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THR: Fox News Host Tucker Carlson's Home Targeted By Anti-Fascist Protesters
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I care about Tucker Carlson and his safety about as much as Republicans care about immigrants family's wellbeing.
I would argue that he is a public figure. Definitions are subjective on this. Regardless, he is a preacher of hate to a large audience, and he is certainly not a private person.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure
lol wtf
which part of what happened was violent?
stop gaslighting and strawmanning people
We all know it's bullshit here, but after a Trump supporter sent bombs to high-profile democrats you'd think just out of decency they'd maybe cool it a little. it's pathetic
Arguing against this by "taking this thinking to its logical extreme" is constructing a strawman. I believe we can and should do shit, while stopping short of harassing people at their homes.
Because, as I've said, these sorts of mobs egg themselves on and attract agent provocateurs.
It's not a big leap from a mob angrily gathering at a private citizen's home to something violent or destructive happening.
The possibility of violence is more than visible. That's why I'm concerned.
And then, beyond that, you have many, many people right here in this thread tacitly or bluntly supporting that result.
Alright where's the cutoff point for the acceptable amount of misfortune to wish upon a bad person? Can I say it would be cool if he got a flat tire and nobody was willing to tow his car or give him a ride?
The thread is literally about protestors. Why are you referring to them as an angry mob then?
Yes we get it, you're concerned when large groups of people get together. So you're against protesting in general or is there certain protesting that is ok and not "angry mob" status?
Again....why are we not putting the pressure on the sponsors. Pulling sponsors is a fuck of a lot better than going to people's houses and making that a thing.
Yeah but what if you suddenly got a flat tire too huh? Wouldn't you not wanna be in that situation!? You're just as bad as the racist!
I don't know. I think it's a murky subject. I'm not comfortable drawing that line, and I believe it's subjective. I'm comfortable saying I think hoping his house gets fire bombed is offside though.
You know what you're doing.
I was talking about a hypothetical mob in hypothetical future where you or a hypothetical person end up on the wrong side of some hypothetical issues.
You're trying to change the whole conversation to being about me disliking protest, or something, and that's dishonest. I love peaceful protest - it's one of our most important civil liberties.
Besides, it'd just be far more effective in general to be protesting at his place of work rather than his private residence. The optics are better, it gets the sponsors nervous and pulling their money... It's just a far superior way to go.
Like mailing bombs to ex presidents?
Or shooting up black churches?
They voted Trump because they are ignorant racists without a shred of human decency. Not because some people on a gaming forum made snarky comments.
You're gaslighting again. You called them a Mob several times
Well, the people in the thread aren't at his home so who gives a shit what we think? And your logic is just slippery slope, isn't it? It might happen, it might not. An "agent provocateur" could get to him anytime, or any number of people anytime. I don't see what that has to do with a peaceful protest outside the home of a Nazi, which is letting the guy get off pretty damn easy considering how he would have been handled historically.
Yep
I'm not sure if its Infowarsish to think something like that could happen but considering the current admin, who knows.
Exactly. That's why it's so funny. If you see somebody at a diner get yelled at and decide you no longer want to be a Democrat, you never were. Not when Trump is President and doing something dastardly daily while Republicans enable and cover for him on the world stage. It's a joke.
Now if your take a way is "well I don't approve, but, I can't seem to care when kids are in cages" then ok, we can talk.
David Hogg accomplished so much more with his tweet about Laura Ingraham than what this group will be doing. This only gives him fodder for his show. Follow the money.
Even if I had, which wasn't my intention, are they not literally a mob?
They are a large gathering of people coming together to protest for a purpose they're upset over.
You're trying to turn "mob" into some sort of slur when it's just an appropriate noun.
Funny how the situation this country finds itself in mirrors the lead up to WWII. But this was my actual post:
this snarky comment is making me vote Jeb! next election
Oh you were being sarcastic in your first post. That's my bad. My sarcasm detector didn't go off.
I agree wholeheartedly. I mean, it's okay to be angry about what some of these idiots like Carlson say and do, but threats of violence or harassing him at his home is not the way to go about things. If we go down that path, it will just escalate until it gets out of control. Lines will get blurred and it only make it more difficult to get people to see the truth.
The fact of the matter is everyone has someone to answer to. Contact his sponsors. Contact Twitter. Help educate on issues that will lead people away from him. Take away his god damn voice. There's so many things that can be done to take down these nazi assholes without stooping to their levels.
guess when you get fired you got plenty of time to tweet bullshit
investigative journalist megyn kelly dons blackface to go undercover among anti fascist protesters
Both are being done simultaneously, plenty of people have gone after sponsors. The sponsors are well are aware of what they support.
She should talk about it on her show. Oh, wait.
What this really reads like is "the jig is up, I hope they don't come for me next!"
Well, forgive me if the current political climate of mail bombs and mass shootings by incels and white nationalists has left me a little insensitive toward some guy on Fox News who feeds Nazi talking points directly into the president's head whenever he watches his show.
The dictionary definition of "mob" is "a large crowd of people."
Any positive or negative connotation there is being supplied by the reader.
Why don't you wait until something actually happens to cry about it instead of worrying.
Okay, maybe you don't like what they're doing to Carlson. But what the fuck are you doing to help? How are you making things any better?
The difference between someone who actively likes Carlson and someone who doesn't want Carlson to be harassed (without providing another avenue for Carlson's downfall) is precious little at this point.
You evil motherfucker. You're the one who keeps supplying negative connotations by saying you don't want this mob to exist and implying that they will necessarily become violent.
There's plenty of real violence happening, instigated by people like Carlson on the right, that you could speak about. Wanna take a moment to do that here and now?
Fuck him. Absolutely deserved. He launders white supremacist rhetoric into primetime television. Blood is on his hands.
There is no reason to insulate elites from blowback for the shit they do. He uses his platform to unleash hatred. In a society that has consequences.
There is no reason to insulate elites from blowback for the shit they do. He uses his platform to unleash hatred. In a society that has consequences.
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