Tucker released a series of powerful interviews recently. Is the stranglehold on information and freedom of expression finally being revealed to the public at large?
Starting with the Dems, since I was one for so long, I was surprised at how many of my leftwing friends never Questioned Authority when the CDC said a terrible Covid pandemic had arrived and, later, how indignant they were about people who refused the mRNA shots. Their denial was impervious to information about our marvelous natural immunity that, nevertheless, needs some tending (i.e. very good nutrition, making sure to be much more replete in vitamin D than the FDA feeble standards, etc). And currently, their denial is even greater than ever about the irrefutable, incredibly high rate of All Cause Deaths, as if they think it’s a character flaw to admit they were conned. Of course they were conned! By expert manipulators! (A big reason I could see it was that I’ve been a health nut for decades and had long ago learned to see through the claims of government agencies that are controlled by Big Ag and Big Junk Food and Big Pharma.)
Similarly, but with different excuses for their huffy anger, my Republican friends easily blame BLM, gay marriage, critical race theory, Pro Choice “baby murderers,” and/or immigrants for the ills of society. Really?! Black people or LGBTQ people have no legitimate complaints about structural bias and opportunities denied based on racist, sexist, or snobby stereotypes? A lima-bean size ball of cells matters more than a low-paid single mother of 4 or a college student whose birth control failed? We documented citizens don’t have any immigrants in our family tree? (These are why I couldn't just switch parties, hence I'm a Decline to State voter.)
Both “sides” have been fired up by canny newsmakers as being true patriots while the other side is heartless. Could fomenting strife be party leaders’ universal strategy for getting more campaign donation$ whenever their respective base$ are furiou$ at their opponent$?
Doesn’t that fury close the door to civil debates about how to cooperate in solving the many problems we face today?
Both sides are shooting themselves in the foot if they listen to their “leaders” (whether it’s the DNC or MAGA groups) because neither group has a clear majority. We need each other. Two MINORITIES can become one MAJORITY and get the changes that the 1% so effectively (and invisibly) blocks at every turn.
We need to listen to uncomfortable ideas with open minds, assuming the good intentions of our neighbors and relatives who disagree with us.
Step one: let’s quit the name-calling and put downs.
As a long time subscriber, this is one of your best pieces. We have all been had, it appears. The more voices that see that, one hopes the better for us all. Thanks for writing this.
Tucker is performing some of the most valuable journalism on the planet now. Truth movements make strange bedfellows. Tucker and Russell have very different politics, no doubt, but they are comrades in the most important battles we’ve fighting now. I have to take Russell in small doses, I must say, but he and Tucker are both heroic light workers in my view. I have no idea what Pinchbeck is talking about, to be honest. Maybe psychedelics aren’t the answer for everyone.
It’s great to see Carlson & Brand’s brave stances and the large viewership they have: 200 million and 6 million+! NPR and NY Times, once favorites, have shown themselves during the pandemic as propaganda rags for the war machine, big Pharma and security state. I love Carlson, Brand’s and your perspectives and truth telling in the face of all the propaganda. It’s nice to have the meaning making. Love most of the comments you get, plus there’s a few dissembling/hing missing ones that keep it from being a big mushy love fest. Thanks as always!
I appreciate that Tucker is willing to go some places that no one else with his media reach will venture. He is part of the independent media rebellion, which I support with enthusiasm. But I can't help wishing his intellect were a little bigger and his ego a little smaller. He was intellectually outclassed by Putin. It was clear he hadn't done his homework. Putin's knowledge of the history of the Russia-Ukraine relationship was scholarly, and Tucker didn't know enough to balance his one-sided history. There is a reason that the Ukrainians hate the Russians, but Tucker never once mentioned the word Holodomor. Even on US political history, Putin seemed to have deeper knowledge than Carlson. I'm glad to see Putin's perspective presented to the American public, but the interview could have been even better.
These two guys - Brand and Carlson - get it. And this statement, “It seems to me that authoritarianism now is being deliberately veiled in an insidious language of care, concern, safety and convenience," describes exactly what has been going on in Canada under Justin Trudeau's Liberals.
Outstanding article by itself and it's fascinating how much discussion is shown in the comments. We so very much need people to discuss this serious information now. Thank you.
From what I can see Russell Brand’s focus has been on the medical freedom movement. “MAGA” doesn’t seem like the right label for that. Trump still brags about pushing C19 vax approvals through. And “shills” generally don’t get targeted by the media for smear campaigns.
