Tucker Carlson says Trump admin using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample free speech
Tucker Carlson says Trump admin using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample free speech
So I'm assuming that Sinclair will be demanding that Tucker apologize and donate and that the FCC will be threatening to cancel his podcast.
I was just thinking this is the perfect meme in this context.
Not only a good point... He dared to go against supreme leader, despite his much he normally licks boots, and when other more moderate people are licking boot about all this
I'm confused, but happy to see it.
What fucking bizarro world have I stepped into where fash-lite bowtie man is making sense
Tucker's a smart guy with a clever tongue. He can lay out an exhaustive, reasoned, rationalist case for basic civil liberties. And then he can come back a day later to lay out an exhaustive, reasoned, rationalist case against them.
Just depends on which side of the line he's standing. Dude's a talk radio mercenary. He'll fight for whichever side he thinks will turn him a profit.
Tucker’s a smart guy with a clever tongue.
No, Tucker Carlson, the guy who tells idiots what they want to hear.
He's honestly been right about very niche things for a while, sometimes for the wrong reasons, and never a good person. But he's sometimes right
I've noticed this happening more often than I would have imagined, actually. There are some times where Trump or one of his sycophants will make an off-the-cuff remark that is actually, genuinely, a good and logical thing to do. it doesn't happen that often, but it does happen. The bizarre part is that when that idea fails to manifest media coverage detailing how bad it is, they just... give up on it. It's like the conservative political philosophy has completely morphed into being a contrarian force against liberalism, in spite of whatever their personal beliefs might be. If democrats are ambivalent on an issue, so are they.
Everyone getting a Russian paycheck is becoming visible right now.
Trump had a falling-out with Russia, Russia wants the US out of Israel, so you will notice that every single right-wing pundit who is suddenly screaming about government overreach are also the same ones who have been saying that the US shouldn't get involved in Israel.
Seriously, it's like a line-item list. Owens, Shapiro, Carlson, MTG and whatever other assorted midwits who have spoken out against US involvement in the middle-east, same ones who have had the most glowing praise for Russia or Putin.
Russia wants the middle-east via Iran and they don't like Trump anymore because he's too hard to manage and will likely die soon, so the window for shaping policy is rapidly running out.
(It's not going to get better when Trump dies.)
edit: save your insane replies, I don't care if it hurts your mental health to learn that the world might be more complicated than you think and there is no real binary of "good guys and bad guys" and absolutely everyone is a bad guy.
i wonder what your response will be once you learn that marjoree taylor green has tried to stop weapons shipments to isreal, but aoc helped stop her... twice
AOC voted to stop the amendment but voted no on the actual bill.
Sounds like there's a host of details you're leaving out.
But then that's a classic Tucker trope.
Huh, whatever happened to loving how things are done in Putinist Russia, Tucker?
"Finally! I've finished my kill-bot. Come, gather round, as I unveil it to the world"
"But Professor Killington"
"Yes, adorable, one-legged, orphan Timmy?"
"Why did you make a kill-bot?"
"Well, so it would indiscriminately murder anything and everything that moves, of course"
"But professor, that sounds dangerous"
"Don't be a fucking retard Timmy. I know what I'm doing"
"O-okay Professor"
"Now everyone gather round as I turn on the killbot for the very first time, and be amazed as it makes me pancakes"
flips switch
"OH NO, STOP, STOP, STOP KILLING ME, KILL-BOT OH MY GOD, MY SPLEEN, OH, IF ONLY SOMEBODY COULD HAVE FORRSEEN THIS TERRIBLE TURN OF EVENTS".
Timmy would go on to run for Congress on an anti killbot policy. He would lose to a bigoted blowhard who insisted on the right for all people to own killbots to make them pancakes.
Had I more upvotes to give...
He just realized that he is NOT SAFE
Not since Trump flipped on Russia (again). Maybe he'll feel safer after another Alaska Summit.
So now he cares about such principles...
Only when it has the potential to impact him personally.
Ugh Fucker Carlson making sense. I hate this world.
Guess someone forgot to send tucker his check.
Interesting. I don't know who he is, but based on (part of) the Russian shopping video I saw of him yesterday, where he was excited at what everything a Russian supermarket has to offer, finally cumming into his pants after finding that Russia has bread, I wouldn't expect much.
