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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed he was “physically mauled” by a demon in his sleep, leaving claw marks on his body, which he says are still visible. Carlson described waking with intense pain, bleeding claw marks, and an overwhelming urge to read the Bible. He recounted the experience as confusing yet transformative, adding that while he doesn’t expect others to believe him, the incident profoundly impacted him.

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[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 357 points 3 months ago

At the time, Carlson says, he was asleep in bed with his wife – and four dogs.

I have an alternate theory about those claw marks...

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 117 points 3 months ago

Even Fido has had enough of his shit

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Hopefully Fucker gets rabies

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 88 points 3 months ago

I watched that video, and had he just stuck to being suddenly awake and having claw marks I would have thought there was something odd. But he led with having four dogs in the bed, so when he said he had claw marks...dear lord, he's either trying too hard to play to some niche audience, or he's really that stupid. At least make the story sound plausible...we know you can lie, why didn't you just leave off some details here to sell it better.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 86 points 3 months ago

Ever since he got kicked off Fox, he's been making the pivot to the hard right audience, which includes the narrative that they're in a spiritual war against the literal devil.

It's the same conspiracy-laden bullshit that Alex Jones pushes.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 59 points 3 months ago

It's Jon Stewart's fault. Tucker never recovered from that jab about the bow tie.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

He's been holding a towel on his rear-end ever since.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

And we got Trump cause Obama roasted him so hard he was afraid no one would think he was white anymore.

Maybe ridiculing fascists isn't the best way to treat them.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 53 points 3 months ago
[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I don't know when "Trump ran for president because he was so thoroughly emasculated by Obama" and "You can't shame the shameless out of fascism" became such hot takes.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You can shame them, just not for anything they should feel shamed about. Jabs about very facile facets of their masculinity? shamed. Dragged through the ringer because they are rapists? No shame.

[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ridiculing Fascists is the best way to treat them. They're fragile little snowflakes and can not handle being the butt of the joke. Why do you think aside from journalists and politicians, comedians also get censored or imprisoned first when fascists take over?

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

So the problem with Trump is that he's not being ridiculed enough? The orange-skinned, diaper wearing, wispy-pube-haired, tiny hands, mushroom dick, broke-ass billionaire wanna-be, so cheap he won't even bother to have his suits tailored, neck-gina, "dumbest goddamn student I ever had", can't drink water, nuke hurricanes, salutes North Korean generals, paper towel throwing, bleach-drinking, UV light up the asshole, bigliest, yugliest, covfefe bunker bitch will go away if we just make fun of him?

If you think you can stop the fascist by calling him Mango Mussolini or Agolf Shitler more, fucking go for it. Comedians get imprisoned by fascists because they hurt their feelings- but that doesn't stop fascism, or else they wouldn't have ended up in prison.

[-] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

Right, Trump's fragile ego voted him into office 🤨

There are a lot of contributing factors. Obama making fun of him might have seen him run for office, but without all the enablers along the way carrying him on he would have collapsed a few steps in, fucked off to go eat a gourmet Happy Meal and told himself (and anyone in earshot) how brave and strong he is for running in the first place.

Ridicule may have lit the fuse, but the powder was there long before.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

And he’s been Orange ever since.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

There are better ways.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

The dude used to wear a bow tie, unironically, and in public no less, so...

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Bowties are cool.

The bowtie wasn't the problem.

It's the person that makes it uncool.

I'd argue that the fact that he stopped wearing the bowties when he was mocked for it says more about him than the bowties do.

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

It absolutely does. Jon knew it would have to be something low to get under his skin and he was right.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I've been rocking a bowtie for a while, and my wife loves it. Maybe it's that his were clipons.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My dad wore a bowtie, looked very cool with it, and he also made a comment about people like Carlson: "you wish you could buy the son of a bitch for what he's worth, then sell him for what he thinks he's worth."

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

It's not the bowtie, it's the smug, punchable face.

[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I bet it's deliberate. Like a power play knowing his story is clearly bullshit but the morons he's appealing to are believing it making him feel even more superior.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

That's also why Trump endlessly escalates his lies. It's a flex.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

Yeah, if I were married to Tucker Carlson I'd be pretty messed up too.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago
[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

We know his wife didn't leave them in the throes of passion, that's for sure

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago

But a mistress that he's trying to cover up? That's plausible.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

A dominatrix is also plausible

[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

He brought the Bible into it so I’m betting it was a misteress.

[-] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

No man! It was a succubus!

[-] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

If by "mistress" you mean "4 dogs" then I agree.

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Dude, even small dogs can hog some serious space. 4 dogs? I'm surprised there's any room left for the fucker and his wife. He probably got scratches falling out of bed.

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

"I went to bed and woke up next to this unconscious woman... I was in my bed with the wife and dogs at the time, so she must've been a demon."

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Holy shit I did not think the alt right could get any fucking dumber.

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, i imagine his wife is pretty vicious.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I do too. Paranoid delusions

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Is it Tucker Carlson has hell hounds for pets?

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

His boyfriend choked him out too hard? I'm bad at inferences.

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