Tucker Carlson vs Piers Morgan

I watched Tucker Carlson’s interview with Piers Morgan, and, oh boy, Tucker did make a whole pile of hash out of Piers.

People truly have no self-awareness. Morgan should understand that he’s not in the same intellectual category as Carlson and shouldn’t attempt to debate him. In addition to his natural limitations in terms of intelligence, Morgan is hobbled by his persistent desire to be part of mainstream media. This means that 80% of what he says must consist of reciting stale ideological points. He’s fighting with his arms tied behind his back and one of his legs sawed off.

I like Morgan, and it was unpleasant to watch him get beat up like this. But it’s a very instructive spectacle.

The parts I particularly liked were:

a) when Tucker pointed out that Morgan is incapable of saying the word “retard” aloud because it can hurt feelings yet he supports aborting children with retardation. Piers didn’t even seem to understand the point that was being made and responded with a robotic line about how “the abortion issue is settled in the UK.” Seriously, that’s how he responded. It was embarrassing to watch.

b) Tucker compared the Russian regime which he called “a straightforward authoritarianism” and the current regime in the UK that he says is more authoritarian than what Russia has. Piers Morgan started spluttering about how in the UK you can talk rubbish about the Prime Minister all you want, which must be a sign it’s not an authoritarian regime. “Yeah, but can you say aloud that homosexuality is degenerate?” responded Tucker. Again, Morgan has nothing to answer about this crucial point which is not about gay people at all. (And no, they are not degenerate, but that’s not what’s being discussed.) The authoritarianism of the 21st century is different from the authoritarianism of the 20th. It suppresses different things for different purposes. People who proclaim that there’s no authoritarianism in the UK today because the country doesn’t look anything like Stalin’s USSR are either extremely manipulative or not very intelligent.

c) Morgan walks right into the trap of saying that people are entitled to say certain things because of their bloodlines and then gets rustled up like a scared hen when this is pointed out to him.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I hope you are enjoying the day.