Walt's Corner

As described earlier, Tucker Carlson was fired, and we all knew that was Fox’s retaliation for having to pay out the largest publicly released settlement. And why would Fox do this? To avoid the more damaging consequence of the greater public seeing all the back end text and emails that would have been released had it gone to trial.

We all also knew something else as well. Those back end text and emails would eventually come out. They have, and don’t disappoint. This one in particular reveals Carlson’s Cujo Complex. If you ever read the book, Cujo, by Stephen King, you get into the mind of this rabid dog and his thought process. How he is stark raving mad but has moments of clarity as he descends into madness. Carlson writes, “Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn’t good for me. I’m becoming something I don’t want to be.” Like they all say – it’s not who I am.

Full text follows from the NYT’s article, labeled EXHIBIT 276, Tucker Carlson January 7, 2021 — 04:18:04 PM UTC.

A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington. A group of Trump guys surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living shit out of him. It was three against one, at least. Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it. Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn’t good for me. I’m becoming something I don’t want to be. The Antifa creep is a human being. Much as I despise what he says and does, much as I’m sure I’d hate him personally if I knew him, I shouldn’t gloat over his suffering. I should be bothered by it. I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed. If I don’t care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?

Tucker Carlson