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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTucker Carlson claims America is superior to China b/c the Chinese "eat dogs" (seriously)
Sigh. I frankly find it appalling, even on Faux, that their prime-time pundit would blatantly claim that America and Americans are superior to the Chinese (over a billion of them). According to "Professor" Carlson, the Chinese are "barbaric" because they "eat dogs" while we allow "dogs to sleep on our beds."
Carlson is referring to one event (using it as a cheap device to denigrate a massive country with a complex culture) in one part of China. The issue is controversial in China. Also, obviously, judgments about the eating of animals (and which animals are considered "acceptable" as food by any given culture) is a tough topic and cultural norms differ widely.
Carlson decided to attack the Chinese people en masse, and claim that we are just better than they are because of this issue, by running a segment on his show claiming that America and American culture is SUPERIOR to China (this is a reference to the Yulin festival, which is one festival in one area of China and it is a controversial issue there -- not a broad social practice):
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Criticizing the eating habits of other people when you consume a six-course meal of bullshit every day on the public airwaves isn't really a good idea.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)dalton99a
(81,091 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)And France and Germany are superior to Louisiana because they don't eat possums. n/t
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)Here dogs are euthanized by the hundreds of thousands. Is that really better?
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)The dog meat festival is a fucking disgrace.
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Never will I defend that.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)I rest my case.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)dalton99a
(81,091 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)...along with the US.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Other people's have different mores and folkways.
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)STFU Fucker KKKarlson.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)So who is better?
janx
(24,128 posts)Yay Tucker!
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Pigs tend to be smarter to dogs, and are closer to humans genetically.
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)Just stop eating them. It's not hard to do.
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)MLAA
(17,165 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,467 posts)Are you all that ignorant?
And no, I don't eat cows or pigs.
Edit to add: Google tiger wine and bear bile.