If the conservatives ever decide to award The Wingnut, a suitably fashioned statuette the size of an Oscar, awarded for Best Performance By A Batshit Crazy Talking Head, I am going to nominate Tucker Carlson as its first recipient. Carlson melted down about slavery the other day and then miraculously managed to top that performance when he came unglued over the fact that the Daily Stormer was kicked off of GoDaddy their hosting company. Oh, yes, he gave lip service to being horrified by Charlottesville but it was quite clear where his sentiments really lie, and that is as Nazi/Wingnut Muckracker At Large. John Amato at Crooks & Liars:
Carlson, a man that always preaches the benefits of free market capitalism is now whining when the free market has spoken about neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and white supremacists. The guy clutches pearls so tight his hands are bleeding for concern over the possibility that Google will single out the Vatican. Carlson warns, "Today's political opponents could easily become tomorrow's designated Nazis."
He cries that 40% of millennials are against hate speech and those same millennials "will be running the world very soon. You think they'll think twice before banning websites they don't like?," He warned. "They won't. It's the Daily Stormer today, fine, but who is it going to be next week or next year, the national right to life, fox news.com, Catholic charities? Why wouldn't it be?"
Do I really have to respond to this sophomoric attempt at muckraking in the service of Nazis?
Tucker said, "Why wouldn't Airbnb ban public supporters of Trump from getting rooms. They support terrorism. Why wouldn't Facebook eliminate all references to pro-life positions?"
He's the Lord of the High Backlash Whine. First, they came for the Nazis and then they came for Catholic charities? Is that how it works?
Oh, and I forget to mention this part: Liberals want to destroy the first amendment, too. Tucker Carlson found out our secret plans from an erroneously sent email from Daily Kos to moi, right?
Well, there you have it. Tucker is on to us and I do mean us. He's losing sleep worrying about the websites he cares about being banned as part of the Great Liberal Conspiracy and unquestionably the folks at Crooks & Liars and their compatriots cavort in Carlson's dreams wearing horns, and making frenzied leaps of logic; as Tucker warns us they will, going after the KKK today and the ASPCA tomorrow, just you watch.
Tucker Carlson, you are the Crown of Conflation.