Fox Nation was their new streaming platform, but I only subscribed to watch Tucker Carlson Today. I thought about holding off to see where the contract negotiations go, but if anything changes, I can always re-up.
I was never a Fox News watcher, but Tucker Carlson drew me in because I just couldn’t believe someone could be that outspoken in our modern era of self-censorship. I didn’t always agree with everything he said, but his show was thrilling to watch.
When people say to me, “What do you think about the lawsuit against him,” my answer: it’s an obvious shakedown.
At the moment, they’re going to war on Tucker because they’re terrible people. The mainstream media is happy to play along because they’re also terrible people. Watching the sad army of Democrats online pick over the bones is grotesque.
The reason so many people watched Tucker’s show is because they trusted him, not because he was a Boy Scout or he didn’t have a vulgar sense of humor, or he didn’t occasionally say offensive things. The same goes for Trump. People don’t turn to these men because they’re looking for goodness or purity. They’re turning to them because they are warriors. It’s as simple as that.
People don’t turn to these men because they’re looking for goodness or purity. They’re turning to them because they are warriors. It’s as simple as that.
These men are uniquely qualified to deal with the most unfathomable level of corruption and malfeasance. It’s an ugly, stomach wrenching war on truth, free speech and common sense. Most people would crumble. I really admire their strength and conviction. Without Tucker, Fox Nation is a joke.
fairness Carlson is pretty damn pure. He has a potty mouth. Oh well. The chic suing worked for him less than a month and wasn’t even working in the same state as Carlson (his shoes are all taped at his homes in Maine and Florida. Hannity uses a home studio as well). Crazy chic was working out of the Fox offices while Tucker works from home. She had no evidence he had ever said or done anything directly to her, much less something awful.
I also cancelled Fox Nation. I only watched Tucker. I’ve hated Fox since I was a kid in undergrad and the plainly lied about Iraq. Same for NYT, WaPo, CNN, and the major networks. Scheduled programming contracted through networks is dying. This will help it. Creators don’t need the network middleman anymore. They just need a place to share and minimize their content. Tucker will be fine.
It may be a subtle difference, but I don't think people tune in to Tucker Carlson because they trust him. People see what's happening. They form opinions. For example, men can be women; men can get pregnant; men who say they're women should be allowed to compete in women's sports. Men who claim they're women have a right to tell you how to address them.
People see these things, and they see the rest of the media gaslighting them, telling them 'of course men can be women,' 'of course, Putin is evil and the USA did nothing to provoke that war,' 'of course, taking a rushed, experimental vaccine is the right thing to do,' 'of course J6 was the worst thing since 9/11.'
They tuned into Tucker because he was one of the only media figures willing to speak the truth as they see it, despite all the rest of the mainstream media being arrayed against him. And, he did so unflinchingly, often with a sense of humor and humility, and he did so persuasively. In short, he voiced the thoughts of those who tuned in to his show, even when no one else would. And, he sometimes spoke a truth with which viewers did not agree (e.g., Sydney Powell), but even in those circumstances they could appreciate that his perspective was rooted in reason.
Actually Tucker refused to have her on unless she could produce evidence. It’s in the Dominion filing. He called her a bad name privately, and management. That’s about it
" People don’t turn to these men because they’re looking for goodness or purity. They’re turning to them because they are warriors. It’s as simple as that."
Sasha, I would add the most important characteristic of all: They are real. Authentic. Genuine. Unafraid to be who they really are...Comfortable in their own skin.
I too, did not always agree with Carlson or Trump...but I never doubted for a second they were authentic. Its become one of the only things I care about these days when dealing with anyone. I find myself drawn to that quality these days like a moth to flame.
My theory is that just like France, Germany, Rome, Russia, China, Cuba….They created a monster to defeat a man. Now that monster threatens to kill us all (including its creators, of course. That’s what monsters do)
So how do we defeat the monster? What can we regular people do? There must be something other than complaining daily on social media 🤪
I remember my Russian immigrant father taught me early in life to always be my own boss, run my own business no matter how hard or demeaning the work or even how low the pay….but he warned me when you are successful, to never create a monster because monsters must be fed daily or they will eat you.
So I think the only thing that might work is to identify its food source and cut it off. Starve it to death. The trick is what does this monster feed on? Identify its food, and we can kill it. Or at least weaken it enough to trap it and stuff it back in a cage somewhere.
Is it our outrage? Is it the Chinese finger trap? (The harder you resist and pull away, the stronger the grip). Maybe we stop reacting to each of the left’s actions no matter how silly or outrageous??
I don’t know, but I think the answer is there somewhere.
My silver lining: I miss Tucker, it was my nightly ritual after work for an hour. Now I replace it with family dinner around the table, going outside for walks around the neighborhood, helping my daughter with her studies (at 13 I got her reading Orwell 😃 )
Tucker said “say a prayer for the nation and tell your spouse you love her” good advice!
Nice post, sounds like you had a sensible and caring father. Thanks for sharing and take good care of that daughter of yours, she’s a lucky girl to have you as a father. I’m the meantime, Tucker will be back in a bigger and better form eventually.
I do not expect Tucker to return. Maybe he will and maybe he won’t .
Few of us get the opportunity to to die on the battlefield, to go out swinging and on the top of our game.
Most of us reach a certain pinnacle and go down the hill over a long period of time never understanding the exact moment was we had peaked.
I believe Tucker Carlson may understand this and be wrestling with the decision as we speak.
Just my opinion on it.
I am an optimist. I am also an engineer. Is the glass half empty or half full? IMO, the glass is twice the size it needs to be. 😊
“There is a Chinese curse which says 'May he live in interesting times.' Like it or not we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also more open to the creative energy of men than any other time in history.”
I always have been drawn to that characteristic in people, I believed it was the most important quality a person could have… of course, I still do, but these days one has to be careful, people can turn on you even tho they seem normal and genuine, right up until the moment that they’re not anymore. I got used to that experience with my early on support for Trump. I’m not sure where all this craziness is going to end up, but one thing is clear, we are living in interesting history making times.
“ we are living in interesting history making times.”
Thanks for reminding me of a Robert Kennedy quote from the 1960’s. I believe it to be true. (Full quote in above reply)
I have been fooled by people who I thought were genuine many times in my youth, very rarely now. It still happens, but like a good seasoned poker player, my well over 10,000 hours honing my skill at reading people is now quite sharp. To fool me now, the man or woman must be equally honed at their skill as well. Children don’t stand a chance, and we are currently led by a sea of petulant children.
I never bought Fox Nation, I would never buy any MSM related network specifically, outside what comes w/ cable subscription. I recently dropped The Athletic after this New York Times sports app fired my Teams’ beat writer. I received a prompt from NYT to stay when canceling, with a massive $ discount if I would. No thanks to that
I’m probably going to drop Direct TV because every package includes Fox News. My world is now Podcasts and reviewing the news for an hour every morning. Frankly, it’s freeing.