Russia has bread? Lucky ducks.
You might enjoy this video to understand how long this chuckle fuck had been around being a douche https://youtu.be/aFQFB5YpDZE
And this one is just historical context for the bread video you mentioned
A broken Nazi Russian asset asshole clock is right once a day
Trump has actually said critical stuff of Putin lately, maybe Tucker got a bit of marching orders to stir shit up?
Now we're just lying to ourselves.
They keep wanting a civil war between leftwingers and rightwingers, but seems more likely they will have a civil war amongst the rightwingers themselves. 🤦♂️
Could well happen yeah. Though it also seems likely, given how things have gone so far, that an assassin could be on camera with a Nazi swastika on their clothes and immediately after you'd have the right wing media spreading far and wide, "Here's how the Nazis (National SOCIALISTS) were leftists, actually"
Maybe some shit about Nazis being pro trans too, I dunno. At this point it feels like they could actually say that and enough people would lap it up
No, stop, don’t.
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Holy shit I agree with Tucker Carlson?
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point
I Hate This Timeline.
I agreed with Cucker Tarlson and Marge Sporktoes on things! Wtf???
This man doesn't actually meaningfully believe anything that he says. That said, what he is saying here is true.
Area, Man!
Holy shit, Tucker dares to go against Trump.
It's something all the right wing grifters will realize at some point.
These people have no purpose if Trump forces all the news networks in the country to say whatever he wants. He no longer requires any of their services as mouthpieces.
I think Charlie Kirk ironically would be the first one to balk at the supression of leftist rhetoric.
Without opposition looking to make him look like an asshat while he thinks he's making them look like an asshat, these pundits lose their 'edge'. They have nothing to rant against, and without ranting, what's their draw, how do they make a living being right wing assholes that don't actually do anything or have to take accountability for anything?
Did his funding change? Why all the sudden change? You got the fucker there.
Carlson's livelihood is trolling. Harder to troll if no counterpoint is allowed to be heard.
If he ends up getting Kirked over this, I'll gladly nudge him over the line to "on the right side of history". Won't mourn his passing though, he's peddled enough bullshit to make himself irredeemable as decent human being.
I wouldn’t nudge him
For the love of god, would you guys learn what the FCC actually does and who they have jurisdiction over. People keep talking about how hypocritical they are that they don't go after Fox News, Tucker Carlson's podcast, Blaze Radio... Guys! The FCC regulates public broadcast license holders. They do not regulate cable news shows, satellite radio, Spotify, or any other premium, private media source.
Is the FCC head a partisan hack, a complete hypocrite, and weilding his authority to cudgel those who express protected speech he doesnt like? Absolutely. By all means, be critical of that. But stop whatabouting things that he literally could not regulate even if he wanted to. You are making criticism over this sound ignorant AF.
You’re right on the technical points, but you’re completely missing the larger reality, which is corporate and media consolidation. There are a lot of business interests that include some subsidiaries that are subject to the FCC’s regulation, and other subsidiaries that are not. The point is, members of this administration are exerting extortionate pressures that don’t happen in a vacuum.
No one is coming at this with anywhere near any nuance. They're just throwing around complaints that they arent doing the same thing to people on their side even when they dont have any control over them anyway.
It would be like a police cheif cracking down on black drug users in Birmingham Alabama, and then complaining that they dont do the same to the white drug users in New Jersey. Like you are right to criticize the action, but the insinuation that they are responsible for something else that is beyond their direct control is just dumb.
Do you honestly think something as trivial as jurisdiction is going to stop them?
Toilet paper is more respected than your Constitution. Stop expecting 'the law' to protect you from those that write and enforce the law.
Well that's a dumb take. You're suggesting that those criticizing the hypocrisy of his actions taken under the law are then saying he should break the law to go against his own partisan side to make it fair. That just makes us sound even more ignorant.
Man, you really missed the point and went down the path of Poe.
How did I miss the point? I agree completely that Carr is a fuck head that is using his power to attack free speech he disagrees with and doing Trump's bidding regardless of legality and reason. We're not in dispute there so I didnt comment on it. But you and others are under a weird delusion about the FCC's power. You're far from the only one posting snide remarks about the FCC not coming after people they dont have the power to come after.
They are the regulator for cable TV and therefore do regulate cable news shows. https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/cable-television
They have regulatory power primarily over the technical aspects of cable tv, not the content.
