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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.
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August 29, 2007 1:54 PM
On TV, Tucker Carlson Admits to Committing a Hate Crime; MSNBC Anchors Laugh
So what happens when a right-wing pundit like Tucker Carlson goes on television and admits to physically assaulting someone and committing a hate crime because someone supposedly "bothered" him? Why, Tucker's fellow MSNBC anchors laugh, of course. I kid you not - see the video here.
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Right. I am not a "gay basher", just a "gay thrasher"! This video came out on the heels of the Larry Craig saga.
An Ode to Lavatory Lothario Larry "The Cruiser" Craig goes like this:
Better to have just gone in for a piss...
http://tootruthy.blogspot.com
Back in the old days here in the South, it used to be that ANY white person could easily laugh for committing a hate crime. Nowadays, any corporate shill can easily laugh for mass-murdering the people economically, environmentally, and even as far as freedom and security are concerned. First it was Jim Crow, now it's Corporatist Crow ! Talk about lawlessness and amorality !
Tucker Carlson is a sophist whore working for the abominators of the truth: in plain English, he sells his ass to the highest bidder like the rest of the conglomerate corporatist apologist spinners taking this country to the toilet. He wouldn't know the truth if Rupert Murdoch printed it on his eyeballs backwards. In this case it would have to be plagiarized of course. At least most of the gays give theirs away honestly. He is probably a "whorehouse preacher" like Craig. Listen up Paparazzi, it might be very profitable to start following him into the toilet ...of his mind.
I've heard the same sort of talk from guys for the last 30 years, at bars and especially when i worked at a Cement plant and several electronic repair shops.
Though I confess it sounded a lot better from them than from bow-tie boy.
Personally I think Tucker was trying to burnish his credentials as a tough guy male after the Craig mess.
The problem with using his statement as a excuse to throw him off the air(which is the real reason for the outrage), is that if their isn't a police report or victims statement, Carlson can easily retract it and state that he made it up to sound tough.
Personally I find liberal bloodspitting over this rather amusing. You never see liberals outraged when thousands of American factory workers get off-shored and their lives ruined. Thats ok because those folks were dirty bluecollars and besides liberals don't associate with bluecollars.
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