I can only hope. And now I understand that Fox is releasing private information from Carlson’s personnel file in an attempt to destroy him. It won’t work.
The problem is, other than a potty mouth and disliking management, they don’t seem to have anything. Nor does that grifter Abby who worked in another state than where Tucker was physically located - and she worked for Tucker less than a month.
Sasha, did you get a follow-up question as to why you were cancelling? I did on Monday, but some folks have commented since that they did not. I wonder if Fox doesn't want to know...or care.
When I got the confirmation email titled "We're sad to see you go" with a button to Restart Plan, underneath was a row of thumbnails pushing various content on the channel. The second tile was for "Tucker Carlson Originals". I'm still laughing.
The Wall Street Journal had an article today about this subject and the headline was something about Carlson being fired for “vulgar comments”. In our present day culture I thought vulgarity was considered a feature not a bug.
I tried to post a comment wondering why a comment could be considered vulgar, but the mutilation of children is not. The algorithm immediately killed the comment, because we are apparently not allowed to mention the mutilation of children.
Don’t observe, don’t question, and don’t speak. These are interesting times we live in.
So we can mutilate children, kill babies but the same is unfit for TV? Any liberal who says Tucker or any other conservative is vulgar is the pinnacle of hypocrisy. They spew the most vulgar & coarse words I’ve ever heard.
Liberal/leftist/democrat Trait:
Accuse everyone on our side of issues of doing/saying what they actually say or do.
Something big seems to afoot in media and the censorship regimes. I'm not sure where any of this is going but I have a bad feeling. I would like to see the non-woke media like Rumble, Locals, Daily Wire, The Blaze, and the individuals such as yourself, Taibbi, Greenwald, Megyn, and all the others, form some form of protective alliance. I don't know how such an alliance could be organized, but maybe something along the lines of the NFL where you have individual teams competing with each other under the umbrella of a league with everyone's interest at stake. Tucker might be the guy to pull this off.
I cancelled mine as well. The station is going to go back to its necon ways and promote every stupid war it can find like it did back in the GWB days. Tucker is a once a generation talent. Wherever he goes will be a juggernaut, and personally I hope he starts his own media empire. He's one of the few that could pull something like that off.
There is so much hate for people like Tucker Carlson, Matt Taibbi, Sasha Stone, Elon Musk and Trump because they tell the unvarnished truth about everything and that gets in the way of the lies that the mainstream media and the politicians of the uniparty/government agencies have been trying to steadily build and weave over the past few years. Furthermore, all of them came to us from the left's power centers like MSNBC, Rolling Stone, the Clinton Machine and their Democratic donors - so they know all the secrets from the other side and that, my friends, may make them more dangerous to the left than anything else.
The thing I liked about Tucker on Fox Nation was that he was sincerely interested in what his interviewees had to say. He listened. It wasn’t about piling on or talking over the subject ala Mehdi Hassan.
Gutfeld is entertaining and I like his guests, but it's mostly horsing around.... except for Tyrus. That guy is awesome. The only other Fox Nation show I make a point to catch on YouTube is - was - Carlson. He is a lot smarter than the other hosts and isn't afraid of anyone or any topic. I like how he has members of the opposition on and conducts intelligent interviews and debates. I don't go along with all of his lines and his silly giggle is off-putting, but that's trivial. The important thing is that he has the nards to make for a compelling, much watch show. I'm looking forward to his next chapter.
My take is that the Dems want to ‘Kavanaugh’ Tucker on his way out with the Abby lawsuit. She’s being represented by Democrat party operatives too. Abby has nothing to do with Tucker’s exit but the Dems and their servant media will muck up the waters.
Tucker has to negotiate his exit from Fox now, and they want to make it as difficult as possible, and try him by public opinion to influence their voters, the public at large and even Fox. They want to Punish Tucker as much as they possibly can.
All the Dems have is their slander, their lies, their hoaxes. The usual MSNBC, CNN, etc. viewers will swallow it hook, line and sinker. Just like the other hoaxes that the Dems have pulled over the last six years. People still believe in Russiagate and similar crap.
Good God ChiyoChan, Marsali is commenting on a false narrative the rest of the Left leaning MSM is likely to parrot for why Tucker was fired. One narrative being trotted out today is the Abby lawsuit.
If you are reading this (or simply took time to listen to Jimmy Dore clip that Sasha posted yesterday) you know the real reasons go much deeper. Whether it was his frontal attack on big Pharma (Tucker’s ‘My Pillow’/Fox News analogy to vaccines was both hilarious & spot on) or his nightly opposition to US support for war in Ukraine, we don’t know yet.
But it’s most certainly not for calling someone the ‘c’ word behind the scenes
Here’s Tuckers first statement since his firing (release about an hour ago) already w/ a couple of million views. Nothing here in why he departed Fox and wouldn’t expect that until he settles out
I look forward to hearing Tucker when he finds his next platform, and I hope you do too. He will hopefully be on a free speech format or other place where sponsorships don't limit his speech. I think it has been astounding that he was able to say what he could on Fox for as long as he did
The Achilles Heel of self-important twits like the democrats and their handmaidens in the media is mockery. They cannot handle being mocked and their only defense is "Well I never!"
Trump and Tucker mocked people who desperately needed to be mocked and that was their sin.
Trump and Tucker may go into the sunset, but there will be others.
It's clear that Fox wants to return to the Establishment Bush GOP era days, and I want nothing to do with that. I'm cancelling my Fox Nation subscription too, which I only got because of Tucker Carlson Today.
I told everyone I knew in 2016 that I’m not voting for a Priest, I’m voting for a businessman who can get in there and kick some ass in order to turn our Country around! And kick ass he did!! He’s not a career politician! I love Tucker bcuz his research team is top notch, so when he speaks, you KNOW that it’s truthful!
I get all that, and, yes conservatives need to band together in these crazy days. But a true warrior is also a team player - something Carlson seems to have struggled with, and something Trump has never even attempted.
As for the Dominion lawsuit, as a journalist for most of the past 40 years, I wish they would have fought it. But Dominion filed it in a court friendly to them and hostile to Fox, Fox couldn't get a change of venue, the judge was openly prejudiced but unlikely to recuse, and so Fox cut their losses rather than hope for reversal on appeal.
As I've written elsewhere, the folks who are really fearful of the Fox settlement with Dominion are the staff attorneys at the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS, CNN, NBC, Associated Press, PBS, etc., because now we have the precedent of a court ordering a news organization to divulge its internal editorial discussions as part of pre-trial discovery.
The computer shop owner where Hunter Biden abandoned his computers is already suing the NYT for libel; now his attorneys can go back, point to the Dominion-Fox settlement, and demand to see all the NYT's internal emails, meeting notes, voice mail, etc., regarding their coverage (er, lack thereof) of the Biden laptop.