What if it's all of the above depending on where you stand at any given time? What if both "sides" are up to the same dirty tricks and those of us without the time, energy or attention to dig deeply into issues are being hoodwinked regularly? What if some on both sides are guilty of said hoodwinking and some are not? What if there's no coordinated meta-conspiracy or even a couple, but many scared people with power trying to hold onto it casting sticky nets of glamour that make it difficult if not impossible to know what "truths" are real and which are fabricated?
It's never one thing or another but a combination of factors, just like there's never one good guy and one bad guy. If you write a story with a good guy and a bad guy and one is pure evil and one is pure goodness, everyone knows it's not true becuase that's not how life works, so why do we expect it to go that way and get all bent out of shape because people act badly when they're frightened and when they have a lot of power the ripple effect of their bad behavior spreads far and wide?
Most people think they're "good" and doing the right thing most of the time. "But I'm a good person" has to be one of the most common statements made by people who've done wrong and can't figure out why they're in trouble.
Recently I saw a poll (and I have no way of knowing how true it is) showing the number of people who think it would be ok to cheat to win an election. The number on both sides (R&D) was similar. If true, both sides are so terrified of losing that they can't be trusted.
I used to argue with my mother about the bible. She's a hard right Catholic and I have a background in languages and linguistics. I'd beat my head against a wall trying to show her "the truth" about the texts she would stake her life on that she believes are The Truth by revealing multiple possible translations. Language itself is problematic. I'm not trying to prove any points here about who's right or wrong or telling the truth or obscuring it. We all do all it. We're just in a time now where we get it that much, if not all of what we're told is spun to try and get us to believe what will help one side or the other retain or reclaim power.
People looooove their breads and circuses. First of all tucker is cia. And brand has at least 6 dukes in his peerage. He is extremely high up in that royal family phonetian line. He is controlled op. Nothing either of these 2 parasites say can be trusted. Things aren’t going to change people till you start waking up and getting a clue as to what lies we live under. But all you people do is watch your bogus tell lie vision programming
What do I think? Thanks for asking.
Starting with the Dems, since I was one for so long, I was surprised at how many of my leftwing friends never Questioned Authority when the CDC said a terrible Covid pandemic had arrived and, later, how indignant they were about people who refused the mRNA shots. Their denial was impervious to information about our marvelous natural immunity that, nevertheless, needs some tending (i.e. very good nutrition, making sure to be much more replete in vitamin D than the FDA feeble standards, etc). And currently, their denial is even greater than ever about the irrefutable, incredibly high rate of All Cause Deaths, as if they think it’s a character flaw to admit they were conned. Of course they were conned! By expert manipulators! (A big reason I could see it was that I’ve been a health nut for decades and had long ago learned to see through the claims of government agencies that are controlled by Big Ag and Big Junk Food and Big Pharma.)
Similarly, but with different excuses for their huffy anger, my Republican friends easily blame BLM, gay marriage, critical race theory, Pro Choice “baby murderers,” and/or immigrants for the ills of society. Really?! Black people or LGBTQ people have no legitimate complaints about structural bias and opportunities denied based on racist, sexist, or snobby stereotypes? A lima-bean size ball of cells matters more than a low-paid single mother of 4 or a college student whose birth control failed? We documented citizens don’t have any immigrants in our family tree? (These are why I couldn't just switch parties, hence I'm a Decline to State voter.)
Both “sides” have been fired up by canny newsmakers as being true patriots while the other side is heartless. Could fomenting strife be party leaders’ universal strategy for getting more campaign donation$ whenever their respective base$ are furiou$ at their opponent$?
Doesn’t that fury close the door to civil debates about how to cooperate in solving the many problems we face today?
Both sides are shooting themselves in the foot if they listen to their “leaders” (whether it’s the DNC or MAGA groups) because neither group has a clear majority. We need each other. Two MINORITIES can become one MAJORITY and get the changes that the 1% so effectively (and invisibly) blocks at every turn.
We need to listen to uncomfortable ideas with open minds, assuming the good intentions of our neighbors and relatives who disagree with us.
Step one: let’s quit the name-calling and put downs.
As a long time subscriber, this is one of your best pieces. We have all been had, it appears. The more voices that see that, one hopes the better for us all. Thanks for writing this.
Tucker is performing some of the most valuable journalism on the planet now. Truth movements make strange bedfellows. Tucker and Russell have very different politics, no doubt, but they are comrades in the most important battles we’ve fighting now. I have to take Russell in small doses, I must say, but he and Tucker are both heroic light workers in my view. I have no idea what Pinchbeck is talking about, to be honest. Maybe psychedelics aren’t the answer for everyone.
