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Yeah, "that broad". Who was press secretary to a President. Graduate of Georgetown Unviversity School of Foreign Services. Studied at Oxford. Graduate of Harvard Law School. That broad. Are you for real?

You see a picture of Mauricio Garcia? Not exactly a "white" hispanic... the gang tatoos might give you a hint about it. He was so white nationalist that he went to a tony shopping mall in a city that is less than 10% black to do his crime. It may be that he was racist and bigoted, but trying to tie this to so-called white nationalism is ludicrous, at least without some concrete evidence.

Somehow, aside from the usual government hand wringing and fear mongering, I can only imagine what would have happened had the Previous Occupant of the White House been in a similar situation. Son with a drug habit, an expensive hooker habit, dated his brother's widow, impregnated a stripper... I am sure the press would have been sympathetic and not seen any connection whatsoever with the father's administration.

Hey, there is no need to talk about Biden like that! I mean, I am not his greatest fan but surely you exaggerate.

Glad to see the left has not lost its ability to rationally and logically discuss the merits of a particular issue.

Bill O was older when he was dropped. He was also embroiled in a very easy to understand scandal (sexual harrassment). A lot of his viewers rightly were disgusted by his behavior and could see the reason he needed to go. Not so here. Fox is really dropping the ball by the drip drip drip of innuendo and leaks without coming out and saying exactly their reason for cancelling Tucker. Bill's time was also long before the power of podcasts, independent media, etc.

Actually, it IS impressive if you know anything about tv ratings and audience share. Comparable shows in the same time slot were drawing less than half of Tucker's numbers. You may not like what he says, I get that. But he does have undeniable drawing power. THAT is why so many people here disparage him and pay attention- they are afraid of his reach in the media and hope to silence him.

For sure. Seems like he would be better serve to work independently. But he has nearly 7 million Twitter followers and was pulling in north of 3 million viewers a night on Fox. Obviously there is a market for his brand of commentary. Just a matter of time.

Not if you were paying his inflated salary. He was getting $16 million a year to tank the ratings of a once very funny show. Good work if you can get it!

Freedman is a smart, talented, and vicious lawyer. He will get what Tucker wants done. Hell, even Don Lemon has retained Freedman for the same reason. Might take a while, but you will see The Tucker back in media in some form. Fox is feeling the wrath now of jilted viewers who are going elsewhere, and it isn&t going to improve any time soon. Related news, I was shocked at listening to the ratings for The Daily Show. In the last season with Jon Stewart in 2015, they averaged 1.3 million views. These days with Trevor Noah, they are down to less than 400,000 and doing even worse in the key demographic group. I guess talent DOES matter!

Jeez, the President won't even acknowledge his 7th grandchild (daughter of Hunter). Maybe he is trying to make some distance between himself and his son. Yet, they did take that trip to Ireland together a while ago. Kinda surpirsed he didn't send Hunter for Charles' coronation! Or Kamala for that matter... I'm confused.

In that case, why is "whiteness" celebrated/derided by myriad OTHER cultural groups? Black kids are taunted for "acting white" if they get good grades in school, for "talking white" if they speak unaccented standard English, and so on. Obviously they aren't concerned with genetics, but with actions. Which means culture.

Scolding members of your own racial/cultural group for their poor behavior is not racist. It is a way to express disappointment. If you want my expanded comments on OTHER people who commented on Tucker's comments about a news clip he saw, perhaps this is not the proper venue. You are more than welcome to start another discussion about that. Suffice to say that I did not find them particularly racist. Hyperbolic perhaps but generally accurate.

"More factual than Fox" is perhaps the epitome of damning with faint praise. Like being the tallest midget. The links nearly all merely led to yet more Media Matters stories. And as I said, they did not even bother to show in its entirety the message in question. That says a lot to their credibility and honesty as journalists. My response is as above. Tucker was not being racist. "White" is as much a cultural marker as racial, especially in the United States.

Are you seriously using Media Matters as a credible source? Cmon, man! They didnt even have the journalistic integrity to even PRINT the entire message that Tucker wrote. Instead, they selectively cut out bits to make it seem as if he were applauding the violence he witnessed. You can do better than this.

As much as Asians do based on their "Asian-ness". No bucket will hold all cultures. But the anglosphere "white" culture is predominant in many countries. Specific to what Tucker was talking about, I think most of the countries you mentioned would agree that men should fight one on one and not take the cowardly approach of ganging up on one victim. Clearly "white" is seen as a culture, otherwise it wouldn't be used by non whites to disparage people. African Americans regularly look down on each other for "acting white". Certainly this means through culture and action, not physical appearance.

White is also a culture, just as Chinese is. Chua used Chinese and Asian interchangeably to make her point. Ever hear about black people criticizing other blacks as Oreos? Asians criticizing other asians as bananas? Because they were acting too "white". Meaning culturally white, not racially. Tucker was lamenting the lack of fighting fair in the three idiots. A very common trait valued traditionally in quote unquote western countries. Fight fair, dont cheat, be gentlemanly. Code of chivalry, man to man duels, all that kind of thing. Traits that are not race specific- anyone can exhibit them.

Race or culture? Interchangeable in both cases. Tucker is not saying that only white people fight fair, same as Chua is not saying that only Asiakidsn are smart.

So when Amy Chua, the "Tiger Mom" expects her kids to do better than those from other ethnic groups, she is racist too? Any talk of how successful Asian parents are is racist? Please.

Perhaps it does. I would hope to feel the same as you, but these days it is hard to ignore how race gets injected into every possible nook and cranny of life. Yet imagine if a black man saw a group of blacks swarming and attacking someone, and he said, "hey, that's not how black men fight", would HE be racist too? By expecting better behavior from his fellow African Americans?

He has high standards for his own group. Is that a bad thing? TBH it may be more of a generational thing. No respect for a 'fair fight' like in the past. People complain about it in Thailand all the time- the way Thai men all pile on when a fight breaks out. No honorable single combat.

How is it racist in any way? He was not maligning anyone, he was just showing his disgust at members of his OWN group. Wishing they would do better.

Could be a chance for a split decision. No to the battery, yes to defamation. Also, this is not a criminal proceeding, so the standard of proof is different (and lower).

Before we all start celebrating, you should know that Tucker has NOT been fired yet. His show was pulled off the air, but he is still an employee of Fox. He and Fox are currently in negotiations as to the terms of his departure, that is why he can't just fire back at whatever allegations come up. He has one year left in his contract with Fox, it is possible that Fox will just string him along for that year, keep paying his salary, and hope that the passing of time will hurt his chances to land another plum job somewhere else. As for bringing up skin colour the way he did, that is nothing. It is common for people of all backgrounds to do the same thing, especially to show either their pride or their disappointment in members of the group they belong to.

You answered your first question with the second one. That is the purpose of charities- to step in when and where governments are not doing enough. People who think the Florida law is inhumane can certainly protest and try to get it changed. But, in the meantime, they could also take the practical step of helping people who may be effected by it. And you are right, it is not incumbent, but it might be the nice thing to do.