Given that the Dominion judge in his preliminary decisions ruled that 1) Fox could not use newsworthiness as a defense for defamation and 2) If even SOME Fox journalists had doubts about the Trump campaign's claims of fraud, then those doubts had to be aired, the Times is in a hell of a spot legally. Same with the rest of the MSM.
I've long argued that many reporters and editors in the mainstream media coordinate their coverage with their political allies.
So it should be interesting.
(I'd also point out for an lefties lurking here who love to claim that Fox isn't real journalism, but merely a mouthpiece for the GOP, that the discovery in Dominion-Fox did NOT uncover any coordination between Fox journalists and the Republican Party.)
Dominion sets a horrible precedent, but one I think will bite the left-wing media much harder than it bit Fox simply because the leftwing media shows far more bias than Fox.
Great comment! The precedent is surely partisan bad-law? But like almost everything the Dems & their hacks do (hello Harry Reid etc), they assume that their dirty trick will never be turned against them. And this Dominion precedent will almost certainly be used against all the Bigs. I'll go get my popcorn.
Team player... Trump comes along and actually implements(or tries to while fighting 'republicans') what 'conservatives' campaigned on for the last 35 years. Republicans in general are not team players; they work to obtain power to obtain money, nothing more.
"We make more money when our guys lose." - Justin Riemer, lead counsel for the RNC.
Cogent and enlightening. I would suggest, however, that there is almost as much of a double standard in the courts as there is in the Deep State. The bulk of the MSM doesn't have much to fear from the Dominion settlement.
The betrayal of those closest to you is the one that hurts the most. I understand that Fox News is a PR arm, but I gave them money and time and attention simply because they had someone like Tucker Carlson on staff. That they dismissed him because, I suspect, he was not a reliable puppet for the Republican Party and the Machine, they not only took him away from us (childish as that sounds) but they are trying to destroy him and through him send a message to those of us who are rebelling against the dog and pony show. For that, while I doubt it will happen, non-religious me will be saying little prayers that Fox News and its parent company burn themselves to the ground.
During Tucker’s commentary on the first George Floyd riot in Minneapolis, I told my husband, “We’ll know we’re in big trouble if they (TPTB) ever come after Tucker.” Well, here we are.
Good for you Sasha! They hate Tucker because he is a Truth / Freedom lover. The woke agenda deplores both of those virtues.
There are many theories about why Tucker was fired. Obviously, only Tucker knows. But let me float this theory:
Tucker had the biggest platform on cable television. Tucker was friends with Trump and supports him. The Deep State has spent millions of dollars and six years trying to destroy him and make sure he never sits in the White House again. They could not let the celebrity with the biggest megaphone on TV use his platform to lift up their sworn avowed enemy and would do anything to prevent that from happening. Also Blackrock has recently invested heavily in Fox. Murdoch is under their thumb. When they say jump; he asks how high?
There Are Bodies Dropping To The Left Of You, And Bodies Dropping To The Right Of You, And You, And People Like You, Approach It Like It’s Some Kind Of Faculty Lounge Debate. And When I Say You - I Am Including Robert.
Astonishing Is What It Is.
You And He Are Still Trying To Explain To Others What You Don’t Yet Understand.
Which Brings Us To Malone, Our Beloved Robert. Robert’s Odyssey Is A Trilogy Really:
1. Lies My Government Told Me.
2. Lies I Believed.
3. Lies I Told Others.
None Of Which I Need To Read. Or Will. Until Maybe This Is All Over. And By Then I Doubt I Will Want To.
But I Have Today. And Have It I Will:
Myself, And Others Like Me, Are Stuck In The Boat With You. We Are Having To Do All Of The Rowing. While You Write Notes In Your Journal, Or Wave To The Other Boats. Preoccupied By The Lack Of Accommodations And A Concern For Who Sits Where. While Musing To Yourselves, And Yourselves Alone I Assure You, What Some Dead Fucker Said 1500 Years Ago.
I Will Tell You Boys This:
If You Fuckers Don’t Learn How To Fight. Or At Least How To Hit Clean And Stand Back, No One Is Going To Care What You Have To Say Ten Years From Now.
Doubt Me?
Look How Few Care Now.
I Will Keep Rowing. That’s What Guys Like Us Do. You Know Us When You See Us. But I Am Going To Keep Hitting You Upside The Head With My Oar Until We Get There.
And Bob, Stop Trying To Sue For Peace. Or To Figure Out How To Call Ahead And Announce Your Arrival. Do The Work. Not The Explaining.
We Are Going To Shore. Where We Will Join The Others. Many Who You Do Not Know. But You Will Know Them When You See Them Because They Smell Like Me. They Don’t Talk Like Me. I Have To Talk Like You. I Have To Talk Idiot For You To Understand.
Don’t Look At Me. Look Ahead. We Are Going To Shore. You Are Going To Shore. It’s Where The Fight Is.
I Love You.
But God Damnit Your Going To Learn How To Do This.
And now the suing begins. Headline litigation is well advised to catch the crest of the wave, as this woman - a professional guest booker - well knows. The plaintiff and counsel can ride the wave right up to summary judgement where actual questions of fact might get a first meaningful look. Turns out this sexual harassment plaintiff is alleged never to have actually met Carlson.
First rule: Never wait to file: It appears from this account that the woman's lawyers are just now wading through the recorded evidence she provided. She worked in New York and Carlson has home studios in different states where he actually does the show. So now even the Mike Pence rule of never being alone with a woman not his wife might not be enough. Heck, what happens when the plaintiff announces trans woman status just before filing? Play it safer. Better not ever have any contact with co-workers...
This ends when defendants are awarded damages automatically upon the suit's dismissal from plaintiff's lawyers in the same amount as the plaintiff claims. In the present system a broke and thus judgement proof plaintiff can bootstrap a media presence into a book deal with completely phony allegations.
Amen. Couldn’t have said it better myself. In fact I often tell people I’m not voting for a buddy. I’m voting for a leader. Tucker’s been pretty self deprecating about his short comings. Another thing that endears people to him. This is gonna be interesting for sure.
Yeah, I subscribed only for Tucker, too. I contacted them to cancel it, but since I'd paid a year in advance, I have it until the end of the year. I asked about canceling now and getting a pro-rated refund, but the chat rep said "all sales are final." I may keep trying, but at least they did ask why I wanted to cancel. :::shrug:::
I cancelled. For two reasons. First, I only really cared about Tucker Carlson Today. The guests and interviews were great. And two, to send a signal that they (Fox executives) made the wrong decision.
I cancelled too and listed Tucker’s firing as the reason. I read that Murdoch didn’t appreciate his becoming “to big for his boots” and speaking his Christian values---the latter purportedly being the reason he dumped his fiancé as well. I’m a huge Tucker fan but what worries me is the reach he had with boomers who may not be accessing Substack, podcasts and twitter. Tucker covered so many issues that weren’t mainstream. And I have read that if he takes the full payout from his contract, there may be a non-compete which will prevent him from joining another organization until that contract period has ended. That may not prevent him from speaking out, as he did on twitter this evening, but again the wide-reach will not be there.
