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dalton99a

(81,649 posts)
Sun May 15, 2022, 07:10 PM May 2022

'Millions of people absorb this garbage': Acosta calls out Carlson for dangerous rhetoric

https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2022/05/15/tucker-carlson-replacement-theory-rhetoric-acostanr-johnson-intv-sot-vpx.cnn

'Millions of people absorb this garbage': Acosta calls out Carlson for dangerous rhetoric
CNN's Jim Acosta talks to NAACP President Derrick Johnson about Tucker Carlson's dangerous rhetoric around replacement theory after an 18-year-old was charged with killing ten people in a racially-motivated supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York.
Source: CNN

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'Millions of people absorb this garbage': Acosta calls out Carlson for dangerous rhetoric (Original Post) dalton99a May 2022 OP
Imagine if Lawrence O'Donnell or Rachael Maddow had said something tied to a mass shooting! PortTack May 2022 #1
Lawsuits Lawsuits and more Lawsuits. They'll stop the garbage when they lose money magicguido May 2022 #2
Carlson can be "called out" llashram May 2022 #3
I hope his days of hiding behind the excuse of... Harker May 2022 #4
+1000! Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #7
So Much Of This Can Be Traced Right Back To Reagan DallasNE May 2022 #5
true this llashram May 2022 #8
I probably can't post what I'd do to Tucker lambchopp59 May 2022 #6

llashram

(6,265 posts)
3. Carlson can be "called out"
Mon May 16, 2022, 01:04 PM
May 2022

till the cows come home. Until he is deemed what he is, a domestic terrorist spreading hate and discord, NOTHING WILL CHANGE!!!

Harker

(14,064 posts)
4. I hope his days of hiding behind the excuse of...
Mon May 16, 2022, 01:50 PM
May 2022

"I'm just asking questions", while people kill and are killed because of his hateful drivel end very soon.

Later today would be good.

Rhiannon12866

(206,347 posts)
7. +1000!
Mon May 16, 2022, 10:20 PM
May 2022

Not to mention that his hateful rhetoric is also broadcast on Russian State TV. Exactly what does it take???

DallasNE

(7,404 posts)
5. So Much Of This Can Be Traced Right Back To Reagan
Mon May 16, 2022, 04:30 PM
May 2022

And all of his deregulation efforts, including abolishing the fairness doctrine. Scalia then changed how the Supreme Court reviewed the law and precedence and the chipping away of Stare Decisis, which will shortly be a thing of the past. That opened the door to corruption on a huge scale, including Citizens United. Yes, it is all linked together and now enforced by an unaccountable Supreme Court. It will take 50 years to unravel all of the damage -- if it is not already too late for heavy repairs. Buffalo was only a matter of time.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
8. true this
Tue May 17, 2022, 09:09 AM
May 2022
I go back to Nixon-Atwater also. Atwater and his infamous 'Southern strategy' as a way to diminish the votes of Democrats...
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