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The Government Needs to Shut Up Tucker Carlson
His misogyny is only exceeded by his stupidity
Tucker Carlson is a national embarrassment. Our nation has many national embarrassments and they’re all firmly entrenched on the far right. They’ve been trotting out of the swamp like a horde of undead marauders, flapping their maggot ridden mouths and spewing a steady stream of lies and ignorance into the hearts and mind of our populace for far too long.
The problem with lunatics is that they know they can double down on their insanity until they eventually achieve a level of begrudging tolerance. But it’s not tolerance really, rational people just begin to understand it’s not worth arguing anymore. At some point, people with real obligations and important responsibilities have to go back to their jobs. Meanwhile, guys like Tucker Carlson have all the time in the world to sit around with a look on their faces that resembles something between pseudo-sincerity and painful constipation.
I’ve only ever seen Carlson on the fifteen second internet clips that flood the media when he says something offensive and nonsensical. There is no logic or reason to his mental process. He seems like little more than a defiant, angry, and pathetic 13 year old who can’t comprehend why every dog he buys would rather throw itself in the river rather than be…