I cancelled Fox Nation as well - yesterday - and explained exactly why. Fox doesn't care about lil' ol' me, but if enough of us little folks give them the "what for", perhaps they will understand that people want thoughtful opinion, whether or not we agree, instead of bland pablum to sell pillows I'm entertained by a few personalities at Fox, but there aren't many who provoke thought as did Carlson.
Money is the only thing they understand. When revenue declines enough, it may get their attention. However, sometimes these folks don't care how much it costs to simply feel like they are getting even. Tucker will do fine, but this has to hurt. We have temporarily lost our voice, but he will be back.
I don't want to pay for info or news. Never had Fox Nation and will never pay for anything on my screen. Well, OK, maybe NewsNation (spelling?) which seems to be lively and un-afraid. I'll see afetr a few weeks. And, of course, I suspect we all will miss Tucker, sooner or later.
When I read comments on this site, and when I read comments from other sites, for a very long time now, mainstream ones too (the ones that allow comments), I keep seeing and feeling the biggest common denominator, the search and need for Truth.
We fool ourselves when we do not acknowledge that Truth is essential to a good life. It seems so simple, almost condescending to others to say it, yet it's very hard to consistently live it, to live to Truth. How can we become a greater force by coalescing around Truth?
In my opinion (and humility is essential for all of this, because we can all be deceived), it's God. It's the one who told us he is the Truth. Try not to allow the prevailing winds of society (or the actions of fallen, flawed men) empower a stigma around God. Glory be to God, and God Bless all the believers in Truth, Christian or not, like the good folks on this blog!
I agree in spirit. At the same time, I feel like Jesus expects me to seek, learn and be true to the truth of the temporal world and not live outside it (although I respect religious monks and hermits who have sacrificed the temporal via isolation). So I do try to figure out what is the truth and don’t like when people deny it to me or spin their own version with intent to not only deceive but also harm.
Good comment, and my reference to M7 is not to just hire another group to 'save us'. That is what we need to stop doing, along with hiring governments to do our caring for us. And I agree that the word Love is falling into disrepute as much as the term 'woman'. I am reminded of the the definition of love by Robert A HeinLein:- 'Love is where the wellbeing of another is essential to your own'.
"The same goes for Trump. People don’t turn to these men because they’re looking for goodness or purity. They’re turning to them because they are warriors. It’s as simple as that."
Very true. I would add that many people turn to Trump and Tucker because both love this nation and its people - especially the common people - and they sense that our so-called "leaders" do not.
I have my own operating manual, here are 3 elements:-
#3 - You can't discuss what you can't define,
#4 - You can't manage what you can't measure,
#5 - You can't trust what you can't test,
Tucker helped me operate that manual.... And when confronted with evil and its ruthless application of force, Tucker is not just a hired gun, a mercenary, or a soldier, he is a Samurai, a warrior with ethics and honour. We need to find and hire our 'Seven Samurai'. Kurosawa Rules for Eastern values, and John Sturges Rules for (if you will pardon the pun) Western values. To discuss, define, To manage, measure, To trust, test. We have a civilization to rebuild; let's get busy!
I honestly do not know yet. I do know that we will have to exercise the greatest care and consideration of those that we retain and support to go to "war" for us. Perhaps a guideline is that the Samurai decided for themselves who was a member of the 7. You accept all 7 or none at all. You are asking for help from a group with a set of values, you do not get to set or change those values, especially honour and ethics. Perhaps I could reframe your question to ask, "will junior Kennedy (JK) be accepted into the Samurai?" Who would be your 'Magnificent Seven'? I know Matt is on my list of M7, also Michael Shellenberger, but for me, the recruitment list is ongoing. I do know that I am willing to put my money where my mind is; I will contribute cash to an M7 defense fund to help with the inevitable attacks on the M7 and their families. The pen is mightier than the sword, and the buck is mightier than the bomb, but most importantly of all, as shown in the M7 movies, a little collaborative courage is all that is needed to renew civilization. Let's get busy. PS-and once we start on the path of renewal, let us not forget or abandon our M7
So let’s see how well that definition works in the real world; name 2 living Democratic presidents, CNN or MSNBC talking heads that have honor. In the real world, a warrior is a person who keeps fighting for what is right, even when she loses or fails at being perfectly honorable.
Name two living Republican presidents, for that matter. It's not a question of being "perfectly honorable." Nobody is that. It's a question of whether one chooses to be a bully, or not to be. And Carlson fails on that account, as his relations with his co-workers and his demagoguery on the air establish. Bullies lose in the end. It's a horrible tactic for those who devoutly wish (as do I) that we roll back the tide of wokeism and hyper-individualism (of both Left and Right varieties) that is destroying our society, and by downstream effect, our politics.
Wait. You said they weren’t warriors bc warriors have to have honor. Now you haven’t given any names of who fits your definition and you drift to calling them bullies. Trump and Carlson are both warriors and no more flawed than anyone else you have offered up. I agree with you on not liking wokeism or hyper-individualism (which together seem to make for narcissism).
👇🏻 This !
People don’t turn to these men because they’re looking for goodness or purity. They’re turning to them because they are warriors. It’s as simple as that.
These men are uniquely qualified to deal with the most unfathomable level of corruption and malfeasance. It’s an ugly, stomach wrenching war on truth, free speech and common sense. Most people would crumble. I really admire their strength and conviction. Without Tucker, Fox Nation is a joke.
Have they already pulled his Today shows off if FoxNation?
That’ll bring it down to CNN+ levels, lol! I don’t think there was anything else to consume on their streaming service, was there?
fairness Carlson is pretty damn pure. He has a potty mouth. Oh well. The chic suing worked for him less than a month and wasn’t even working in the same state as Carlson (his shoes are all taped at his homes in Maine and Florida. Hannity uses a home studio as well). Crazy chic was working out of the Fox offices while Tucker works from home. She had no evidence he had ever said or done anything directly to her, much less something awful.
I also cancelled Fox Nation. I only watched Tucker. I’ve hated Fox since I was a kid in undergrad and the plainly lied about Iraq. Same for NYT, WaPo, CNN, and the major networks. Scheduled programming contracted through networks is dying. This will help it. Creators don’t need the network middleman anymore. They just need a place to share and minimize their content. Tucker will be fine.
Hannity doesn’t always work from home, but Tucker does
It may be a subtle difference, but I don't think people tune in to Tucker Carlson because they trust him. People see what's happening. They form opinions. For example, men can be women; men can get pregnant; men who say they're women should be allowed to compete in women's sports. Men who claim they're women have a right to tell you how to address them.
People see these things, and they see the rest of the media gaslighting them, telling them 'of course men can be women,' 'of course, Putin is evil and the USA did nothing to provoke that war,' 'of course, taking a rushed, experimental vaccine is the right thing to do,' 'of course J6 was the worst thing since 9/11.'