From the same fcc.gov website you just linked to:
Nevertheless, what power the FCC has to regulate content varies by electronic platform. Over-the-air broadcasts by local TV and radio stations are subject to certain speech restraints, but speech transmitted by cable or satellite TV systems generally is not. The FCC does not regulate online content.
Source: The FCC and Speech | Federal Communications Commission https://share.google/p4X1DUg5q3a8F1jC6
Edit: @downvoters, am I fucking wrong? Your citation is right there, right from the horse's mouth, the government website of the FCC itself. Go on and be pissy about it I guess, but you're acting like children.
Jimmy Kimmel isn't being silenced by the FCC, he's being silenced by Sinclair.
Except he is being silenced by the FCC too since Carr, in his official capacity as FCC Chairman, made the remarks,
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
and
“We at the FCC are going to force the public interest obligation. There are broadcasters out there that don’t like it, they can turn in their license in to the FCC,” Carr said. “But that’s our job. Again, we’re making some progress now.”
Also, FCC Chair Carr says 'we're not done yet' after Jimmy Kimmel suspension by ABC
I'm aware.
I never thought I'd see the day where I agree with Fucker Carlson. Jesus.
LOL, no shit Tucker!
Your kind ALWAYS wanted to do that, no matter what the excuse is.
That's the thing with fascism. They believe it's never going to come after them until it is coming after them. Tucker must see some writing on the wall.
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Double comment!
Double response!
Yeah this instance is having some server issues today resulting in me double posting.
They'll come for him soon enough.
"You hope that a year from now, the turmoil we're seeing in the aftermath of his murder won't be leveraged to bring hate speech laws to this country,” Carlson said Wednesday
Yeah it would really be a shame if free speech were to be trampled at some nebulous point in the future. Imagine if it were to happen now!
“And trust me, if it is, if that does happen, there is never a more justified moment for civil disobedience than that, ever. And there never will be,” the pundit added.
The most justified possible cause for civil disobedience in all of human history has been and will only ever be... hate speech laws. Jeez. I'm a white guy and even that level of privilege and arrogance is a little crazy.
“Because if they can tell you what to say, they're telling you what to think...There is nothing they can't do to you because they don't consider you human.”
He seems so close to getting it. So damn close. But considering the right's propensity for projection, it's probably just an illusion.
Oh NOW he's gone too far?? Fuck. You.
Whhaattttt?
Stating the obvious to hoard in people... While still being a fascist himself. Who could have seen this coming...
israel killed ck
I am floored that I agree with that piece of shit, but… here we are.
What a weird time to live in.
Tucker is scared because kimmel and other media personalities are getting nuked. That's his money flow at risk, nothing else.
Ya know there a principle I am rather fond of, doing good for bad reasons is still good. While Carlson may be a shitstain undeserving of his kneecaps and while he may be doing a good thing for bad reasons, well I'll take what I can get. We are effectively shrieking into the void like the banshee outside of my window, nobody hears us but they do hear Carlson.
Probably, but it's smart to take allies where you can find them. A lot of right-wingers pay attention to Carlson, and his stance is hitting where left-leaning sources have no pull.
If he was scared, he would have kept his mouth shut. This is praiseworthy
Similar thing for me recently. Learned musk is against collective shouts censorship. Made me really evaluate why I was against it. Still against it. Censorship limits freedom of speech but so does deplatforming the censors. Weird times
Sure, but sometimes the enemy of your enemy is still your enemy. I agree with this one thing that Tucker said. I vehemently disagree with pretty much every single other thing he says, or has said.
The grammar is ambiguous, FYI, of if you meant the censorship done by collective shout or the censorship being done to collective shout.
It doesn't impact my reply, but I figured I'd let you know. :)
I'm against government censorship in all circumstances outside the cliche "you can't threaten people or spread injurious falsehoods".
I'm okay with private entities not giving people a platform if they aren't a defacto institution. Credit card companies and financial services should be agnostic to which legal businesses they process payments and hold assets for. Much like how shipping companies are agnostic to what's in your package, beyond what's necessary to move it safely.
If you're needed for society to function, I want you to blindly service society, even if people I dislike also get service.
I don't want to be in a place where every platform needs to accept all participants as valid. There's plenty of ways to share your viewpoint.