It’s great to see Carlson & Brand’s brave stances and the large viewership they have: 200 million and 6 million+! NPR and NY Times, once favorites, have shown themselves during the pandemic as propaganda rags for the war machine, big Pharma and security state. I love Carlson, Brand’s and your perspectives and truth telling in the face of all the propaganda. It’s nice to have the meaning making. Love most of the comments you get, plus there’s a few dissembling/hing missing ones that keep it from being a big mushy love fest. Thanks as always!
I appreciate that Tucker is willing to go some places that no one else with his media reach will venture. He is part of the independent media rebellion, which I support with enthusiasm. But I can't help wishing his intellect were a little bigger and his ego a little smaller. He was intellectually outclassed by Putin. It was clear he hadn't done his homework. Putin's knowledge of the history of the Russia-Ukraine relationship was scholarly, and Tucker didn't know enough to balance his one-sided history. There is a reason that the Ukrainians hate the Russians, but Tucker never once mentioned the word Holodomor. Even on US political history, Putin seemed to have deeper knowledge than Carlson. I'm glad to see Putin's perspective presented to the American public, but the interview could have been even better.
Tucker speaks to the denial held by many, because they can't handle the truth. That's the compassionate view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOs3DGD_D1o
They won't admit the truth, even when they're about to die.
These two guys - Brand and Carlson - get it. And this statement, “It seems to me that authoritarianism now is being deliberately veiled in an insidious language of care, concern, safety and convenience," describes exactly what has been going on in Canada under Justin Trudeau's Liberals.
Outstanding article by itself and it's fascinating how much discussion is shown in the comments. We so very much need people to discuss this serious information now. Thank you.
Tucker is just another tentacle of the PR Team that provides us with the matrix.
Judging by his photo, I would say Pinchbeck is always either drunk or hung over.
From what I can see Russell Brand’s focus has been on the medical freedom movement. “MAGA” doesn’t seem like the right label for that. Trump still brags about pushing C19 vax approvals through. And “shills” generally don’t get targeted by the media for smear campaigns.
What if it's all of the above depending on where you stand at any given time? What if both "sides" are up to the same dirty tricks and those of us without the time, energy or attention to dig deeply into issues are being hoodwinked regularly? What if some on both sides are guilty of said hoodwinking and some are not? What if there's no coordinated meta-conspiracy or even a couple, but many scared people with power trying to hold onto it casting sticky nets of glamour that make it difficult if not impossible to know what "truths" are real and which are fabricated?
It's never one thing or another but a combination of factors, just like there's never one good guy and one bad guy. If you write a story with a good guy and a bad guy and one is pure evil and one is pure goodness, everyone knows it's not true becuase that's not how life works, so why do we expect it to go that way and get all bent out of shape because people act badly when they're frightened and when they have a lot of power the ripple effect of their bad behavior spreads far and wide?
Most people think they're "good" and doing the right thing most of the time. "But I'm a good person" has to be one of the most common statements made by people who've done wrong and can't figure out why they're in trouble.
Recently I saw a poll (and I have no way of knowing how true it is) showing the number of people who think it would be ok to cheat to win an election. The number on both sides (R&D) was similar. If true, both sides are so terrified of losing that they can't be trusted.
I used to argue with my mother about the bible. She's a hard right Catholic and I have a background in languages and linguistics. I'd beat my head against a wall trying to show her "the truth" about the texts she would stake her life on that she believes are The Truth by revealing multiple possible translations. Language itself is problematic. I'm not trying to prove any points here about who's right or wrong or telling the truth or obscuring it. We all do all it. We're just in a time now where we get it that much, if not all of what we're told is spun to try and get us to believe what will help one side or the other retain or reclaim power.
Your writing is always on target yet in this one you got my attention in the first two paragraphs! My thoughts exactly. I feel validated!
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/russia/alexei-navalny-behind-the-curtain/
https://tuckercarlson.com/uncensored-the-national-security-state-the-inversion-of-democracy/
People looooove their breads and circuses. First of all tucker is cia. And brand has at least 6 dukes in his peerage. He is extremely high up in that royal family phonetian line. He is controlled op. Nothing either of these 2 parasites say can be trusted. Things aren’t going to change people till you start waking up and getting a clue as to what lies we live under. But all you people do is watch your bogus tell lie vision programming