They tuned into Tucker because he was one of the only media figures willing to speak the truth as they see it, despite all the rest of the mainstream media being arrayed against him. And, he did so unflinchingly, often with a sense of humor and humility, and he did so persuasively. In short, he voiced the thoughts of those who tuned in to his show, even when no one else would. And, he sometimes spoke a truth with which viewers did not agree (e.g., Sydney Powell), but even in those circumstances they could appreciate that his perspective was rooted in reason.
Agree!
That sounds like a long description of the experience of trusting Tucker Carlson! 😊👍🏻
Actually Tucker refused to have her on unless she could produce evidence. It’s in the Dominion filing. He called her a bad name privately, and management. That’s about it
I'm just saying some viewers didn't agree with his stance on that issue.
" People don’t turn to these men because they’re looking for goodness or purity. They’re turning to them because they are warriors. It’s as simple as that."
Sasha, I would add the most important characteristic of all: They are real. Authentic. Genuine. Unafraid to be who they really are...Comfortable in their own skin.
I too, did not always agree with Carlson or Trump...but I never doubted for a second they were authentic. Its become one of the only things I care about these days when dealing with anyone. I find myself drawn to that quality these days like a moth to flame.
Well said. People are starved for authenticity and truth tellers. Mainstream media is all propaganda. Trump calling them fake news was accurate!
My theory is that just like France, Germany, Rome, Russia, China, Cuba….They created a monster to defeat a man. Now that monster threatens to kill us all (including its creators, of course. That’s what monsters do)
So how do we defeat the monster? What can we regular people do? There must be something other than complaining daily on social media 🤪
I remember my Russian immigrant father taught me early in life to always be my own boss, run my own business no matter how hard or demeaning the work or even how low the pay….but he warned me when you are successful, to never create a monster because monsters must be fed daily or they will eat you.
So I think the only thing that might work is to identify its food source and cut it off. Starve it to death. The trick is what does this monster feed on? Identify its food, and we can kill it. Or at least weaken it enough to trap it and stuff it back in a cage somewhere.
Is it our outrage? Is it the Chinese finger trap? (The harder you resist and pull away, the stronger the grip). Maybe we stop reacting to each of the left’s actions no matter how silly or outrageous??
I don’t know, but I think the answer is there somewhere.
My silver lining: I miss Tucker, it was my nightly ritual after work for an hour. Now I replace it with family dinner around the table, going outside for walks around the neighborhood, helping my daughter with her studies (at 13 I got her reading Orwell 😃 )
Tucker said “say a prayer for the nation and tell your spouse you love her” good advice!
Your father was wise. Besides starving the monster, please also consider laughing at it. They tend to shrink in the face of humor.
true…I always make fun of them…it’s what keeps me sane. 😂
It’s just too easy, and they get so mad when you laugh at them
Nice post, sounds like you had a sensible and caring father. Thanks for sharing and take good care of that daughter of yours, she’s a lucky girl to have you as a father. I’m the meantime, Tucker will be back in a bigger and better form eventually.
Cheers!
Thank you for the kind words. 😃
I do not expect Tucker to return. Maybe he will and maybe he won’t .
Few of us get the opportunity to to die on the battlefield, to go out swinging and on the top of our game.
Most of us reach a certain pinnacle and go down the hill over a long period of time never understanding the exact moment was we had peaked.
I believe Tucker Carlson may understand this and be wrestling with the decision as we speak.
Just my opinion on it.
I am an optimist. I am also an engineer. Is the glass half empty or half full? IMO, the glass is twice the size it needs to be. 😊
“There is a Chinese curse which says 'May he live in interesting times.' Like it or not we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also more open to the creative energy of men than any other time in history.”
~Robert Kennedy 1966
Agree!
I always have been drawn to that characteristic in people, I believed it was the most important quality a person could have… of course, I still do, but these days one has to be careful, people can turn on you even tho they seem normal and genuine, right up until the moment that they’re not anymore. I got used to that experience with my early on support for Trump. I’m not sure where all this craziness is going to end up, but one thing is clear, we are living in interesting history making times.
“ we are living in interesting history making times.”
Thanks for reminding me of a Robert Kennedy quote from the 1960’s. I believe it to be true. (Full quote in above reply)
I have been fooled by people who I thought were genuine many times in my youth, very rarely now. It still happens, but like a good seasoned poker player, my well over 10,000 hours honing my skill at reading people is now quite sharp. To fool me now, the man or woman must be equally honed at their skill as well. Children don’t stand a chance, and we are currently led by a sea of petulant children.
I cancelled mine as well. My stated reason was “Because you fired Tucker!”
I never bought Fox Nation, I would never buy any MSM related network specifically, outside what comes w/ cable subscription. I recently dropped The Athletic after this New York Times sports app fired my Teams’ beat writer. I received a prompt from NYT to stay when canceling, with a massive $ discount if I would. No thanks to that
And Tucker Carlson Today were some of the most interviews I’ve ever seen. He is a really good interviewer. But I canceled mine too.
Best not most.
I’m probably going to drop Direct TV because every package includes Fox News. My world is now Podcasts and reviewing the news for an hour every morning. Frankly, it’s freeing.
And audible books! Haha
If DirecTV still has OANN, wait to see if Tucker takes up OANN owner Herring's offer of 3X what he was making at Fox.
DirecTV removed OAN over a year ago. They were my favorite along with Newsmax. Now just Newsmax.
I get the basic package, no Fox News.
I also canceled my Fox Nation sub within minutes of learning he had been fired.
Me too. I figured many thousands of others did as well.
I can only hope. And now I understand that Fox is releasing private information from Carlson’s personnel file in an attempt to destroy him. It won’t work.
The problem is, other than a potty mouth and disliking management, they don’t seem to have anything. Nor does that grifter Abby who worked in another state than where Tucker was physically located - and she worked for Tucker less than a month.
Reminiscent of Cassidy Hutchinson, the 25 yr old aide who knew everything according to the J6 committee.
Or the Florida Covid “whistleblower” who was just another grifting moron.
So disgusting, but typical of bad people. So glad I quit watching Fox 2+ years ago.
Sasha, did you get a follow-up question as to why you were cancelling? I did on Monday, but some folks have commented since that they did not. I wonder if Fox doesn't want to know...or care.
When I got the confirmation email titled "We're sad to see you go" with a button to Restart Plan, underneath was a row of thumbnails pushing various content on the channel. The second tile was for "Tucker Carlson Originals". I'm still laughing.
Oh you bet I did. I let them know exactly why I was canceling. I don't think they do care because they've always bounced back before.
I did the same when they asked why. From Twitter, I can guess they got that a lot.
The Wall Street Journal had an article today about this subject and the headline was something about Carlson being fired for “vulgar comments”. In our present day culture I thought vulgarity was considered a feature not a bug.
