Tucker Carlson: Will he be Fired?

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Re: Tucker Carlson: Will he be Fired?

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https://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/coll ... ginas-too/

“We have smaller baskets in men’s restrooms, but the reason we do that is because there are some men on the campus who menstruate and so it’s just the whole idea of inclusion and making sure that nobody’s left out — it’s a very easy thing,” Lance Floto, a vice president with the student government.

Bowdoin College also put free tampons in their men’s rooms, only to have someone defecate on them.

“I feel like it was either a person who did it as a joke or didn’t understand it, or it was a deliberate thing like, ‘these people aren’t welcome in this bathroom so I’m going to poop there,’ which would be considered a bias incident,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Benjamin Painter.


It'll take some time, but I think there's an emerging market for it. Also, we need to teach men not to poop in the tampon bin.

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https://contemptor.com/2019/03/13/tucke ... -backlash/

Devoting the top of his show to blasting Media Matters for publishing clips of him making a spate of racist and misogynistic remarks during appearances on shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge’s radio show from 20016 to 2011, Carlson drew a total viewership of 3.086 million total viewers and 532,000 in the key 25-54 demographic during the 8 PM hour.


That was tops for the market. Bubba the Love Sponge, according to Drudge, also defends Carlson's bit as comedy and that people are too uptight.

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Bowdoin College also put free tampons in their men’s rooms, only to have someone defecate on them.


On a tampon? I’d think that would take a certain level of skill and patience if they were not straying off the tampon.

Somebody needs to translate that sort of effort into a better hobby.
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Devoting the top of his show to blasting Media Matters for publishing clips of him making a spate of racist and misogynistic remarks during appearances on shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge’s radio show from 20016 to 2011, Carlson drew a total viewership of 3.086 million total viewers and 532,000 in the key 25-54 demographic during the 8 PM hour.


That was tops for the market. Bubba the Love Sponge, according to Drudge, also defends Carlson's bit as comedy and that people are too uptight.

But the guy who did this in his late 30’s, to an audience of millions, is getting his panties in a wad over the gay fellow who pointed it out, because said gay fellow made some blog posts when he was 22, about trannies and ’Japs’.

Mmmokay.
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canpakes wrote:On a tampon? I’d think that would take a certain level of skill and patience if they were not straying off the tampon.

Somebody needs to translate that sort of effort into a better hobby.


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These discussions seems to devolve into "Well he did it first!" With respect to Carlson's response, he seems to defend his past positions not because they were intellectually valid, but because they resonated viscerally with his audience. It was the way he made his living and got famous. It was a career stepping stone. Now he is a star.

In some ways, he is like Trump in the sense that he wants his life viewed in the transactional now, and not as a compendium of events. Therefore he is right and always was right. None of things he said were wrong because they felt viscerally right at the time.

And, like Trump, such an attitude means you will never learn from your mistakes, because if they based upon feeling that made your actions feel viscerally correct, they were the right actions at the time. Such an attitude inhibits the personal growth, perspective and wisdom.
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canpakes wrote:...
But the guy who did this in his late 30’s, to an audience of millions, is getting his panties in a wad over the gay fellow who pointed it out, because said gay fellow made some blog posts when he was 22, about trannies and ’Japs’.

Mmmokay.

not sure about the relevance for anything you are countering with here, but im sure you feel resolved on the matter....stones and glass houses be damned.

Republican pasts - condemnation always.
Democrat pasts - youthful indiscretions worthy of forgiveness and a support system because.....Republicans.

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subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:...
But the guy who did this in his late 30’s, to an audience of millions, is getting his panties in a wad over the gay fellow who pointed it out, because said gay fellow made some blog posts when he was 22, about trannies and ’Japs’.

Mmmokay.

not sure about the relevance for anything you are countering with here, but im sure you feel resolved on the matter....stones and glass houses be damned.

Republican pasts - condemnation always.
Democrat pasts - youthful indiscretions worthy of forgiveness and a support system because.....Republicans.

mmmmokay!

You’re a strange one. Always setting up your straw man to flail away at, instead of honestly tackling the subject.

Anyhow, I think that you seem to be playing the game that you’re accusing others of doing, as opposed to my own position of seeing each party responsible for their own behavior. Reading is fundamental. ; )
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/michelle- ... -get-fcked

Michelle Wolf Compares Ivanka Trump to Herpes: ‘You Always Show Up When We’re About to Get F*cked’


And people wonder why no one takes Leftist outrage pearl clutching seriously.

https://mashable.com/article/michelle-w ... WR6R6s3aq6

"You’re a cunt’ doesn’t hurt them. It’s on their vision board," said Wolf, reminding viewers of the whole Samantha Bee debacle. "You have to make sure your words are life-alteringly hurtful. You gotta hit their deepest insecurities with the hot venom of a teenager from a broken home."


“If you see Ivanka on the street, first call her Tiffany. This will devastate her. Then, talk to her in terms she will understand. Say, ‘Ivanka, you’re like vaginal mesh. You were supposed to support women, but now you have blood all over you and you’re the center of a thousand lawsuits.’”


Wake me up again when we're supposed to worry about women's fragility... :rolleyes:

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Re: Tucker Carlson: Will he be Fired?

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Wake me up again when we're supposed to worry about women's fragility... :rolleyes:

Is this now the focus of the moment?

We’re moving quickly through so many items. When do we discuss pineapple on pizza?
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