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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Who is Oklahoma Rep. Justin Humphrey?

Humphrey has made headlines in recent years in his advocacy of prison reform, capital punishment reform and rural development.

Oh I see now, he's a dumb fuck white, rural, racist dumbass who saw something on the internet that made him feel funny and then tried to pray and then legislate the feelings away.

Also more on Justin Humphrey via wikipedia:

Humphrey's efforts to introduce cockfighting legislation[27] has led to the outcry from animal rights advocates[28] and the former attorney general.[29] Oklahoma has been called the "Cockfighting Capitol of the United States."[30] HB 2530, pushed by Justin Humphrey, died on April 13, 2023, for the second year in a row. Tulsa District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said he was glad cockfighting remained a felony.[31] Transphobia and homophobia

Humphrey has made multiple transphobic comments. In an email responding to a constituent Humphrey said "I understand transgender people have mental illness".[32] This view is not supported by the World Health Organization or the American Psychiatric Association.[32] In an interview published after the incident on April 15, 2021, Humphrey doubled down by saying "I want to tell your audience there is no transgender. There is male and there is female. And transgender would be a mental health issue... So those people that say I'm bigoted, I will say you're insane and you're doing the people wrong by doing that."[32] Freedom Oklahoma, an LGBT advocacy group, denounced Humphrey's comments calling them "a long-debunked myth".[32]

Humphrey was quoted as saying “You’re dang skippy I’ll take my kid to a chicken fighting before I’m gonna take them to see a drag queen."[31]

On the flip side, myself and my high school friends way, way back in the day would have a had a field day with this type of dumbass law. Would be a shame if this passed and students were to test the law and their parents and their state/local traffic engineers who probably didn't think of this type of dumbass shit ever happening.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When I was in high school, for some reason I will never know, the library had a concrete box of sand next to the two staircases that went to the library's second level (it was a pretty big school). The mascot was the Panthers, and I always wanted to do a senior prank where I put fake dog shit in the sandbox and put a sign up that said 'the panther's litter box.' Sadly, I never got around to it. But if this had been a law when I was in high school, I was such an asshole punk kid that I would have taken a shit there myself while meowing like a cat just to make a point.

[–] itsralC@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it was for electrical fires?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

No, it was like a planter except instead of soil and plants, it was just sand.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So, presumably he'd be okay with the furries if they were fighting each other?

[–] Alterecho@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Wait, wait, let him cook