• andros_rex@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 days ago

    Hey, btw this guys pastor doesn’t think women should have the right to vote. The military has been actively purging women.

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 days ago

      His attitude towards women really makes me wonder why he now has to have his mommy-wife accompany him to Pentagon meetings?

      Is it that he needs her to do his job for him and/or keep him from accidentally drunk texting classified military plans to the wrong journalists again?

      Or is it like a control thing? Like a paranoia the hostage might try to escape or signal they’re in danger if he doesn’t keep an eye on her? Not to try and make any excuse for her for deciding to marry this guy, but he does have a history of domestic abuse and I really cannot comprehend wtf the logic is?

      “Women are too emotional and incompetent to serve in the military,” but also, “I need to bring my wife to classified work meetings so that I can (supposedly) do my job leading the military”…?

      Maybe I’m just too emotional to see the flawless logic? Or for expecting there to be logic in anything he does.

    • boogiebored@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 hours ago

      “To put things into perspective,” he added, “it is the equivalent for us humans to encounter another human who would be as tall as Mount Everest.”

      Attack On Teria

    • vortic@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 day ago

      Okay, that was a pretty cool read! I had no idea these things existed. Thanks, I didn’t expect to learn anything cool in a thread on Pete Hegzeth’s poor hygiene.

  • Zink@programming.dev
    9·
    2 days ago

    But he can see Jesus?

    “I can’t see germs so they aren’t real” sounds like the kind of meaningless strawman “got 'em!” argument he might make against atheism or whatever. It would be stupid then, too.

    But no, he of course did the more sincere, more stupider straightforward version of that statement.

  • marcos@lemmy.world
    68·
    3 days ago

    Is this the Onion?

    I mean, I wouldn’t doubt it’s real, but it surely sounds like a joke.

    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
      70·
      3 days ago

      I wondered too. Holy sweet illiterate baby Jesus… it’s real

      Fox News host Pete Hegseth has said on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing”.

      Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.

      “I inoculate myself,” added the Harvard and Princeton graduate.

      His remarks came after co-hosts Ed Henry and Jedediah Bila made fun of him for eating left-over pizza.

      “My 2019 resolution is to say things on air that I say off air,” Hegseth added.

      • fta@lemmy.zip
        31·
        3 days ago

        Jfc.

        Fuck that guy. Seriously.

        But we should read the fucking article if we’re going to quote it.

        Next sent sentence:

        Mr Hegseth later told USA Today that his remarks were intended to be a joke.

        Maybe he was covering his ass, maybe it was a joke. But this is like the last thing on an incredibly long list of things to try and go after for.

  • SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    Mark my words. If you’re in the United States, modern medicine will become increasingly difficult to obtain, and that which is available will be out of date.

    • D_C@sh.itjust.works
      16·
      3 days ago

      So, did kegsbreath actually say that?

      Edit: just read through the comments on here and, yes, he did say it. Fucks sake.

      • Zink@programming.dev
        2·
        2 days ago

        We all know his history and how ridiculous it is that he has the job he has, etc.

        But to read an article from a handful of years ago talking about him as the random worthless propaganda TV host he was at the time… it somehow still stings.