Tucker Carlson says Trump admin using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample free speech

Ya know there a principle I am rather fond of, doing good for bad reasons is still good. While Carlson may be a shitstain undeserving of his kneecaps and while he may be doing a good thing for bad reasons, well I'll take what I can get. We are effectively shrieking into the void like the banshee outside of my window, nobody hears us but they do hear Carlson.

Probably, but it's smart to take allies where you can find them. A lot of right-wingers pay attention to Carlson, and his stance is hitting where left-leaning sources have no pull.

He came out in opposition to the Iranian war and was given Ted Cruz the fuck you treatment calling him a dumbass on it. I think that was before Colbert got fired.

If he was scared, he would have kept his mouth shut. This is praiseworthy

Carlson might also be peeved at Trump suddenly being passive aggressive on Russia.

Sure, but sometimes the enemy of your enemy is still your enemy. I agree with this one thing that Tucker said. I vehemently disagree with pretty much every single other thing he says, or has said.

The grammar is ambiguous, FYI, of if you meant the censorship done by collective shout or the censorship being done to collective shout.

It doesn't impact my reply, but I figured I'd let you know. :)

I'm against government censorship in all circumstances outside the cliche "you can't threaten people or spread injurious falsehoods".

I'm okay with private entities not giving people a platform if they aren't a defacto institution. Credit card companies and financial services should be agnostic to which legal businesses they process payments and hold assets for. Much like how shipping companies are agnostic to what's in your package, beyond what's necessary to move it safely.
If you're needed for society to function, I want you to blindly service society, even if people I dislike also get service.

I don't want to be in a place where every platform needs to accept all participants as valid. There's plenty of ways to share your viewpoint.

I've noticed this happening more often than I would have imagined, actually. There are some times where Trump or one of his sycophants will make an off-the-cuff remark that is actually, genuinely, a good and logical thing to do. it doesn't happen that often, but it does happen. The bizarre part is that when that idea fails to manifest media coverage detailing how bad it is, they just... give up on it. It's like the conservative political philosophy has completely morphed into being a contrarian force against liberalism, in spite of whatever their personal beliefs might be. If democrats are ambivalent on an issue, so are they.

Tucker’s a smart guy with a clever tongue.

No, Tucker Carlson, the guy who tells idiots what they want to hear.

This comment is almost entirely divorced from reality. Just as bad as the nonsense that trumper dipshits spew. Ben fucking Shapiro has spoke out against US involvement in the Middle East? Lol, pretty much his sole life mission is to ensure that that continues. Gtfo with this shit.

AOC voted to stop the amendment but voted no on the actual bill.

Sounds like there's a host of details you're leaving out.

But then that's a classic Tucker trope.

Someone did detail that information and response and he had spent like more than a Russian makes in a month at that grocery store, which is geared for the Bourgeois there. Not a working man's store.

Nope. Too busy fucking a dark rye bagel.

Now we're just lying to ourselves.

“Here’s how the Nazis (National SOCIALISTS) were leftists, actually”

They already do say that.

Please elaborate or I’ll presume you’re against a general strike

What makes you say that?

Double response!

No one is coming at this with anywhere near any nuance. They're just throwing around complaints that they arent doing the same thing to people on their side even when they dont have any control over them anyway.

It would be like a police cheif cracking down on black drug users in Birmingham Alabama, and then complaining that they dont do the same to the white drug users in New Jersey. Like you are right to criticize the action, but the insinuation that they are responsible for something else that is beyond their direct control is just dumb.

How did I miss the point? I agree completely that Carr is a fuck head that is using his power to attack free speech he disagrees with and doing Trump's bidding regardless of legality and reason. We're not in dispute there so I didnt comment on it. But you and others are under a weird delusion about the FCC's power. You're far from the only one posting snide remarks about the FCC not coming after people they dont have the power to come after.

They have regulatory power primarily over the technical aspects of cable tv, not the content.

From the same fcc.gov website you just linked to:

Nevertheless, what power the FCC has to regulate content varies by electronic platform. Over-the-air broadcasts by local TV and radio stations are subject to certain speech restraints, but speech transmitted by cable or satellite TV systems generally is not. The FCC does not regulate online content.

Source: The FCC and Speech | Federal Communications Commission https://share.google/p4X1DUg5q3a8F1jC6

Edit: @downvoters, am I fucking wrong? Your citation is right there, right from the horse's mouth, the government website of the FCC itself. Go on and be pissy about it I guess, but you're acting like children.

Well that's a dumb take. You're suggesting that those criticizing the hypocrisy of his actions taken under the law are then saying he should break the law to go against his own partisan side to make it fair. That just makes us sound even more ignorant.

Except he is being silenced by the FCC too since Carr, in his official capacity as FCC Chairman, made the remarks,

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

and

“We at the FCC are going to force the public interest obligation. There are broadcasters out there that don’t like it, they can turn in their license in to the FCC,” Carr said. “But that’s our job. Again, we’re making some progress now.”

Also, FCC Chair Carr says 'we're not done yet' after Jimmy Kimmel suspension by ABC

I'm aware.