Ho hum. Like none of us ever said something irrational in the heat of a moment or during a period of some outrage.
Personally, I don’t give a boot about Tucker.
It always amazes me how the cancel culture goes after ANYBODY who says something un-PC or unpopular with this or that group. I often disagree with Tucker but do often tune in at least for some of his monologue because he also does some damn fine journalism.
Is he the best at research? No. In the media, I award that crown to Mark Levine. But Tucker usually gets it at least mostly right whether or not I agree with his conclusions drawn from it.
But you are absolutely right BackAgain. I would bet an expensive steak dinner that not one single person at USMB (or anywhere else) has not said or texted or emailed something they wish they had not said or had to apologize for, especially when angry or frightened or frustrated or under stress. I would guess not a single one of us has never expressed an opinion or used a word or two that wouldn't look good in the newspaper or reported in the evening news.
And when the media blows it all out of proportion, which they usually do, it can take on a life of its own. People have lost jobs, positions, opportunities over some silly statement or expressed opinion or because of some photo that wasn't nearly as outrageous as the media makes it.
I remember when then VP Cheney, in a moment of pique, uttered the "F" bomb. The media, social media, message boards etc. immediately made a federal case out of it. I NEVER use that word but I sure felt 'big effing deal' at how ludicrous the over reaction was.
My gosh, this country has enough real problems than to waste so much time, footage, newsprint, band width over somebody's impulsive remark, especially when taken out of its full context.
