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[–] dead@hexbear.net 95 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Tucker is not an outsider as he portrays himself. His father, Dick Carlson, was the president of Voice of America, which makes him tied to the CIA. Tucker is very likely a fed.

Putin called him out on that lol

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 38 points 23 hours ago

very likely a fed.

That is a heavy-duty load-bearing "very likely". Man's the feddest fed who ever fedded.

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 29 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Also didn’t he go to Nicaragua to help the contras in some capacity?

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 15 points 19 hours ago

No, the fact that he goes really red and sweaty and instantly ends interviews when that question is asked is just a coincidence.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 22 points 23 hours ago

My conspiracy brain tells me this is just an op to fuel more antisemitism as well as tuckers 2032 presidential run

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 13 points 22 hours ago

Probably orchestrated this detention

[–] WashedAnus@hexbear.net 27 points 21 hours ago

confusion
Used to be a white evangelical man could travel to Israel and not have his passport confiscated. Not anymore!

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 29 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Apparently all they did was ask him a few questions then let him go.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 10 points 18 hours ago

‘Mr. Tarlson, big fan, I completely agree that we should remove 50 million illegals from your country.’

[–] hogslayer@hexbear.net 8 points 19 hours ago

unfortunate

[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Awesome, please keep him.

edit Oh they let him go? Damn.

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was going to make a joke about extremely critical support to israel in the ONE instance, but even better, let them fight 1v1

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Carlson has been few on the right that has been critical of Israel. No way should you ever critically support Genocidal Israel.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Tucker is only critical of Isreal because he's part of the rightwing of actual, existing antisemites. He's a nazi sympathizer and any criticism he has of Isreal is because it's a Jewish ethnostate. He doesn't give a shit about Palestinians. He's more concerned about Isreal starting a world war and triggering the Rapture.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 18 hours ago

Isreal

no it isn't

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago

Yeah but he does so in a very calculated cynical way where he doesn't actually give a shit about Palestinians and only humanizes them specifically in the context of some Palestinians being Christian

He wants amerikkka to be able to get away with washing their hands of this genocide

[–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago

Honestly he’s just one of the types that questions if we need to be wasting resources on a genocidal project, not if it’s actually wrong.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

No way should you ever critically support Genocidal Israel.

Eh critical support to israel in their war against Tucker Carlson

[–] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 9 points 22 hours ago

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They killed and detained so many people that they finally got one who actually deserves it.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They let Thunberg and all of her posse go, Carlson will be fine. This performative shit will just strengthen his viewership.

It will also divide the right with the nazis and non foreign aid side against the zionist/evangelist side. So I’m here for that at least. It is still annoying that both those sides are still going to be unified under Trump tho.

[–] Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah they treated thunberg with the utmost respect the entire tire she was detained right?

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 points 16 hours ago

Famously not. Meanwhile Carlson was delayed at the airport and this outlet is trying to make it seem like he was thrown into some kind of torture interrogation as a rebellious voice of the people.

This media manipulation bullshit is so fucking stupid, easy to spot, and tiresome. I absolutely HATE that it works so well.

[–] trompete@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok I thought they put him in custody based on that headline, but they just took his passport and had him in limbo at the airport for a while. They did actually detain the/a producer though.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 7 points 19 hours ago

Lol jesus. This is such nothing.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago
[–] BabyTurtles@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

Tucker is smart and completely spineless. He'll immediately cave to Israel and pivot to all pro-Zionist rhetoric, but leave in some weird verbal cues that can be interpreted as being said under duress, to keep his conspiracy neo-Nazi audience engaged.

I'm thinking something similar to "everyone knows that segregation is the b... worst thing that's every happened to this country".

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 27 points 1 day ago

Oh no! Is someone figuring out all that stuff on paper doesn't mean shit when met with actual force is actually bad?

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 15 points 23 hours ago

Mr Carlson, your papers please... thank you... zo, we have heard that you have been insufficiently patriotic about Germany, going zo far as to criticise our extermination of ze untermenschen.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 21 points 1 day ago
[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 12 points 23 hours ago

Pork on pork violence.

[–] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago
[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AvocadoVapelung@hexbear.net 4 points 22 hours ago

what is happening??

[–] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 7 points 23 hours ago

afaik he was outspoken on war with Iran, he says it is against US interests. So him getting detained is a signal nobody really cares about his position at all.

[–] Big@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago
[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 7 points 23 hours ago