Another week, another Tucker Carlson controversy.
via: Forbes
Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson on Monday evening said wearing masks was “purely a sign of political obedience” and not a method of avoiding contracting or spreading the coronavirus.
The Tucker Carlson Tonight host used his opening monologue to dive into what he suggested should be the response to public mask-wearing outdoors, comparing it to “Kim Il-sung pins in Pyongyang—we wear them because we have to. The only people who wear masks voluntarily outside are zealots and neurotics.”
Tucker Carlson is now telling his audience to harass people who wear face masks outside.
If they see children wearing masks, Tucker says the response should be no different than when you see a kid being abused — "call the police immediately, contact child protective services" pic.twitter.com/4svVH0JY3s
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 27, 2021
Carlson claimed that refusing to wear a mask in Washington, D.C. would lead “angry Biden voters will snort at you in judgment.”
Carlson then urged viewers to push back at mask-wearing people they encounter in public, describing mask-wearing as “repulsive—don’t do it around other people,” and—dismissing CDC guidelines that children ages 2 and up wear masks “in public settings and when around people who don’t live in their household”—said that anyone who sees a child wearing a mask outdoors should consider it a form of abuse. “Call the police immediately,” Carlson said. “Contact child protective services.”
If his intention was to spark outrage on social media, he was successful:
.@TuckerCarlson Let me make this clear: whether I choose to wear a mask, or have my kids wear a mask, is none of your business. None.pic.twitter.com/nrwMtdyQER
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 27, 2021
Tucker Carlson has lost his mind. https://t.co/AdqIvSIUHL
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) April 27, 2021
It’s tough to imagine the hatred that goes into this. https://t.co/zOD4xIWeLM
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 27, 2021
Yeah, we can probably relax with the outdoor masks, but this is psychotic. Tucker and Fox claimed “freedom” was the reason one didn’t have to wear a mask, but now he’s telling people to get confrontational with those who choose to wear one? That it’s child abuse? https://t.co/DMveZrbIO4
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) April 27, 2021
Tucker going to get somebody hurt, taking his advice.
