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(4,175 posts)
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:26 PM Apr 2021

Tucker Carlson Is Giving 'Red Pills' To Millions. White Nationalists Are Stoked AF.

After Fox News host and scurrilous racist advocate Tucker Carlson doubled down on his support of the white nationalist “great replacement” conspiracy theory this week, prominent white nationalists across America expressed glee at what they saw as a possible mass radicalization event.

“This week Tucker redpilled 4 million people and there’s nothing liberals can do about it,” Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust-denying leader of the “America First” movement tweeted Monday night. (Being “redpilled,” or “taking the red pill,” is far-right lingo for adopting a white nationalist worldview.)

VDare, a well-known white nationalist website, gushed over Carlson’s monologue like a proud parent.

(SPLC about the VDARE website:
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/vdare)


“This segment is one of the best things Fox News has ever aired and was filled with ideas and talking points VDARE.com pioneered many years ago,” the website’s account tweeted. “You should watch the whole thing.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-nationalists-love-tucker-carlson-great-replacement-fox-news_n_6077470de4b0293a7edda566

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Tucker Carlson Is Giving 'Red Pills' To Millions. White Nationalists Are Stoked AF. (Original Post) 634-5789 Apr 2021 OP
They embarrass the White race. pwb Apr 2021 #1
they don't represent me any more tthan Donald Fucking Trump represented me Skittles Apr 2021 #2
if ever... keroro gunsou Apr 2021 #9
He is from the Swanson family? leftyladyfrommo Apr 2021 #12
Maybe they can all meet in a stadium someplace louis-t Apr 2021 #3
That "red pill" reference is really dated... Moostache Apr 2021 #4
Agreed. I would chime in with: Baked Potato Apr 2021 #6
The phony rethug "patriots"really make me sick captain queeg Apr 2021 #11
Red pills now, cyanide pills later. Crowman2009 Apr 2021 #5
Could they just gulp down a hand full of cyanide pills,.... magicarpet Apr 2021 #7
Fox Fascist Propaganda Network needs to be reeled way in or shut down. hadEnuf Apr 2021 #8
they are never getting 'their country back'. not now, not ever, never. KG Apr 2021 #10

pwb

(11,287 posts)
1. They embarrass the White race.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:32 PM
Apr 2021

Such a small minority. Fucker has been one of you from the beginning of his privileged life. The Swanson families punk.

keroro gunsou

(2,223 posts)
9. if ever...
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 11:19 AM
Apr 2021

there was an example to completely and absolutely refute the notion of white supremacy... mr. carlson is it. master race my ass if this is the best we can do... a spoiled doughboy talking head.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,869 posts)
12. He is from the Swanson family?
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 07:37 AM
Apr 2021

I used to work for Charles Price whose wife was Carol Swanson Price? Swanson Foods, Swanco Broadcasting, Price Candy and more but that's all I remember.

All strong Republicans. Charlie was Ambassador to the Court of St. James under Reagan, I think.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
4. That "red pill" reference is really dated...
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:38 PM
Apr 2021

That comes straight out of 1999's "The Matrix" (Morpheus giving Neo the choice of the "truth" in a red pill or "going back to sleep" with a blue pill). They are also using superhero references to Thanos by trying to claim they are "inevitable".

These are not serious people, they are clowns and disgruntled rejects.

There is no actual governing philosophy beyond a Mel Gibson as William Wallace scream of "Freedom!" without definition or even understanding of what true freedoms are or how their captive minds are used by the powers they clamor for - like it that must never be named. (yes...that is an intentionally ironic movie reference, or literary if you prefer the books about Harry Potter instead!).

The truth is the same now as it was when they formed the "Tea Party" in 2009/2010 - they are all bigots that lie to themselves and each other, misappropriate words and concepts like 'freedom', 'patriotism' and 'honor' and then stew in their own luxurious hate broth while shrieking about "losing their country" and "if we don't do X, then we won't have a country anymore" and similar bile crap.

These people are armed, but they are dangerous to themselves more than to the rest of us. The craven GOP hopes to once again harness the hate bull and charge to another spell in charge , where they will do the same thing again (cut taxes, cut regulations of industry and money and hate minorities) and expect different results.

Trickle down bullshit has been measured and found wanting. GOP base voters are more of the same...wanting, in every possible meaning.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
6. Agreed. I would chime in with:
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 06:16 PM
Apr 2021

The well-heeled red crowd, and they certainly know who they are, depend on these dog-whistling, bar-talk spewing fake good old boy influencers to corral all the bigoted dipshits Republicans need to win.

Some day, which may be perilous to all, (the selfish bastards) they may get way more than they bargained for. The Bunker Billionaires may feel smug, but they really shouldn’t.

captain queeg

(10,231 posts)
11. The phony rethug "patriots"really make me sick
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 06:09 AM
Apr 2021

Flying flags from their pickups and building an arsenal at home, their idea of patriotism is derived from Hollywood movies. I ran across an article about Medal of Honor winner and former US senator Inouye earlier today. Why is it that so few rethugs actually served yet they try to claim the mantle of patriotism?

magicarpet

(14,160 posts)
7. Could they just gulp down a hand full of cyanide pills,....
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 06:22 PM
Apr 2021

... now,.... and forget about the red pills.

hadEnuf

(2,209 posts)
8. Fox Fascist Propaganda Network needs to be reeled way in or shut down.
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 11:03 AM
Apr 2021

This is sedition. Enough is enough.

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