{"id":21263,"date":"2024-11-20T15:39:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21263"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:39:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:39:19","slug":"the-madness-of-tucker-carlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/11\/20\/the-madness-of-tucker-carlson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Madness Of Tucker Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Once upon a time, Tucker Carlson was a bowtie-wearing young man with insightful and thoughful ideas. Then, in a change of course, he began wearing a necktie and some time thereafter began speaking as a <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/12\/04\/the-neo-luddites-and-the-populist-temptation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contrarian<\/a>, speaking of economic ridiculousness and going widdershins from supporting the War on Terror to full blown \u201cBlame America First\u201d to the point beyond where even Pitchfork Pat would be aghast by defending Nazi apologia and even beyond Walter Duranty in his worship of Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But that doesn\u2019t signal true madness. \u00a0 Yes, there is the inevitable <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/06\/07\/the-inevitable-overreach-of-social-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overreach<\/a> of whatever message he\u2019s trying to peddle, but he\u2019s gone far beyond that by blaming everything on <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/10\/07\/witchcraft-and-the-politics-of-panic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Satan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21133\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dana-carvey-churchlady-satan.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is beyond even Satanic Panic 2.0. Tucker Carlson honestly seems to believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/inside-tucker-carlson-demon-attack-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demons<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/celebrity-real-estate\/inside-tucker-carlson-demon-attack-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LDIqoPKNhgo?si=lVm_QeBcVtPZSGe6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Considering his political turn, one could surmise that playing with <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/03\/11\/kindergarteners-love-pazuzu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Captain Howdy<\/a> came at a cost, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/tucker-carlson-wildly-claims-abortion-causes-hurricanes-you-cant-participate-in-human-sacrifice-without-consequences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his obsession with the occult<\/a> plotting against by using abortions to cause hurricanes us all goes far beyond that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">Tucker Carlson: &quot;People are like, &#39;oh, well, we had another hurricane, it must be global warming.&#39; No! It&#39;s probably abortion, actually. Just being honest. You can&#39;t kill children on purpose. You can&#39;t participate in human sacrifice without consequences.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k8LBaQYX17\">pic.twitter.com\/k8LBaQYX17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1853516636403212543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And now, Tucker is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justinbaragona\/status\/1853486380770529405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declaring science itself to be a tool of the devil<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">Tucker Carlson says &quot;human forces&quot; did not create nuclear technology. Instead, it was demons.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have never met a person who can isolate the moment when nuclear technology became known to man. So, where did it come from exactly? &#8230; it&#39;s very clear to me these are demonic.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sml55hUF3t\">pic.twitter.com\/Sml55hUF3t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinbaragona\/status\/1853486380770529405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He\u2019s gone beyond Satanic Panic grift to being in need of serious psychological help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-21263-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/webm\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uma-musume-funky-town.webm?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uma-musume-funky-town.webm\">https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/uma-musume-funky-town.webm<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A little mood music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7WTnA_XvlGo?si=srLOEVml9ySmY1sS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Madness Of Tucker Carlson\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Once upon a time, Tucker Carlson was a bowtie-wearing young man with insightful and thoughtful ideas.  Then, in a change of course, he began wearing a necktie and some time thereafter began speaking as a contrarian, speaking of economic ridiculousness and going widdershins from supporting the War on Terror to full blown \u201cBlame America First\u201d to the point beyond where even Pitchfork Pat would be aghast by defending Nazi apologia and even beyond Walter Duranty in his worship of Russia.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dana-carvey-churchlady-satan.gif\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Once upon a time, Tucker Carlson was a bowtie-wearing young man with insightful and thoughful ideas. Then, in a change of course, he began wearing a necktie and some time thereafter began speaking as a contrarian, speaking of economic ridiculousness &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/11\/20\/the-madness-of-tucker-carlson\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[77,70,33,68],"class_list":["post-21263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progressives","category-science","tag-derp","tag-facepalm","tag-gop","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21266,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263\/revisions\/21266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}