• Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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          The article said he is critical of Israel.

          This is the first time I’m hearing about it honestly. Does he call it a genocide?

          Why would he go there for an interview? Usually journalists go to cover what’s happening to the Palestinian people, otherwise you could just have a remote call.

          Something tells me he wanted to cause some friction.

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            I can’t find an exact quote with the specific word genocide, but he has accused Bibi of committing war crimes. Also, an Israeli advocacy group named him "Antisemite of the Year” for his anti-Zionist stances.

            https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tucker-carlson-named-antisemite-year-opposing-israels-genocide-gaza

            I saw he was recently interviewing Palestinian-Christian pastors around Israel and neighboring countries. Maybe he was still over there as part of that trip.

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            I’d wager that he’s just an opportunist and wants to make his “brand” friendly to neo Nazis while not alienating the “pro Israeli fascism” segment of the population that other media personalities cater to.

            He plays the foil to the right-wing “Israel can do no wrong” crowd but likely isn’t actually that critical of the Israeli government like someone to the left of Democrats would be.

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            He promotes the white replacement theory which is all about the Jews bringing in immigrants to replace the white race. aka White Genocide

            So he believes a genocide is being done by Jews. Pretty sure he doesn’t give a fuck about Palestinians tho.

            And yeah he wanted to cause friction, he’s an Anti-Semite.

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              That’s some old school hate he’s clinging to. His party moved on to Muslims then brown and trans since then.

              It’s the political version of gen X still saying things are sick and rad.

              Ps I’m trying to bring back rad.

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      I hate everyone here. It’s win-win, I think.

      Israel probably sees some connection to Iran and Russia, which to me has been obvious for a very long time.

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        I wonder if Tucker interviewed a prominent Israeli that disagrees with the government and this is their way of preventing it from being aired.

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      You are ok with Israel killing the person on the right wing that exposed Israel’s involvement in Epstein, and the Kirk assassination?

      Not so good for further right wing defectors from the party that. Personally, I don’t support Israel killing American Citizens, even if I don’t like them. I also appreciate allies on an issue even if I don’t like them, or agree with them on everything.

      If we don’t cooperate on what we agree on, and stop listening to people telling us to reject allies that aren’t pure enough, told to us by the worst people in the world, then those worst people in the world continue to win.

      Israel is winning, because we condemn defectors that come out against Israel because they aren’t perfect.

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        You are ok with Israel killing the person on the right wing that exposed Israel’s involvement in Epstein, and the Kirk assassination?

        He did no such thing. He’s just an antisemitic blowhard who makes up and spreads conspiracy theories and white supremacist hate for a living.

        When the fascist apartheid regime he hates for all the wrong reasons turns out to be guilty of anything he’s accusing them of, that’s not him “exposing” anything, that’s him getting lucky.

        Not so good for further right wing defectors from the party

        He’s not that either. He may be outwardly “rebelling” on some topics, but he’s very much still a part of the fascist club.

        If we don’t cooperate on what we agree on, and stop listening to people telling us to reject allies that aren’t pure enough, told to us by the worst people in the world, then those worst people in the world continue to win

        Except that’s not at all what’s going on here.

        Tucker Carlson doesn’t oppose Israel because he recognizes that Palestinians are human beings. He opposes Israel because he doesn’t believe Jewish people are human beings and conflates them with Israel.

        You’re never going to stop a genocide by pointing out what a good ally someone is for being bigoted towards the people committing it.

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          Very convenient every person that goes against Israel on the left is labeled anti salmon, which, so are you by the way. The same people making that charge also charge you for it. Divide and conquer. It feels hopeless trying to talk sense to people manipulated by organized interests while we disparately are turned against our allies.

          As if we had already won you are riding around on your high horse about “stopping a genocide” spending your time attacking the only ones on the right that have stood against it, an act of bravery at great personal and reputational cost, as you chalk it up to malign motives, as if that should fucking matter right now.

          You know who has even worse motives? Israel. Their superfans and backers. The Evangelicals. I’m sure you will pull together enough support to stop Israel and their fascist designs, on america not just their own area, by working with the ones deemed pure enough. But you aren’t pure enough either by the same people that manipulated you into rejecting allies for lack of purity.

          Grow the fuck up and look past your fucking hand, both hands, including the one stroking yourself off furiously about your moral superiority. If we listen to you, we lose.

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            we disparately are turned against our allies.

            Tucker Carlson is your ally?

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            Very convenient every person that goes against Israel on the left is labeled anti salmon, which, so are you by the way

            Nope, it’s actually very INconvenient that Zionists conflate anti-zionism with antisemitism.

            That you would accuse me of doing the same thing in your defense of an ACTUAL antisemitic bigot who you claim to be my natural ally is absolutely laughable.

            As if we had already won you are riding around on your high horse about “stopping a genocide”

            Yeah, because FSM forbid that I focus on what the enemy is doing that I oppose rather than hyperfocusing on who opposes the enemy while ignoring almost everything these “allies” say, including their own stated reasons for their opposition 🙄

            spending your time attacking the only ones on the right that have stood against it, an act of bravery at great personal and reputational cost

            Could you please get the bigot-cock out of your mouth for just one second? It’s hard to hear you over the slurping noises.

            as you chalk it up to malign motives

            To quote Maya Angelou, when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

            as if that should fucking matter right now.

            It very much does. It has never been easier to find prominent allies willing to speak up against Israel for the right reasons than it is right now.

            Aligning ourselves with the likes of Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Candace Owens, Perjury Greene, and other bigots doesn’t get us anywhere closer to winning anything. It just gived Zionists an excellent opening for tarring us with the same brush.

            You know who has even worse motives? Israel. Their superfans and backers

            Nah, they’re about equal, as far as motives go.

            The Evangelicals

            Fun fact: that group very much includes Tucker Carlson, a fundamentalist Christian who claims with a straight face that he was attacked in his sleep by a literal demon.

            I’m sure you will pull together enough support to stop Israel and their fascist designs, on america not just their own area, by working with the ones deemed pure enough

            As far as purity tests go, “do you think that all Jewish people are secretly plotting against white Christians” is pretty damn entry level…

            But you aren’t pure enough either by the same people that manipulated you into rejecting allies for lack of purity.

            Nope. There you go again. I embrace anti-zionism while rejecting antisemitism and other bigotry. That REALLY shouldn’t be so hard to understand.

            Grow the fuck up and look past your fucking hand, both hands, including the one stroking yourself off furiously about your moral superiority.

            Wow, the projection is strong with this one 🤦

            If we listen to you, we lose

            Right back at you, buddy!

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        Tucker shifted when the wind changed; don’t give him more credit than he deserves. This is a guy that sells stories about demons and he’s never exposed a crime in his life.

        That said nobody is rooting for Israel here. So its unclear who you think needs to hear what you’re saying but its not anyone here.

        Tucker is a guy who selectively edited out kanye west saying some abominable shit in an attempt to gaslight viewers into thinking kanye wasn’t celebrating hitler. There’s a good chance he just straight up broke some laws and let a holocaust joke fly or something.