Tucker Carlson Is Stirring Up Hatred of America
His new documentary is designed to sow mistrust of the country’s most important institutions.
by Anne Applebaum
Nov 02, 2021
3 minutes
All around you are swirling scenes of violence—explosions in Baghdad, ISIS operatives slitting the throat of an infidel, the chaos around the U.S. Capitol on January 6. You see jarring images of blood and brutality; you hear the grating sound of screaming; you feel the rush of fear and rage.
But then a calm, sympathetic man steps forward, dressed in a button-down shirt. He explains all of it. He connects the disconnected images; he makes sense of the disturbing noises; he puts everything you have just witnessed into a single narrative. These stories are confusing, arranged all of this bad imagery in order to oppress you, to remove you, to eliminate you. Finally, it all makes sense.
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