Tucker Carlson’s fed up with all the anti-Putin rhetoric and it’s quite the watch

Once again you might find yourself asking what’s the colour of the sky in Tucker Carlson’s world after the Fox News presenter asked why Washington hates Vladimir Putin so much.

As the world waits with trepidation to find out whether the Ukraine crisis will turn into a full-scale Russian invasion, here’s what Carlson had to tell his Fox News viewers (and he wrote a column about it here).

Tucker: It may be worth asking yourself… why do I hate Putin.. Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? pic.twitter.com/0jlXfS0PYy

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 23, 2022

We don’t know where to start, but fortunately these people did.

“Has he ever had me poisoned? Or pushed me off a balcony?”

— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) February 23, 2022

If he knew who you were, he'd call you a useful idiot. https://t.co/H1DGO3pCZV

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 23, 2022

He makes a compelling point. While we’re on the subject, Hitler never did any of these things to me either! Really makes you think

— The Other Guy From Wham! (@Dennis_Ramen) February 23, 2022

I guess we could use this logic on Charles Manson. Ted Bundy. Jeffrey Dahmer. Never did anything to me …

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 23, 2022

I can't quite get this little snippet from Carlson out of my mind. It's trivial (if contemptible). But is it also somehow revealing? The pride in childish selfishness–the conviction there's no standard beyond crude selfishness–isn't that crucial to the authoritarian persuasion? https://t.co/ZKZnK6FawE

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 23, 2022