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?

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[–] 59 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Furries are so much worse than $6.50/gal diesel. Glad he's on top of this.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I had a job once that required considerable business travel. One time I had to show up somewhere on short notice, and hadn't realized my staff had booked me at a large hotel holding a furry convention. It was all fine, they were gracious and funny, though I could have done without the couple in fursuits fucking in the corridor when I came in near midnight after a long workday. To their credit, they did give me a little wave and paused until I went past.

    If it had been a convention of rightwingers, it would have been far, far worse. They tend to be mean drunks.

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  • [–] 53 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    i'd rather have a furry in the cockpit than a republicant in public office.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    What if it's a Republican furry in office?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    There already is. Why do you think Tommy is so vocal about it? Every accusation...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    The fact these morons give any "brainpower" to thinking about furries is hilarious to me. I was probably in college when I first hear about furries, the extent of that thought was, "huh, what the fuck, oh well" because it ain't my bag baby. Not worth ever thinking about again.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Dude went down a furry rabbit hole one night,

    Lana, are we still doing phrasing?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    That rabbit hole's name is Judy Hopps.

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    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?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    You can all-but-guarantee his browsing history is full of furry porn.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    If a pilot has the confidence to wear a fur suit in the cockpit, I'll feel safer than ever.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I would agree, but the practicalities of being able to control the plane in a fursuit would worry me. Otherwise, I give just about zero fucks about the pilot's hobbies as long as one of them is flying safetly. heh

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago

    Meanwhile, the FBI:

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    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.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    "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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Fear mongering is effective, it's why they quote mine to misrepresent people to make them look scary or put a bunch of actors dressed as pigs on an ad and say something like 'John Politician licks murderers butt holes, would you vote for a person who agrees with all your policy positions and values but doesn't praise fascists‽'

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    'Meow, meow': Pilots scolded after animal noises heard on air traffic control frequency April 15, 2026

    The FAA said "non-essential conversations" are prohibited below 10,000 feet.

    You can bark into the microphone at 10,000 feet. Good to know!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Pilots have been meowing and making annoying broadcasts for decades. Just to say that the chances it's a part of furry culture are very slim. Truckers will also be annoying on the radio. It's a matter of the call of the void and someone thinking they're funny and thinking it doesn't cause any real harm (and it largely doesn't, but you never know who will turn the radio off or need to broadcast an emergency and can't).

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Personally, I'm more worried about the sheep fuckers being let in to the FBI now

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    And what is your problem with the Welsh exactly, sir?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    Wait till he hears about the furries running the internet.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    "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."

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    *Nuzzles your world trade centre

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I am more scared of US Senators that are dumber than my cat.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    Another false Christian hating on their neighbors.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago*

    Been flying for over 30 years. This “furry” thing…isn’t a thing in flying. And even if it’s a thing in people’s off time, nobody is talking about it.

    And who gives a damn what people do in their off time as long as they do their job right.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    What even the fuck?

    Are we gonna talk about all the bullshit the crazies were going on about when it came to "litter boxes in schools"?

    These guys are just playing the hits now....the Sharia stuff, the red-baiting stuff, the transphobia, the furry stuff?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I wonder what those politicians smoke before they do those speeches, and if that stuff is even legal.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    "Is he smart or is he... like me?"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    I mean what else can you expect from a man who has a deflated football for a brain

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I did not read this, it's lunch time so I am going to bed

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    🙄 who listens to these people, but other bullies looking for scapegoats for their own proclivities?

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    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?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    I'm a lot more worried about a geriatric who still goes by "Tommy".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I’ll consider this statement from someone not named Potato Town

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    What!? I don’t even know what those mean when put together like that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Id love to hear his explanation for how being a furry impacts their ability to fly.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Well, furry costumes provide limited visbility and fine motor controls to handle flying the airplane. They may also have trouble navigating the confined space in a cockpit.

    /s

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    [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Gas is $6.50 and food is wildly expensive.

    Good job staying on task you fuckwit.

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  • Ffs this is like the caravan of immigrants that are always on their way to the boarder and suddenly disappear the day after election day.

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