I don’t have a lot of energy today. Tegan came down with the same stomach bug as me, one day after, so while we both seem to be better, neither of us has gotten enough sleep. That means, of course, that today’s “content” is a video. In this case, it’s from David Doel at The Rational National:
Carlson has been increasingly blatant in pushing fascist propaganda, both the white supremacist “great replacement” bile mentioned in the video, and also the old-school tactic of making psuedo-leftist criticisms of capitalism, and then instead of real solutions, offering nationalism and bigotry as the answer. We know what follows from rhetoric like this, and I’m willing to bet Carlson knows it too. Just as I think his fascist content is made very deliberately, I also think he knows that his content will result in attacks like this, just as Bill O’Reilly knew the consequences of constantly calling George Tiller “the baby killer”. At this point, I think Occam’s Razor cuts in favor of malice as the explanation, rather than ignorance or incompetence.
Everything I’ve seen makes me think that this is the kind of result Carlson is looking for.
Edit: Just wanted to add this:
1. In a lengthy defense of @TuckerCarlson, @ggreenwald says "there is no racial hierarchy in Carlson's view of American citizenship and to claim that there is is nothing short of a defamatory lie."
Here is exactly why this is wrong.
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— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 15, 2022
3. What was the "Immigration Act of 1965"? It repealed the racially discriminatory National Origin Formula, that ensured almost all immigrants were white people from Northern and Western Europe.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 15, 2022
5. Greenwald says there is "no racial hierarchy" in Carlson's view of immigration.
Carlson says the elimination of a racial hierarchy in our immigration system was the worst attack on the country in 160 years.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 15, 2022