I tried to post a comment wondering why a comment could be considered vulgar, but the mutilation of children is not. The algorithm immediately killed the comment, because we are apparently not allowed to mention the mutilation of children.
Don’t observe, don’t question, and don’t speak. These are interesting times we live in.
So we can mutilate children, kill babies but the same is unfit for TV? Any liberal who says Tucker or any other conservative is vulgar is the pinnacle of hypocrisy. They spew the most vulgar & coarse words I’ve ever heard.
Liberal/leftist/democrat Trait:
Accuse everyone on our side of issues of doing/saying what they actually say or do.
WSJ owned by Murdoch as well.
Something big seems to afoot in media and the censorship regimes. I'm not sure where any of this is going but I have a bad feeling. I would like to see the non-woke media like Rumble, Locals, Daily Wire, The Blaze, and the individuals such as yourself, Taibbi, Greenwald, Megyn, and all the others, form some form of protective alliance. I don't know how such an alliance could be organized, but maybe something along the lines of the NFL where you have individual teams competing with each other under the umbrella of a league with everyone's interest at stake. Tucker might be the guy to pull this off.
I cancelled mine as well. The station is going to go back to its necon ways and promote every stupid war it can find like it did back in the GWB days. Tucker is a once a generation talent. Wherever he goes will be a juggernaut, and personally I hope he starts his own media empire. He's one of the few that could pull something like that off.
There is so much hate for people like Tucker Carlson, Matt Taibbi, Sasha Stone, Elon Musk and Trump because they tell the unvarnished truth about everything and that gets in the way of the lies that the mainstream media and the politicians of the uniparty/government agencies have been trying to steadily build and weave over the past few years. Furthermore, all of them came to us from the left's power centers like MSNBC, Rolling Stone, the Clinton Machine and their Democratic donors - so they know all the secrets from the other side and that, my friends, may make them more dangerous to the left than anything else.
I’m counting on it.
I cancelled my Wall Street Journal subscription because of the hit piece
that they published on Tucker today. I will no longer support any media
owned by the Murdoch family. I was already feeling uncomfortable about
their editorial war on all things Trump. Megyn Kelly affirmed my thoughts
about the WSJ article when she opened her show today. I don't think that
you fire someone from one platform that you own and immediately go to
your other platform to trash that person. UGH!!!!
I’ve watched TC for years and I’ve never thought him to have a vulgur sense of humor (and I’m
a prude lol), in fact, he made me laugh out loud on many occasions.
The thing I liked about Tucker on Fox Nation was that he was sincerely interested in what his interviewees had to say. He listened. It wasn’t about piling on or talking over the subject ala Mehdi Hassan.
Warriors AND Truth Tellers!
Gutfeld is entertaining and I like his guests, but it's mostly horsing around.... except for Tyrus. That guy is awesome. The only other Fox Nation show I make a point to catch on YouTube is - was - Carlson. He is a lot smarter than the other hosts and isn't afraid of anyone or any topic. I like how he has members of the opposition on and conducts intelligent interviews and debates. I don't go along with all of his lines and his silly giggle is off-putting, but that's trivial. The important thing is that he has the nards to make for a compelling, much watch show. I'm looking forward to his next chapter.
I hope they don’t have him in contractual prison for too long. When he gets free he’ll fly high.
Tyrus is Champ :-D
My take is that the Dems want to ‘Kavanaugh’ Tucker on his way out with the Abby lawsuit. She’s being represented by Democrat party operatives too. Abby has nothing to do with Tucker’s exit but the Dems and their servant media will muck up the waters.
Tucker has to negotiate his exit from Fox now, and they want to make it as difficult as possible, and try him by public opinion to influence their voters, the public at large and even Fox. They want to Punish Tucker as much as they possibly can.
All the Dems have is their slander, their lies, their hoaxes. The usual MSNBC, CNN, etc. viewers will swallow it hook, line and sinker. Just like the other hoaxes that the Dems have pulled over the last six years. People still believe in Russiagate and similar crap.
Good God ChiyoChan, Marsali is commenting on a false narrative the rest of the Left leaning MSM is likely to parrot for why Tucker was fired. One narrative being trotted out today is the Abby lawsuit.
If you are reading this (or simply took time to listen to Jimmy Dore clip that Sasha posted yesterday) you know the real reasons go much deeper. Whether it was his frontal attack on big Pharma (Tucker’s ‘My Pillow’/Fox News analogy to vaccines was both hilarious & spot on) or his nightly opposition to US support for war in Ukraine, we don’t know yet.
But it’s most certainly not for calling someone the ‘c’ word behind the scenes
Here’s Tuckers first statement since his firing (release about an hour ago) already w/ a couple of million views. Nothing here in why he departed Fox and wouldn’t expect that until he settles out
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1651376097349578753?s=20
I look forward to hearing Tucker when he finds his next platform, and I hope you do too. He will hopefully be on a free speech format or other place where sponsorships don't limit his speech. I think it has been astounding that he was able to say what he could on Fox for as long as he did
The Achilles Heel of self-important twits like the democrats and their handmaidens in the media is mockery. They cannot handle being mocked and their only defense is "Well I never!"
Trump and Tucker mocked people who desperately needed to be mocked and that was their sin.
Trump and Tucker may go into the sunset, but there will be others.
"... he made it sound like..."
lolz
Cancel it! you can always see highlights on YouTube and FB they are all over the place. I am done giving them any $$
It's clear that Fox wants to return to the Establishment Bush GOP era days, and I want nothing to do with that. I'm cancelling my Fox Nation subscription too, which I only got because of Tucker Carlson Today.
I told everyone I knew in 2016 that I’m not voting for a Priest, I’m voting for a businessman who can get in there and kick some ass in order to turn our Country around! And kick ass he did!! He’s not a career politician! I love Tucker bcuz his research team is top notch, so when he speaks, you KNOW that it’s truthful!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/08/19/the-day-i-went-head-to-head-with-donald-trump/#624a2a035570
I get all that, and, yes conservatives need to band together in these crazy days. But a true warrior is also a team player - something Carlson seems to have struggled with, and something Trump has never even attempted.
As for the Dominion lawsuit, as a journalist for most of the past 40 years, I wish they would have fought it. But Dominion filed it in a court friendly to them and hostile to Fox, Fox couldn't get a change of venue, the judge was openly prejudiced but unlikely to recuse, and so Fox cut their losses rather than hope for reversal on appeal.
As I've written elsewhere, the folks who are really fearful of the Fox settlement with Dominion are the staff attorneys at the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS, CNN, NBC, Associated Press, PBS, etc., because now we have the precedent of a court ordering a news organization to divulge its internal editorial discussions as part of pre-trial discovery.
The computer shop owner where Hunter Biden abandoned his computers is already suing the NYT for libel; now his attorneys can go back, point to the Dominion-Fox settlement, and demand to see all the NYT's internal emails, meeting notes, voice mail, etc., regarding their coverage (er, lack thereof) of the Biden laptop.
