Monday, March 11, 2019

So Are We Holding People Accountable For The Horrid Shit They Said In The Before-Time Now?



From CNN:

Tucker Carlson defiant against outrage over audio clips: 'We will never bow to the mob'

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In one clip, Carlson joked about wanting to invade Canada, while Iraq, on the other hand, "is a crappy place filled with a bunch of, you know, semiliterate primitive monkeys — that's why it wasn't worth invading."

In another clip from the same year, 2006, he said he had "zero sympathy for them or their culture" in Iraq, calling it "a culture where people just don't use toilet paper or forks."

In a third clip, Carlson — evidently joking — used a pejorative term for homosexuals to express his respect for the radio show's host that he loved him "in a completely f****t way."

Carusone told Hayes on MSNBC that Carlson seemed casual and comfortable in these radio chats.

"It sounds like you're actually getting to see the real Tucker Carlson" in these clips, he said.
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Cool!

Wake me when we get around to Rick Wilson.

Or Michael Gerson.

Or David Frum.

Or Charlie Sykes.

Or David Brooks.

Or Bret Stephens.

Or Erick Erickson.

Or Hugh Hewitt.

Or Glenn Greenwald.

Or Bill Kristol.

Or Andrew Sullivan.

Or John Podhoretz.

Or Joe Scarborough.

Or Jonah Goldberg.

Or Tom Friedman.

Or Steve Schmidt.

Or Max Boot.

Or...


Behold, a Tip Jar!


6 comments:

Meremark said...

Or eff'ing Rash Lamebrain.

Loony Liberal said...

If they were serious, they'd yank at the roots itself and put Newt Gingrich on the "We'd Rather Play Video Static Instead" list.

VonWenk said...

Tempest in a teapot as far as I'm concerned. First, Tucker Carlson saying racist things years ago isn't really a surprise; he apparently says racist things on his show now. I will concede Ben Shapiro's point that Carlson's viewers don't care and the people calling for Carlson's removal from the air generally don't watch his show anyway. I feel like there a lot more important things going on right now the fate of Tucker Carlson's umpteenth cable news show.

Second, considering these comments were made on a shock-jock show,Carlson is clearly trying to be funny. I'm not saying he is funny, and the subjects he's joking about say something about his character, but he was evidently trying to be clever/provocative.

Finally, Tucker Carlson is proof positive of Driftglass' puppet show theory. He's had shows on all three of the major cable news networks. And, am I misremembering or did the Republican Party boycott CNN over Crossfire hosted by Carlson and James Carville being "too liberal"? I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that, and I'm becoming very skeptical of the reasons behind the boycott.

Ian said...

VonWenk- the objection to crossfire from conservatives was never about its terrible content or the dumbing down of ideas into thirty second gladiatorial battles, the objection was that it was a show in which a voice from the left (or sorta-left as the case usually was) was allowed to speak at all.

RUKidding said...

All of the scum on Fake Noise and fellow travelers such as Sinclair Broadcasting, "Christiany" Networking, "Christiany Churches," Regnary Press, etc, yadda yaddda are equally as disgusting, perverted, likely to be child molestors of one sort or another, as Fucker Tarlson.

It's just whack-a-mole at this point. Yeah, some grim satisfaction in witnessing Fucker kicked offa Fixed Nooz, if that happens. But then, as Darth Cheney would intone: "SO???"

Rupert Morlock will just replace him with someone equally revolting, perverted, pedophile, etc, etc. There's simply no end to it, which, I believe, is the point of this particular post.

After all, White Supremacist Nazis in the USA have endlessly proven that they LOVE this shit, lap it up for breakfast, and will gleefully vote for the worst of the worst. Witness Roy Moore in 'Bama, who, I believe, is gearing up for another run for the Senate. His fanatical Confederate KKKlan fans will happily vote for a child molester. Didn't Jeebus say to do it or somethin??

We are truly in dark times, and I have no clue anymore how this plays out. I can state for the record that my rightwing fundabangelical family will happily line up to pull the lever for Trump again in 2020. Doesn't matter how many people die in Boeing airplanes, doesn't matter how many kids get caged and killed or "lost" or molested. As long as their preacher tells 'em Trump's against 'bortions, Done and Dusted.

Go figure. I stopped trying a long long time ago.

We're doomed.

Robt said...

In view of the wealthy using their tax cuts to enhance Trickle down to become shit on. As we see them buying their numbskull children's elite degrees to rule as the next generation of republican judges. To be the Aristocrats the believe they are.

Like Cheney and Trump whose parents wealth purchased 5 deferments out of the Draft for Vietnam. While retaining the tittle of war hawk and war hero.

Even the Trump Fraud U.. The court allowed Trump buy his way out of a court ruling of guilt by settling out of court. Once the court knew they would find him guilty. They could not just convict his guilt and make him pay restitution.

But !!!!
DG, I has to assss-k-kk.

How did you make the cuts from all the right wing talent to produce your "short List"???

Convince me you did not take money to put them on the short list to bolster their right wing credentials.

Or, Did you accept bribes to keep them off the short list?

As a malcontent. the law for the superior race is made and bought by the Superior affluent while the laws non wealthy must obey and subject to punishment is made by the same superior race.