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Tucker Carlson just now on today's Jan 6 committee hearing:
You would think he might hold off for a week or so on questioning someone's manhood, what with his recent lack of alpha dominance caught on video ("I appreciate that"). May have to return that Brooks Brothers faux flannel he was rocking.dozer said:
Isn’t this what Tucker Carlson gets paid to do every night. It’s his currency. Dude is hacking it up every night.
Tucker and his ilk, yes Olbermann too, play a role in this. They troll for a living don’t be shocked when it comes back on you.
agree, but 36 on here do not. tolerant party of open ideas, inclusiveness, caring ? okey dokey.
In my opinion it's just all part of a larger escalation in rhetoric and an ever growing current of hatred of people whose ideology is not the same as yours. I've said earlier I truly believe there are two different visions for not just what we want America to be, but even what America was in the past. I don't know how we reconcile it. I used to think people who said we would end up separated were crazy, but yet I don't know how we ever fix where we are now. Neither side, for lack of a better term, wants to live in the country that the other envisions.
Perhaps the man was attacking Tucker's self-serving hucksterism and not a "political stance." His statement is that Carlson's vaccine misinformation is harming his community and the country, which seems like an undeniable fact at this point. This is not about politics.
If we give random citizens the power to decide these things are ok then where does it stop? There are things Joy Reid says I deplore. In my opinion she's a huckster every bit as much as Carlson. However, I wouldn't think of confronting her in public or treating her in such a way. But am I free to go up to her, and physically confront her if I decide she's crossed some line?
"Physically confront" does not describe the video I saw. It makes it hard for me to respond to your statement "decide these things are ok." If random citizens can no longer tell the ruling class how they are ruining society, then what kind of democracy are we living in? Your statement feels a bit disingenous, or you are exaggerating what is in the video to fit your distaste.
have noticed the hatred for say a Trump supporter is basically off the charts now from the other side. Look at the poll in this thread alone. Tucker had his child with him for pete's sake! very disappointing but expected based on what I have read in here the last 4 years. I liked Trump policies & put up with the side show. what he got done in 4 years is amazing to me, but mention that in here & if possible you would be tarred & feathered. I have many liberal friends but very few that can hide their utter contempt for a Trump supporter. it is what it is & I just keep moving on & take note of the results of this poll. very sad, at least for me. IMHO
I believe Tucker's youngest child is 19. Correct me if I'm wrong. If so, she is old enough to understand what is going on, and getting upset about this aspect of the story seems misguided.
I had a homeless person stand in the middle of the street about a year or two ago and just start dancing in front of my car. Wouldn't move, just sat there and danced and stared at me menacingly. I told her I appreciated it and kicked her cans and then returned them for a deposit, which I kept. .
His children are all adults.shadrap said:
That's a great talking point. If you're out with your family to procure a fishing rod, you're fair game if they're old enough, and so are they, apparently. Nice way to be. Nice place to live in you've created. Everyone is everybody else's keeper this way.thriftyrocker said:
This is like the punching a Nazi thread where you can tell who has capacity for abstract thinking and who doesn't. It's that simple. If you agree with this, you're almost completely devoid of imagining the shoe on the other foot or the escalation of such tactics.Shula-holic said:
No one yelled at Tucker's family. Do not exaggerate to try and fit your narrative. A man in a public store calmly told Tucker he is ruining society. Then everyone left.
Nobody said anything about yelling. Reading comprehension down? I said that the personality is fair game, and by extension, so are their families, apparently, which they are just by being there.
Look up the definition of "accost." I'm telling you, you can do it! I urge you to take the bold step and try!
Tell you what, instead of "accosted" how about we say "quietly told him his opinion of him".
How about you look up the word and see that it has nothing to do with volume, only content?
Did he or did he not make physical contact? If he didn't, I retract what I said. If he did, I think most people find a problem with being touched by someone taking an aggressive posture towards them. We both factually know that is true. It's not conjecture, it's not trying to determine if the person being accosted is in some sort of "ruling class". But If you truly think I'm wrong and that's the right way to handle it where people shouldn't take offense, I suggest going up to the biggest guy at the nearest bar or gym, try just what you see in that video and let me know how he reacts.thriftyrocker said:
I saw a 38 second clip. It's unclear until around 8 seconds in where it appears each have their hand rested on the other's chest. If we could post a screenshot I could show you a still of the other guy's hand on Carlson. The fact it got to that is where my real beef is. I say that as someone who is vaccinated and does think Carlson has done has done the vax efforts a disservice. To be honest I have no idea if Carlson is vaccinated but honestly wouldn't be surprised if he was.
Certainly valid. I tried to think of similar "accosting" incidents and remembered Chris Cuomo nearly coming to blows with a conservative who called him "Fredo." Similar situation in that Cuomo was there with his wife and young child. Carlson gets credit for handling it calmly and defusing it. You would hope Cuomo would not blow up like that in front of his kid, but he did. Sad these two are the best news stations have to offer.
No clue, but he should be IMO. Went way over the line.Is Rocaction on a time out?
Sidebar: I always find it odd here that the mods ban someone and do not mention it. @Joe Bryant has said before that this a forum they are proud of, and I am sure he realizes that it is the posters who make it that way, and I would think letting the forum know when a poster is banned would be a courtesy they would make, that way if you are having a conversation with them in one or more threads, for example, and they stop replying to you, then you know it's because they are banned, not because they just decided to bail mid-convo. Not saying the mods have to make a big show of it every time a ban happens, but maybe a pinned and locked thread (that way the forum cannot litigate the banning when the ban is listed) where it is stated what poster is banned and maybe even the length would be a good idea. Maybe it is a good idea, maybe it is not.Is Rocaction on a time out?