Given that the Dominion judge in his preliminary decisions ruled that 1) Fox could not use newsworthiness as a defense for defamation and 2) If even SOME Fox journalists had doubts about the Trump campaign's claims of fraud, then those doubts had to be aired, the Times is in a hell of a spot legally. Same with the rest of the MSM.
I've long argued that many reporters and editors in the mainstream media coordinate their coverage with their political allies.
So it should be interesting.
(I'd also point out for an lefties lurking here who love to claim that Fox isn't real journalism, but merely a mouthpiece for the GOP, that the discovery in Dominion-Fox did NOT uncover any coordination between Fox journalists and the Republican Party.)
Dominion sets a horrible precedent, but one I think will bite the left-wing media much harder than it bit Fox simply because the leftwing media shows far more bias than Fox.
Great comment! The precedent is surely partisan bad-law? But like almost everything the Dems & their hacks do (hello Harry Reid etc), they assume that their dirty trick will never be turned against them. And this Dominion precedent will almost certainly be used against all the Bigs. I'll go get my popcorn.
Team player... Trump comes along and actually implements(or tries to while fighting 'republicans') what 'conservatives' campaigned on for the last 35 years. Republicans in general are not team players; they work to obtain power to obtain money, nothing more.
"We make more money when our guys lose." - Justin Riemer, lead counsel for the RNC.
Cogent and enlightening. I would suggest, however, that there is almost as much of a double standard in the courts as there is in the Deep State. The bulk of the MSM doesn't have much to fear from the Dominion settlement.
The betrayal of those closest to you is the one that hurts the most. I understand that Fox News is a PR arm, but I gave them money and time and attention simply because they had someone like Tucker Carlson on staff. That they dismissed him because, I suspect, he was not a reliable puppet for the Republican Party and the Machine, they not only took him away from us (childish as that sounds) but they are trying to destroy him and through him send a message to those of us who are rebelling against the dog and pony show. For that, while I doubt it will happen, non-religious me will be saying little prayers that Fox News and its parent company burn themselves to the ground.
During Tucker’s commentary on the first George Floyd riot in Minneapolis, I told my husband, “We’ll know we’re in big trouble if they (TPTB) ever come after Tucker.” Well, here we are.
Good for you Sasha! They hate Tucker because he is a Truth / Freedom lover. The woke agenda deplores both of those virtues.
There are many theories about why Tucker was fired. Obviously, only Tucker knows. But let me float this theory:
Tucker had the biggest platform on cable television. Tucker was friends with Trump and supports him. The Deep State has spent millions of dollars and six years trying to destroy him and make sure he never sits in the White House again. They could not let the celebrity with the biggest megaphone on TV use his platform to lift up their sworn avowed enemy and would do anything to prevent that from happening. Also Blackrock has recently invested heavily in Fox. Murdoch is under their thumb. When they say jump; he asks how high?
Stand for Freedom!
I'm wondering in what way they threatened Murdoch for him to commit such a self own.
Dr. Robert Malone,
Mr. Steve Kirsch,
Dear Steve,
There Are Bodies Dropping To The Left Of You, And Bodies Dropping To The Right Of You, And You, And People Like You, Approach It Like It’s Some Kind Of Faculty Lounge Debate. And When I Say You - I Am Including Robert.
Astonishing Is What It Is.
You And He Are Still Trying To Explain To Others What You Don’t Yet Understand.
Which Brings Us To Malone, Our Beloved Robert. Robert’s Odyssey Is A Trilogy Really:
1. Lies My Government Told Me.
2. Lies I Believed.
3. Lies I Told Others.
None Of Which I Need To Read. Or Will. Until Maybe This Is All Over. And By Then I Doubt I Will Want To.
But I Have Today. And Have It I Will:
Myself, And Others Like Me, Are Stuck In The Boat With You. We Are Having To Do All Of The Rowing. While You Write Notes In Your Journal, Or Wave To The Other Boats. Preoccupied By The Lack Of Accommodations And A Concern For Who Sits Where. While Musing To Yourselves, And Yourselves Alone I Assure You, What Some Dead Fucker Said 1500 Years Ago.
I Will Tell You Boys This:
If You Fuckers Don’t Learn How To Fight. Or At Least How To Hit Clean And Stand Back, No One Is Going To Care What You Have To Say Ten Years From Now.
Doubt Me?
Look How Few Care Now.
I Will Keep Rowing. That’s What Guys Like Us Do. You Know Us When You See Us. But I Am Going To Keep Hitting You Upside The Head With My Oar Until We Get There.
And Bob, Stop Trying To Sue For Peace. Or To Figure Out How To Call Ahead And Announce Your Arrival. Do The Work. Not The Explaining.
We Are Going To Shore. Where We Will Join The Others. Many Who You Do Not Know. But You Will Know Them When You See Them Because They Smell Like Me. They Don’t Talk Like Me. I Have To Talk Like You. I Have To Talk Idiot For You To Understand.
Don’t Look At Me. Look Ahead. We Are Going To Shore. You Are Going To Shore. It’s Where The Fight Is.
I Love You.
But God Damnit Your Going To Learn How To Do This.
I Promised Your Mothers I’d Look Out For You.
For Fuck’s Sake.
.
Fox is finished ..Period
And now the suing begins. Headline litigation is well advised to catch the crest of the wave, as this woman - a professional guest booker - well knows. The plaintiff and counsel can ride the wave right up to summary judgement where actual questions of fact might get a first meaningful look. Turns out this sexual harassment plaintiff is alleged never to have actually met Carlson.
First rule: Never wait to file: It appears from this account that the woman's lawyers are just now wading through the recorded evidence she provided. She worked in New York and Carlson has home studios in different states where he actually does the show. So now even the Mike Pence rule of never being alone with a woman not his wife might not be enough. Heck, what happens when the plaintiff announces trans woman status just before filing? Play it safer. Better not ever have any contact with co-workers...
This ends when defendants are awarded damages automatically upon the suit's dismissal from plaintiff's lawyers in the same amount as the plaintiff claims. In the present system a broke and thus judgement proof plaintiff can bootstrap a media presence into a book deal with completely phony allegations.
https://thespectator.com/topic/abby-grossberg-never-met-tucker-carlson-fox-lawsuit/?utm_source=Spectator%20World%20Signup&utm_campaign=0bcef9b414-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_27_12_39&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0bcef9b414-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Good insight. Thanks. She reminds me of the brain Igor gives Young Frankenstein; Abby Normal.
Talk radio is not the same without Rush Limbaugh. It would be great if Tucker moved into that empty space.
I almost with I had bought a Fox subscription way back when. I would then have had the pleasure of cancelling it.
Good move.
You're so damn right
I immediately canceled too. Not going to pay Big Brother if I can help it.
Amen. Couldn’t have said it better myself. In fact I often tell people I’m not voting for a buddy. I’m voting for a leader. Tucker’s been pretty self deprecating about his short comings. Another thing that endears people to him. This is gonna be interesting for sure.
