• axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    Y'all act like Russians have figured out hypnosis and seeing anything they say will instantly corrupt a person's brain. I really don't get it.

    If he's not a journalist then what's the big deal? Tuck is already a propagandist for oil money and he's been a professional apologist for capital since before his bowtie days. Is it suddenly a crime when he also talks to Russians?

    For clarity's sake I also don't care what happens to Tucker Carlson. Throw him in the ocean for all I care, but for a good reason, not just talking to Russian politicians lmao. Tucker Carlson has been a professional white supremacist homophobic asshole for decades, except now that he's talking to Putin he's suddenly a problem? That's ridiculous to me.

    • Tinidril@midwest.social
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      8 months ago

      What about what about what about.

      Yes, Tucker is a media whore for whomever is slipping singles up his ass. The topic was Russia, but sure, I very much agree that capital is as foreign to me as any foreign government.

      No country openly allows foreign propaganda from hostile countries to be broadcast in their country without restrictions, Russia being among the most extreme in this regard. It's not about fear, it's about not being idiotic.

      • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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        8 months ago

        The fuck do you mean what about? They are SPECIFICALLY not doing what about ism here

        The fuck is wrong with you lmao

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        8 months ago

        Capital is as foreign to you as a foreign government? What do you mean by this? Also foreign propaganda is totally allowed. Once again I'll point you to the Vietnam War, free speech laws meant that totally uncensored footage of the atrocities being committed were broadcast and criticized. The media/military industrial complex tightened the grip extensively in response, but through corporate acquisitions and private soft power not by sanctioning journalists or especially non-journalists. Not being a journalist and being silenced is kind of an even bigger deal.