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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
That was literally nauseating to read. That child is going to be traumatized for life.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Mar 10th 2019 at 7:03:12 AM
Well, there's not enough bleach in my house...
I mean, what the hell do you even say to something like that? It's so terrible I honestly don't know where to start.
Edited by HailMuffins on Mar 10th 2019 at 11:05:55 AM
Revolting, yet rather par for the course for Tucker Carlson.
BTW, that stuff about glorifying statutory rape is only part of it. The rest of the stuff mentioned in that Mediamatters article is also awful.
Carlson, who was hired by Fox News in 2009, also used sexist language to talk about women, including then-co-workers at NBC and public figures. He referred to Martha Stewart’s daughter Alexis Stewart as “cunty,” called journalist Arianna Huffington a “pig,” and labeled Britney Spears and Paris Hilton “the biggest white whores in America.” He also said that women enjoy being told to “be quiet and kind of do what you’re told” and that they are “extremely primitive.”
Edited by M84 on Mar 10th 2019 at 10:14:55 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedTucker thinks that immigrants make the US "dirtier' and "poorer". Considering that Tucker himself is the descendant of Swedish immigrants, he may have a point
Someone bought up TrumpHotels.org (which for some reason Trump or his allies didn't) and has turned it into an advertising campaign against Trump's immigrant detention.
Edited by tclittle on Mar 10th 2019 at 10:02:18 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Swedish and other Scandinavian immigrants fought overwhelmingly for the federal Union during the Civil War, to the point of forming all Scandinavian military companies from the immigrant communities. I have absolutely no doubt Tuckerson would fight for the Confederacy is he had lived back then and happily kill his own ancestors.
Trump admin working on a proposal to monitor social media of those on disability for fraud.
Edited by tclittle on Mar 10th 2019 at 10:17:09 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."His cartoon was anti-semitic, but that was the point, he uses anti-semitic caricatures satirically. If she didn't know (which I didn't) it would be understandable to view them as grotesque.
Because that's the point.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Mar 10th 2019 at 11:18:16 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangI did read that Tucker Carlson thing and it came off as rather incoherent but also as white-washy. Or maybe I should start drinking coffee at some point.
Speaking of (but perfectly SFW), US Rep. Pressley: Lower federal voting age from 18 to 16
and Oregon may lower the voting age to 16
. I also note how nonsensical the counter arguments so far are
.
Saw this gem in the Organ article:
"16-year-olds are too young to enlist in the military, too young to own firearms, too young to own property, too young to enter into legal contracts, and too young to get married. But they are old enough to vote? People are not legally considered adults in this country until they are 18 years old, and I believe they shouldn't be able to vote until then either," he said in a statement Tuesday. "This is nothing more than an attempt to expand the voter rolls to sway elections."
Edited by megaeliz on Mar 10th 2019 at 2:42:05 PM
It's not like they can try to appeal to younger voters, given that pretty much all of their policies are geared towards coddling rich old people. The only thing the GOP can really offer young people is more bigotry...which admittedly might be effective at keeping the young white middle-class vote.
Disgusted, but not surprisedOh, I sure they do realize but don't care. Besides, not all young people are Democrats. And I recall that the things this guy says 16 year old can't do actually happen with a certain frequency.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

It's almost like some words mean different things in different places. Craaaaaazy, huh?
i'm tired, my friend