By accident, today, I came across a video of the stage show speech of Tucker Carlson given a few nights ago in Melbourne – my local State Capital city. It was definitely by accident, because I just would not seek out such a thing. Unless I were really, really bored, which I never am.
Now, I had, months ago, made up my mind on this – that he is a complete fucking idiot, with the high pitched screeching laugh of a demented or self-obsessed person. So, having reconfirmed my position after sitting uncomfortably through the first 8 minutes of the video, I switched it off and began writing this. I had other things I could have written about tonight, but I felt I had to clear the air as a form of Carlson decontamination technique. There was not a single thing he said in those wasted 8 minutes that was either true – though he repeatedly used the phrase “and it’s true” in almost every sentence (that practice being perhaps the No. 1 bullshit indicator to be on the alert for when someone talks crap to you) – or was anything that even sounded like there was any truth behind it. Especially when being reinforced by brief and unnecessary interludes of maniacal laughter, as a means of nervous self-confirmation.
Carlson, like most ‘Americans’, knows nothing about Australia. He does a brief tour (for what reason I know not) of a few major cities in the country, obviously being carefully guided by well groomed community guides – wealthy and influential, but of dubious actual value for the task – and fed a warped edition of how real Australians live, think, talk and act. Of course there are many of us who are fond of and care for animals, shitty stinking creatures who require constant care and attention though they are – whether at home, in the field or running wild. While there are undoubtedly many others who hold animals of any kind in complete disregard and who commit terrible acts against them. And most Australians I think could not go through a single day without eating one or more of them – all justified as a god-given right of dominion. The same ‘god’ or ‘gods’ who sanctify the right to relentlessly kill other human beings who are considered pests.
Not that I am setting myself up as some form of example. I too would kill snakes if they posed a threat to my life (they never have, so far, even though I have spent some time living in country areas) and while I have at times captured spiders and other creepy-crawlies in my home and released them outside, it is generally much easier to simply kill them and do a bit of tidying up afterwards. Without any detriment to conscience.
I do not know, or need to know, anything Carlson said after those 8 minutes, but I will not share the link. If for some reason you wish to see it (why?) I suggest you online search for something like ‘tucker carlson australia talks’.
Oh, one last thought. I suppose the reason Carlson is so popular, might be something to do with a great many people who watch his shows also being some kind of fucking idiot.
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