I don't know if "Fox News" will have Tucker Carlson apologize for his anti-mask rant the other day. I doubt it, though they've had him do so in the past for things that were far-too creepily over-the-top for even them. However, if they do see advertisers start to flee (though there aren't too many left on Carlson's show at this point who would be upset with him about...well, anything) and they do have him say something -- and if it's another of his standard "one sentence 'oopsie' things followed by several minutes slamming The Left," save it. That's not actually an apology, but an excuse to play the victim. Instead, he should use the time on his show for something more meaningful, like showing another of the hot panda sex videos he's been known to run.
If you don't know about his rant, basically he said that if anyone saw a child outside wearing a mask, people should treat that like child abuse and call the police about it. "Hello, police? There's a white supremacist fascist on my TV who's a public health menace and is encouraging people to harass the general public for their lawful conduct." More to the point, if the police get overwhelmed by people calling them to harass children with face masks (or anyone with face masks), they should know these calls were directed to them by Tucker Carlson. And any angry police responses about a waste of their time and an abuse of public safety should be sent directly to Carlson or at least to "Fox News" who will be able to take a message for him. We're beyond the point of calling anything that Tucker Carlson does is despicable or reprehensible. Given things like his semi-coded defense of white supremacy a couple weeks ago that wasn't a dog whistle but a fog horn, descriptive words are pretty meaningless now. And "now" is a pretty flexible term, since Tucker Carlson's white supremacy and fascism go back pretty far, even to his bow tie days. I recall during the 2016 presidential race I was flipping through TV channels, and Carlson had someone liberal on, which shocked me, and I watched for a minute -- largely because the guest went into full takedown mode and was blasting some Republican actions as fascist (yes, even before that election). And poor little Tucker just had a meltdown. It was like a cartoon when the character turns all beet-red, his head begins to shake back-and-forth like a tuning fork, and then steam shoots high out of the top of his head and a steam whistle goes off. Carlson came pretty close to that in real life, and began sputtering, "How can you say that????!! How can you say that???!!!!" The words falling over one another, almost to incomprehensibility. He made no attempt to argue back or tell the guest off, but clearly was taking this as a very personal attack, even though the comment was not directed to him. What stands out more about Carlson's anti-mask, call the police on children fascist rant was that there was no outrage from anyone of authority in the Republican Party or on “Fox News,” which speaks loudly how low that party (and channel) have plummeted. It’s now full-on fascist with no attempt to disguise the fact, unless you call them that and they then get all pissy, turn beet-red and have steam blow high out of the top of their heads. Here's the thing -- I have no idea if Tucker Carlson even believe this about calling the police on children wearing masks. I'm certain he does believe the white supremacy fascist stuff, but idiot pablum like this to feed to his far-right conspiracy lunatic viewers? Who knows? I wouldn't be surprised if he actually believes much of it, because it fits into his mindset that he's displayed openly for years, but I wouldn't also be surprised if he just wants to rile up his audience and also wants to get the national attention because he's such an empty, egregious panderer. (Not to be confused with pandas, and his hot panda sex videos.) Either way, though, the words that regularly come out of his mouth are dangerous to the well-being of the country. But for all that, this is not about Tucker Carlson. We know who he is. This is about the Republican Party, the far-right media, and wing-nut acolyte followers are are full-blown fascist, white supremacist, delusional insurrectionists and are all complicit. And yes, that's a generalization. But it's pretty close to accurate unless shown otherwise. To be clear, I'm not talking about conservatives. Or every member of the Republican Party. But about the leadership and direction of the GOP which pushes its elected agenda, and about the "far-right" and all those that that encompasses. The lunatic fringe wing of the party and the philosophy. A wing which has become pretty close to taking over the full body. Dr. Seuss, Mr. Potato Head, Kamala Harris at a bakery, no more meat allowed, Kamala Harris' children book, on and on and on it goes. Nothing. Yammering. Not just lying, idiotic lying. Nothing. In the middle of a pandemic, economic collapse, racial unrest, insurrection. Nothing. They have nothing. This is what they offer. Nothing, And so, you tell people to call the police when you see a child wearing a face mask to stay safe because there are no vaccines approved yet for children. Despicable, reprehensible, nothing -- none of it even begins to do today's Republican Party justice. Tucker Carlson isn't the problem. He's the symptom. Just one of the faces -- crying out to get to wear his bow tie again. Or his white hood.
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