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Tucker Carlson says Trump admin using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample free speech
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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How did I miss the point? I agree completely that Carr is a fuck head that is using his power to attack free speech he disagrees with and doing Trump's bidding regardless of legality and reason. We're not in dispute there so I didnt comment on it. But you and others are under a weird delusion about the FCC's power. You're far from the only one posting snide remarks about the FCC not coming after people they dont have the power to come after.
Dude, the entire administration has been threatening everyone and everything regardless of if it's in their jurisdiction or if it's constitutionally protected, if it's illegal. For fucks sake, you have Pam Bondi going off about prosecuting the clerk who refused to print up a poster glorifying Charlie Kirk and prosecuting people for hate speech for saying Charlie Kirk was a bad, bad man.
You're ill in the head if you think that my tongue and cheek comment that the FCC should be threatening Tucker with cancel culture, which he should by the way if he's not a hypocritical twat, and that we don't understand that the FCC has no power of youtube. Do you think that when I say that "Pam Bondi needs to prosecute Tucker for hate speech" that I truly think that Pam Bondi has the power and the legal right to prosecute Tucker here?
Go touch grass dude, you've been Poe'd.
All else aside, "You've ben Poe'd" as a response to someone replying to your own comment is really lame. "Dude, I made a sarcastic comment in text form and you treated it like I was serious, idiot!" isn't the burn you think it is.
Don't really care what you think. Welcome to the internet where the facts are all made up and the points don't matter. Have a good day.