What Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin shows, and what it hides
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Tucker Carlson did not ask Putin about how so many of his opponents wind up imprisoned and murdered, or the warrant the International Criminal Court has out for his arrest for war crimes in Ukraine.
Tucker is a coward, a propagandist and a squidgy little estrogen stuffed dumpling.
I love the part where he goes shopping and compares the price of his basket to the price in the US, and it comes out to about 50% cheaper. What he doesn't mention is that Russians bring in 10x less money a month than Americans do, which makes the cart much more expensive.
Tucker knows this, he's hoping the maga hats don't
I love that Tucker is astounded by the "push in a coin to unlock it" technology. That segment might have been one of the first dozen times he actually personally set foot in a supermarket.
“with this handy rent-a-cart system, the dirty homeless wont be able to get their grubby hands on them!”
That's just not a thing in the US
I know he'd be offended, but lets not make estrogen a bad guy, eh?
It’s not a bad thing just like you say, if he takes offense to it then that’s his problem :)
Maybe he shouldn’t feel so insecure about his own sexuality then if he wants to attack others for it
Nobody expected him to ask tough questions. I don't even think anyone expectet him to ask mediocre interesting ones. He was just a propaganda tool. And a cheap one, too.
Even Putin thought he was a weak interviewer. He said he was bored.
If you weren't convinced by the interview, his overemotional gushing over the subway and grocery store tells you all you need to know about who's knob he sucks.
It shows that Tucker is a bitch for attention.
The man is fucking loaded, he doesn't need to do this job for the money - he does it because he's a bitch.
Carlson is basically an actor and a troll, nothing more.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The former Fox News personality has drawn criticism for his recent interview with Vladimir Putin, which took place just days before opposition leader Alexei Navalny was found dead in a Russian penal colony.
But over two hours, Tucker Carlson did not ask Putin about how so many of his opponents wind up imprisoned and murdered, or the warrant the International Criminal Court has out for his arrest for war crimes in Ukraine.
But the clear implication of the video, scored with dreamy music and swelling strings, is that even though Vladimir Putin's regime imprisons and kills political opponents, and invades neighboring countries without provocation, it's all worthwhile because Moscow has an immaculate metro station.
Many commentators compared Tucker Carlson's enthusiasm for Moscow's metro to the boast of Italians fascists of the 1930's that Benito Mussolini "made the trains run on time" (a claim historians dispute).
Field Marshall Grigory Potemkin was said to have built facades of phony, idyllic-looking villages along the route that Empress Catherine II took to Crimea in 1787, to improve her view.
They were in town to interview Vladimir Putin, but he didn't ask any Muscovites to say what they thought of their president, or the elections in March, the invasion of Ukraine, Alexei Navalny, or other imprisoned dissidents.
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You know who really does "make the trains run on time" and had several prime ministers resign in succession? Japan. You don't need a dictator for that. Wtf is even the point of that line.
Also, Mussolini didn't make the trains run on time. He forbade the press from reporting the trains running late
I saw some clips of the interview and felt like I was watching the movie "The Interview"
1 dead opponent who also happened to be a xenophobic, right wing, white nationalist. Did we forget the ICC has a warrant for GW Bush?
Russia is in large parts culturally xenophobic/nationalist/right-wing, it makes sense they'd want to elect him. Why tf would they elect a leftist leader that has values they don't hold?
You can say whatever about Navalny, it doesn't change that ppl have the right to choose. Locking him up then killing him shouldn't be allowed and is a clear indicator that he was a huge threat to Putin. Your comment adds nothing unless of course you are implying it's ok for Putin to kill him because he was flawed too.
Also Putin has murdered many opponents
The people did choose, he polled the lowest of the presidential candidates in the last election. He wasn't jailed because he ran against Putin, he was jailed for his extreme right wing rhetoric and actions. The US made him a martyr and liberals have fallen for supporting what they would oppose here in the US.
Ah yes, the incredibly reliable Russian polling data for the totally fair and democratic Russian elections! Surely Putin's government didn't have any reason to directly manipulate or otherwise skew the data to make their least favorite opponent look bad. And certainly all of Navalny's supporters felt safe and sound voting for him, without any fear of repercussions from their permanent ruling party.
You appear to live in a world of hyperbole, making assumptions about things you know nothing about. You are neck deep in red scare propaganda
Okay 👍
And your entire comment history is nothing but mindless shitting on Biden and little else, so… from here, you seem neck deep in conservative propaganda.
In fact, you’re pretty much parroting their every talking point.
Because Republicans don't hide who they are, every segment of society knows exactly where they stand whith conservatives, whether you are black or gay or immigrant or Muslim, you know exactly where you stand with Republicans. Democrats are like a snake in the grass. They hide among you and are difficult to see until they're ready to strike. They co-opt the language of the marginalized give them a sense of inclusivity and then use them as tokens to remain in power. A wolf out in the open where we can see them is less dangerous than a snake hiding in the grass among us
Cool. So, your aim is to essentially complain about democrats because of things you seemingly make up and have been called out on countless times, ignore conservatives because apparently they get a pass as long as they’re honest about their corruption- and then at the end of it all… do and/or suggest nothing at all to make things better aside from hitching your wagon to a long-dead antisemite socialist leader.
Because by appearances, that’s what it looks like you’re doing. Your comment history is nothing but temper tantrums, snarky remarks, and essentially…
speaking a lot and saying nothing at all.
i haven't seen them make anything up. and they're not giving conservatives a pass. i think they're saying democrats are conservatives too.
Which is a baseless opinion that is entirely made up.
oh, I thought conservatives were war hawks sucking corporate dick, or maybe they loved the country and called their political enemies traitors, or maybe they spread rusophobic hysteria, or identify as zionist...
Okay… I’ll entertain this bad faith excuse of yours to continue arguing if you feel it’s necessary:
If you honestly think democrats and conservatives are the same thing- then you’re clearly not paying attention to… well, anything that’s happening currently. And just to see that you’ve even made an attempt to illustrate half-baked bullshit opinions as an example of their similarities…..?
To be honest- this is FAR beyond my expertise to even begin to make you understand exactly how flawed your argument is. Like, this is… therapist-level intervention.
From the heart of my bottom, I implore you to get help.
And for the record, I’m blocking you. I don’t exercixe futility at this level.
The irony... As you hitch your wagon to a right wing blue fascist.
Show your work.