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slater71

(1,153 posts)
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:19 PM Mar 2022

How does the fool Tucker Carlson get away with what he says.

Are there really people that stupid out there that they believe this garbage? I know free speech and all but just outright lying and making millions doing it. I just hope the sane people realize just how dangerous electing republicans to power will be. It will be over of this country as we know it. And all the fools who vote for Trump and if he wins, will be shocked to find out how fast they will lose everything to Trump including their money and dignity. I don`t want to depend on the military for coming down on the side of the constitution. There are too many of them that support Trump.

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How does the fool Tucker Carlson get away with what he says. (Original Post) slater71 Mar 2022 OP
as long as there have been humans, there have been snake oil salesmen, preying on the weak NewHendoLib Mar 2022 #1
You may not know this. SoonerPride Mar 2022 #2
Tucker manipulates emotions bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #3
"bellyfeel" in Orwellian Newspeak DBoon Mar 2022 #7
Rupert Murdoch is a racist. LuvLoogie Mar 2022 #4
He draws an audience. That is his job, and he does it well. Mariana Mar 2022 #5
"outright lying and making millions doing it" Effete Snob Mar 2022 #6
Face it. world wide wally Mar 2022 #8
And even that is too gentle a statement! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2022 #10
Lots of people are pretty stupid and/or they have easy buttons to push. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2022 #9
Because he gets ratings (inc. from Democrats) and advertising dollars iemanja Mar 2022 #11
He is an entertainer, he can say whatever he wishes. Chainfire Mar 2022 #12
I have family members and friends who swears by him. imanamerican63 Mar 2022 #13
I was recently doing some work on a property. SmallFry Mar 2022 #14

NewHendoLib

(60,006 posts)
1. as long as there have been humans, there have been snake oil salesmen, preying on the weak
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:20 PM
Mar 2022

of mind and easily led

DBoon

(22,338 posts)
7. "bellyfeel" in Orwellian Newspeak
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:45 PM
Mar 2022
Full emotional understanding. Blind, enthusiastic acceptance of a concept.


Truth is based on an emotional response, not on examination of facts

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
5. He draws an audience. That is his job, and he does it well.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 04:38 PM
Mar 2022

His audience mostly don't care whether what he says is true.

iemanja

(53,012 posts)
11. Because he gets ratings (inc. from Democrats) and advertising dollars
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 05:27 PM
Mar 2022

It doesn't matter if viewers believe or mock it. They all contribute to his ability to spread his crap on the airways. It turns out that a significant portion of his audience is comprised of Democrats. So for those of you who watch or record Carlson, look in the mirror for the answer to the question you pose.

Carlson gets MORE Democratic viewers in the key demographic than Rachel Maddow does. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tucker-carlson-secures-most-democratic-223803687.html?msclkid=fc63ab32b13811ec91c49af3dddfde43

Those Democrats therefore contribute to the debasement of our political culture.

So quit watching him. It's disgusting and immoral.

Chainfire

(17,467 posts)
12. He is an entertainer, he can say whatever he wishes.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 05:35 PM
Mar 2022

The real pity is that there are so many people who think that he speaks the truth.

imanamerican63

(13,731 posts)
13. I have family members and friends who swears by him.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 05:42 PM
Mar 2022

They think he tells the truth and if you point out the lies? They get upset, saying we lie about what he says! I just figure that you can’t fix stupid, so I don’t talk to them about Fox, Trump and other right wing b.s.! Life is much easier!

 

SmallFry

(349 posts)
14. I was recently doing some work on a property.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 05:56 PM
Mar 2022

The tenant and homeowner were present. The tenant barely has a pot to piss in and the owner is worth millions.

I was unaware of some of what these people are listening to. The podcast they were listening to was deplorable. I’ve never heard someone use the word pedophile so many times. I was directly defined as a pedophile for voting for democrats. Even further than that, Republicans to the left of Liz Cheney were defined as pedophiles. Yes, Liz Cheney one of the most conservative congresspersons.

They two then started talking about how amazing it was that all vaccinated people were finally about to have their eyes opened because Nadals career was over because of the vaccine. They were excited as they talked about how vaccinated people would all begin dying in the next couple of years.

These people aren’t alone. They have their own cottage industry of misinformation.

I think what many of us don’t want to say is Tucker is becoming the center of their party. He has been normalized simply by this insane social cottage industry of propaganda that has been created.

That tenant will never understand that she is the enemy of the owner of the property. She is fully in bed with the enemy.

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