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Joe Exotic posts on instagram that his husband was deported by ICE after years of shilling for Donald Trump.

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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 49 minutes ago

He's gay and married to an immigrant and still voted trump? I knew magaheads were dense but this is neutron star level density!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

Why would Carol Baskin do this?

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago

This is my favourite one so far. Fuck Joe Exotic.

[–] rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 53 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's an older meme, but it checks out.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 hours ago

I can definetely still hear this one!

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 15 points 4 hours ago

“I am never gonna financially recover from this situation.”

[–] RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 hours ago

good ol' create problem, sell solution

[–] outbakes9510@piefed.social 33 points 7 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago (19 children)

Fine, but they can refer to each other as husbands if they like

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Well, yeah, but I believe the implication is that if they were legally married then Exotic's husband should be a US citizen and shouldn't have been deported.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 4 points 1 hour ago

should be a US citizen

No? You can marry foreign nationals in the US I'd hope

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I think that even if they were legally married, there are instances where they can still be deported. If the person went into or stayed in America "illegally", they can be deported regardless of marriage status.

[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 2 points 2 hours ago

That's bullshit. The government shouldn't be deporting people for refusing to participate in their system of regulating love. Just let people live where they want.

[–] outbakes9510@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Note that might have legal consequences: if they expressed that in a court session it might be considered perjury or contempt of court. In general, people don't like being mislead, so using sentences that are easy to misinterpret when you could have used a more straightforward sentence will probably lead to trouble.

Some consequences of "represent[ing] to others that the parties are married" can be considered quite negative: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/no-home-or-kids-together-but-couple-still-spouses-appeal-court-rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage_in_the_United_States

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[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Marriage isn't a legal construct. The government doesn't have the right to own people's relationships. They can say they do, it doesn't make it true.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Sorry guys, I agree with this take. The tricky part is the legal stuff tied to "single" or "married", etc but we shouldn't have distinguished based on that anyway.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 hours ago

Perhaps they weren't legally married but had some kinda tiger ceremony followed by a sweaty handshake..

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 180 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Hahaha, you think a gay dude's getting one of Trump's golden tickets for US citizenship? I mean come on, has he even raped any women? Remember, trans ones don't count!

[–] icmpecho@lemmy.ml 73 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

i absolutely hate this, and at the same time, you're entirely on point here. it's beginning to feel a lot like sex crimes are a rite of passage to the new regime, bonus points if it's a hate crime directed at a trans person

[–] WarlockoftheWoods@lemy.lol 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

What do you mean "sex crimes"? There's about to be no such thing by the end of the next 4 years. Women won't be able to report crimes

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 5 points 4 hours ago

I'm pretty certain they'll still be able to report a crime, but it becomes selectively enforced and used to control people.

Or they encourage victims to speak up, then force them to marry their rapist and remove all agency from them in that marriage to prevent them from speaking about it again.

Or both.

Or something worse than all of the above.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 36 points 8 hours ago

Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving piece of shit. Zero sympathy.

[–] Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz 118 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

There's going to be so many fat leopards.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

Leopards Ate My Husband

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 32 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think Joe can vote from prison.

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

In some states you can't vote once you leave it either, for felonies. States like Missouri or Mississippi require extra steps like a pardon to get your voting rights back

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 53 points 8 hours ago

i thought a tiger would eat his face, but eventually turned out to be a leopard

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 59 points 9 hours ago
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it.

Trump was exceedingly, vulgarly, and graphically clear that a vote for him was a vote the policy of heavy-handed and widespread immigration crackdowns.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 48 points 9 hours ago

Joe Exotic really seems to be leaning into leopards these days.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 26 points 9 hours ago

If he can get $5 million, does that mean he financially recovered from this?

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't people married to citizens also citizens? Not officially married?

[–] sparkee@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

No, marriage to a U.S. citizen does not automatically make someone a U.S. citizen. Marriage to a U.S. citizen makes the spouse eligible for U.S. lawful permanent residence through a process with a lot of paperwork and waiting. After 3 years of lawful permanent residence they become eligible for citizenship if the couple remains married.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago

but mah sitcomes :P ok ty.

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