock Turner treatment has largely caught on with the collective internet consciousness. Trump voters seem to love nicknames too, think Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe… just need to find a suitable term with the same panache.
So do we give him the Brock Turner treatment? Only refer to him as Proven Military Hater Tommy Tuberville to counter this?
ETA: How do we change the narrative back to something his supporters would be against?
As immature as it may come across, the Brock Turner treatment has largely caught on with the collective internet consciousness.
Trump voters seem to love nicknames too, think Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe… just need to find a suitable term with the same panache.