Yeah, I subscribed only for Tucker, too. I contacted them to cancel it, but since I'd paid a year in advance, I have it until the end of the year. I asked about canceling now and getting a pro-rated refund, but the chat rep said "all sales are final." I may keep trying, but at least they did ask why I wanted to cancel. :::shrug:::
This really pissed me off. They canceled the programming I paid for and they get to keep my money for a service no longer rendered. Bunch of weasels.
I cancelled. For two reasons. First, I only really cared about Tucker Carlson Today. The guests and interviews were great. And two, to send a signal that they (Fox executives) made the wrong decision.
I cancelled too and listed Tucker’s firing as the reason. I read that Murdoch didn’t appreciate his becoming “to big for his boots” and speaking his Christian values---the latter purportedly being the reason he dumped his fiancé as well. I’m a huge Tucker fan but what worries me is the reach he had with boomers who may not be accessing Substack, podcasts and twitter. Tucker covered so many issues that weren’t mainstream. And I have read that if he takes the full payout from his contract, there may be a non-compete which will prevent him from joining another organization until that contract period has ended. That may not prevent him from speaking out, as he did on twitter this evening, but again the wide-reach will not be there.
I’m trusting that he’s a very smart and calculating person. He’ll figure it out. The mission is too important to him.
I cancelled Fox Nation as well - yesterday - and explained exactly why. Fox doesn't care about lil' ol' me, but if enough of us little folks give them the "what for", perhaps they will understand that people want thoughtful opinion, whether or not we agree, instead of bland pablum to sell pillows I'm entertained by a few personalities at Fox, but there aren't many who provoke thought as did Carlson.
You get it.
Money is the only thing they understand. When revenue declines enough, it may get their attention. However, sometimes these folks don't care how much it costs to simply feel like they are getting even. Tucker will do fine, but this has to hurt. We have temporarily lost our voice, but he will be back.
I don't want to pay for info or news. Never had Fox Nation and will never pay for anything on my screen. Well, OK, maybe NewsNation (spelling?) which seems to be lively and un-afraid. I'll see afetr a few weeks. And, of course, I suspect we all will miss Tucker, sooner or later.
When I read comments on this site, and when I read comments from other sites, for a very long time now, mainstream ones too (the ones that allow comments), I keep seeing and feeling the biggest common denominator, the search and need for Truth.
We fool ourselves when we do not acknowledge that Truth is essential to a good life. It seems so simple, almost condescending to others to say it, yet it's very hard to consistently live it, to live to Truth. How can we become a greater force by coalescing around Truth?
In my opinion (and humility is essential for all of this, because we can all be deceived), it's God. It's the one who told us he is the Truth. Try not to allow the prevailing winds of society (or the actions of fallen, flawed men) empower a stigma around God. Glory be to God, and God Bless all the believers in Truth, Christian or not, like the good folks on this blog!
I agree in spirit. At the same time, I feel like Jesus expects me to seek, learn and be true to the truth of the temporal world and not live outside it (although I respect religious monks and hermits who have sacrificed the temporal via isolation). So I do try to figure out what is the truth and don’t like when people deny it to me or spin their own version with intent to not only deceive but also harm.
As simple as that!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Good comment, and my reference to M7 is not to just hire another group to 'save us'. That is what we need to stop doing, along with hiring governments to do our caring for us. And I agree that the word Love is falling into disrepute as much as the term 'woman'. I am reminded of the the definition of love by Robert A HeinLein:- 'Love is where the wellbeing of another is essential to your own'.
"The same goes for Trump. People don’t turn to these men because they’re looking for goodness or purity. They’re turning to them because they are warriors. It’s as simple as that."
Very true. I would add that many people turn to Trump and Tucker because both love this nation and its people - especially the common people - and they sense that our so-called "leaders" do not.
I have my own operating manual, here are 3 elements:-
#3 - You can't discuss what you can't define,
#4 - You can't manage what you can't measure,
#5 - You can't trust what you can't test,
Tucker helped me operate that manual.... And when confronted with evil and its ruthless application of force, Tucker is not just a hired gun, a mercenary, or a soldier, he is a Samurai, a warrior with ethics and honour. We need to find and hire our 'Seven Samurai'. Kurosawa Rules for Eastern values, and John Sturges Rules for (if you will pardon the pun) Western values. To discuss, define, To manage, measure, To trust, test. We have a civilization to rebuild; let's get busy!
I honestly do not know yet. I do know that we will have to exercise the greatest care and consideration of those that we retain and support to go to "war" for us. Perhaps a guideline is that the Samurai decided for themselves who was a member of the 7. You accept all 7 or none at all. You are asking for help from a group with a set of values, you do not get to set or change those values, especially honour and ethics. Perhaps I could reframe your question to ask, "will junior Kennedy (JK) be accepted into the Samurai?" Who would be your 'Magnificent Seven'? I know Matt is on my list of M7, also Michael Shellenberger, but for me, the recruitment list is ongoing. I do know that I am willing to put my money where my mind is; I will contribute cash to an M7 defense fund to help with the inevitable attacks on the M7 and their families. The pen is mightier than the sword, and the buck is mightier than the bomb, but most importantly of all, as shown in the M7 movies, a little collaborative courage is all that is needed to renew civilization. Let's get busy. PS-and once we start on the path of renewal, let us not forget or abandon our M7
Are you guys in Fight Club or something? :D
Trump and Carlson are demagogues, not warriors. Warriors are honorable, even to their opponents. These men are not.
So let’s see how well that definition works in the real world; name 2 living Democratic presidents, CNN or MSNBC talking heads that have honor. In the real world, a warrior is a person who keeps fighting for what is right, even when she loses or fails at being perfectly honorable.
Name two living Republican presidents, for that matter. It's not a question of being "perfectly honorable." Nobody is that. It's a question of whether one chooses to be a bully, or not to be. And Carlson fails on that account, as his relations with his co-workers and his demagoguery on the air establish. Bullies lose in the end. It's a horrible tactic for those who devoutly wish (as do I) that we roll back the tide of wokeism and hyper-individualism (of both Left and Right varieties) that is destroying our society, and by downstream effect, our politics.
Wait. You said they weren’t warriors bc warriors have to have honor. Now you haven’t given any names of who fits your definition and you drift to calling them bullies. Trump and Carlson are both warriors and no more flawed than anyone else you have offered up. I agree with you on not liking wokeism or hyper-individualism (which together seem to make for narcissism).
Wise lady, Sasha, like most of the other WOMEN here.
Once again, here is the truth, and it applies to Tucker as well: http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/08/19/the-day-i-went-head-to-head-with-donald-trump/#624a2a035570
Tucker Carlson Breaks His Silence After Leaving Fox News
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2023/04/26/tucker-carlson-breaks-his-silence-after-leaving-fox-news-n2622499