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Opinion: Tucker Carlson's Anti-Trans Rant Endangers Us All


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This is just wrong on so many levels.  But, unfortunately ... not surprising from FOX/right wing media.  It was at the very top of the first breaking news "Transgender shooter .... ". 

But I am happy Charlotte Clymer provided some great statistics.  99.7% of shooters are NOT trans!

 

 

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Get rid of the screaming voices and the logic of the R-dubs reveals itself as simple but unintelligible and illogical huckstering of H8.  That was nailed down tight.  Carlson needs a psychiatric hold put on him as a danger to others.  He will be in his element in a sound deadening, padded room with appropriate physical restraints.

 

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Speaking purely pastorally, Mr. Carlson is a lunatic in serious need of help who doesn't understand and misrepresents his faith. He needs our prayers. What astounds me about him is that his show is so popular.

 

The one point the author of the article that I have to disagree with, based on the facts, is that this has very little to do with "unrestricted access to guns." The shooter legally purchased 7 firearms from 5 licensed dealers. This means Hale went through 5-7 background checks which can hardly be described as "unfettered access." I would instead argue the background check system needs to be improved.

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I agree with what everything said, but as the leaks on Carlson's dislike of Trump make clear, he is not arguing in good faith. Ditto for most of the others: they say whatever they think will rile up their base or boost ratings, not what they actually think. They are fully aware that their points are illogical. In my opinion, FOX News is the main cause of the problem. The entire network should be shutdown. Surely, deliberately broadcasting "news" known to be untrue and provocative is illegal. All the monopolies controlling media should be broken up, too.

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11 hours ago, Kasumi63 said:

I agree with what everything said, but as the leaks on Carlson's dislike of Trump make clear, he is not arguing in good faith. Ditto for most of the others: they say whatever they think will rile up their base or boost ratings, not what they actually think. They are fully aware that their points are illogical. In my opinion, FOX News is the main cause of the problem. The entire network should be shutdown. Surely, deliberately broadcasting "news" known to be untrue and provocative is illegal. All the monopolies controlling media should be broken up, too.

Yes, Fox is a problem. But, so are other networks as evidenced by such shows as The View, Rachael Maddox, etc. Every last one of them are nothing more than propaganda organs anymore with each caring only about ratings. ANd, perhaps th4ey could be shut down in other countries, but not inn th4e USA. It's that darned pesky First Amendment again...

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Ick.  I don't think Tucker is insane...he's doing what makes him and his network money.  Its all dollar-driven, and violence and scandals are what sell.

 

Tucker and his stuff made an unexpected and unpleasant appearance at our Easter dinner table.  My husband's father brought it up....the whole "transgender is like a religion" etc...  Husband's parents are sometimes tone-deaf Trumpers, and we turn the other cheek when they talk about it.  Somehow they manage to listen to Tucker even after they stopped paying for cable TV.  🙄

 

Today was more than I could stand, although I got the impression that husband's parents see all trans folks as leftist/Democrats.  Pet peeve of mine.  I was 🤏 very close to pointing out that they're sitting at dinner with a trans girl, and also that I'm my husband's intersex/trans partner....and neither of us are Democrat voters, nor anti-Christian, nor wannabe shooters.  I kept my mouth shut, and my husband guided the conversation to something else. 

 

Thanks, Tucker.   You made my Easter soooo special. 🤬

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On 4/30/2023 at 3:13 PM, awkward-yet-sweet said:

Anybody else notice that FOX fired Tucker this week?

 

I actually wondered why no-one had mentioned it here before now. The story was widely covered here. Our news media seem obsessed with the inane and unhinged utterings of Fox News, Carlson, Alex Jones, Trump et al. Personally I think they would be better off not giving them oxygen.

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I certainly won't miss him and i saw in a satire the fox is replacing him with an automated lying machine.  It can spew out more deception and hate faster than even he could do.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

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I also noticed that Jesse Waters is "on vacation" and that CNN fired Don Lemon. Maybe this signals a beginning of the end to frat boy journalism???

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24 minutes ago, Charlize said:

fox is replacing him with an automated lying machine

That's SO FUNNY @Charlize😆

(oh! I just realized this emoji face 😆 is just like Tucker's stupid fake laughing face.  Guess he's not laughing now)

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Just now, KayC said:

(oh! I just realized this emoji face 😆 is just like Tucker's stupid fake laughing face.  Guess he's not laughing now)

He's only laughing on his way to the bank. I read somewhere that he got a multi-million dolla5r settlement and already has a contract to become news director for some obscure cable network. And he's suing Fox for defamation or something. He just needs to go away.

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