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Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’ (www.theguardian.com)
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“You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time – I will be,” Tucker Carlson said. “And I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional, that’s all I’ll say.”

Though Carlson in 1999 had referred to Trump as “the single most repulsive person on the planet”, he beat most pundits in calling for Trump to be taken seriously before he won his first presidency in 2016.

Trump recently published a social media post calling Carlson “a Low IQ person – Always easy to beat, and highly overrated!!!”

FFS now I agree with Trump ?

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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I’m torn. Obviously the likes of Carlson and Rogen et. al. need to answer for their support. On the other hand, I’m not sure making them wear a hairshirt or scarlet “T” for the rest of their lives– while warranted– actually gets us closer to where we need to be, which is free of Trump and the other despots.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    How they are punished is less about how impactful it will be for them than it is about setting an example for the next generation of dumb, greedy assholes who might be aiming to follow in their footsteps. “Hmm. After seeing what they do to Tucker Carlson, maybe I’ll put down my God Hates Fags sign…”

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

    I am not torn at all. If he truly regrets misleading his audience, he’d be revolting against his oppressor. Yet Carlson isn't arming the public, freeing the encamped, or housing the “illegals.” This is as PR stunt to continue his oppressive stochastic terrorism network.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    I'm not torn as it pertains to Carlson. I too think he needs to do more than a simple "oops, my bad." I'm just aware of the fact that while we cannot excuse past actions, drawing too hard a line when acknowledging remorse can have adverse consequences.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I don't see remorse. I see a crocodile tearing he’s about to get lunch. Or a leopard tearing he packed with the wrong alpha.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe. But “your remorse isn’t real” is the type of hard line I’m talking about.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Oh for sure, true remorse must be demonstrated, which is still my point. There’s not a singular step Carlson has done to show us he regrets his actions, and does not want to continue them.

    Nobody here buys his lies. Getting us to trust him again is a cliff he will have to climb up. And no American has proven it to me yet.

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