Current Events > Tucker Carlson Urges 'Civil Disobedience' if Trump DOJ Targets Hate Speech

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did not have that on the bingo card

https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-jimmy-kimmel-abc-trump-free-speech-2131881

Tucker Carlson warned in a special episode of his show on Tuesday that "civil disobedience" could erupt should the Trump administration and other "bad actors" use Charlie Kirk's death as a means to attack free speech.

Carlson opened Wednesday's episode of The Tucker Carlson Show, a tribute to Kirk called "America After Charlie Kirk," featuring conservative and liberal guests, including Megyn Kelly and Cenk Uygur, with a near 35-minute introduction about the former conservative commentator's legacy and how free speech is essentially more vital than ever.

"Consider what it means if you don't respect free speech, which is another way of saying free consciencethe right of other people to make up their own minds about the basic questions of what is right or wrong, and to express their views on those issues," Carlson said.
"If you don't respect the right of other people to do that, and if you take steps to prevent them from doing that, what are you really saying? You're saying, "I don't think you have a soul. You're a meat puppet I can control. I think you're an animal, maybe a sub-animal. You're a slave.'"

Carlson then invoked Bondi into the argument, referencing her recent remarks on free speech and so-called hate speech in the wake of Kirk's murder.

Kirk would not have objected to anything more than Bondi's words of purported defense of free speech, Carlson said, adding that perhaps she "didn't think it through and was not attempting to desecrate the memory of the person she was purporting to celebrate.

"You hope Charlie Kirk's death won't be used by a group we now call bad actors to create a society that was the opposite of the one he worked to build," Carlson said. "You hope that! You hope a year from now, the turmoil we're seeing in the aftermath of his murder won't be leveraged to bring hate speech laws to this country.

"And trust me...if that does happen, there is never a more justified moment for civil disobedience than thatever, and there never will be. Because if they can tell you what to say, they're telling you what to think, there is nothing they can't do to you because they don't consider you human. They don't believe you have a soul."

There's a catch. He's saying this because he doesn't want this type of treatment when the Dems are back in power (and save the whole bit about Dems not getting power back )

WingsOfGood posted...

"there is nothing they can't do to you because they don't consider you human. They don't believe you have a soul."

Damn, Tuckles, it fucking sucks when people feel that way about you, right?

Maybe figure that out thirty years ago, idiot.

Takuya_Lee posted...

There's a catch. He's saying this because he doesn't want this type of treatment when the Dems are back in power (and save the whole bit about Dems not getting power back )

as if Dems do that?
They said Michelle Obama was a man and everything imaginable about Joe Biden

Takuya_Lee posted...

There's a catch. He's saying this because he doesn't want this type of treatment when the Dems are back in power (and save the whole bit about Dems not getting power back )

I mean that's literally the golden rule, no? It's a pretty common principal in the political world anywho. It's why the parties haven't fully nixed the filibuster

lilORANG posted...

I mean that's literally the golden rule, no? It's a pretty common principal in the political world anywho. It's why the parties haven't fully nixed the filibuster

Exactly. You don't open doors unless you're prepared for others to use what's there against you.

what an era to be alive witnessing this clown show of a government

xAzNPimP4LiFex posted...

what an era to be alive witnessing this clown show of a government

Hey! Clown shoes are at least entertaining. This is sad and horrifying.

Things must be bad if Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz, and Marjorie Taylor Greene are making a valid point

GGuirao13 posted...

Things must be bad if Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz, and Marjorie Taylor Greene are making a valid point

Would this fit under that "The worst person you know just made a valid point" meme?

cant believe Im saying this but the guy who wants to bang green M&Ms actually has a valid point. even if there's ulterior motives behind it...