Tucker Carlson: Marijuana legalization is a socialist conspiracy to dumb down America

[RonZeplin]

Election season shuck 'n jive

It's election season so acting stupid is mandatory to retain sponsors and keep his job.

Beer good, weed bad

 

[kcchiefs6465]

More Pimping-For-Paul-esque propagandist bullshit.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

It seemed like Tucker was proposing that marijuana is a Brave New World-style Soma conspiracy by the government.

He did say that he is against prohibition, and doesn’t want to make it illegal, but by the end, it was hard to tell what he was actually proposing. Best I could determine, he wants to keep it illegal but not enforce the law?

He was a bit inconsistent on that one...

To say the least.

Having never read Brave New World, I was unaware of Soma.

https://www.drugs.com/soma.html

What is Soma?
Soma (carisoprodol) is a muscle relaxer that blocks pain sensations between the nerves and the brain.

Soma is used together with rest and physical therapy to treat skeletal muscle conditions such as pain or injury.

Soma should only be used for short periods (up to two or three weeks) because there is no evidence of its effectiveness in long term use and most skeletal muscle injuries are generally of short duration.

I wonder where they got their name?

 

[Anti Federalist]

Tucker's in it for the money.

Bingo.

He'll do and say what he's told to by the people that pay him.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

To say the least.

Having never read Brave New World, I was unaware of Soma.

https://www.drugs.com/soma.html

I wonder where they got their name?

Not sure on the original of the name.

Commentary on the book:

"Euphoric, narcotic, pleasantly hallucinant"—that's what Mustapha says of soma. It's arguably the best tool the government has for controlling its population. It sedates, calms, and most importantly distracts a person from realizing that there's actually something very, very wrong—namely, that the citizens of the World State are enslaved.

 

[PierzStyx]

Tucker Carlson is a socialist conspiracy to dumb down America.

Well said.

 

[AuH20]

It seemed like Tucker was proposing that marijuana is a Brave New World-style Soma conspiracy by the government.

He did say that he is against prohibition, and doesn’t want to make it illegal, but by the end, it was hard to tell what he was actually proposing. Best I could determine, he wants to keep it illegal but not enforce the law?

He was a bit inconsistent on that one...

It does temporarily alter dopamine levels, which leads to much greater problems with heavy use. Look, it's people who the abuse the hell out of this garbage. It's not the drug's fault. It's like any substance. Too much consumption usually creates harmful effects.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

OxyContin would probably be the closet thing we have today to Huxley’s soma. Will Tucker do a segment about that?

 

[dannno]

OxyContin would probably be the closet thing we have today to Huxley’s soma. Will Tucker do a segment about that?

Have you taken Soma the muscle relaxant?

It's been almost 20 years since I tried it, but it's pretty powerful.

 

[TheTexan]

Weed makes people "passive, stupid, and less likely to revolt"

We wouldn't want that

 

[Swordsmyth]

You can't expect all of your allies to be right on every issue, I never thought of him as a close ally because I didn't know enough about him and this doesn't therefore change my opinion of him.

A revolution needs a big tent so it would be unwise to make an enemy of every one who disagrees with us on a few topics.

 

[Grandmastersexsay]

You can't expect all of your allies to be right on every issue, I never thought of him as a close ally because I didn't know enough about him and this doesn't therefore change my opinion of him.

A revolution needs a big tent so it would be unwise to make an enemy of every one who disagrees with us on a few topics.

It isn't the specific issue that's the problem, it's the underlying philosophy. You either believe in liberty and personal responsibility or you don't. You can't argue for some liberties and argue against others and retain credibility.

 

[Anti Globalist]

Tucker did a no-no.

 

[Swordsmyth]

It isn't the specific issue that's the problem, it's the underlying philosophy. You either believe in liberty and personal responsibility or you don't. You can't argue for some liberties and argue against others and retain credibility.

But you can be an ally if you want to reduce government, at some point people like Tucker won't want to reduce government any more and we will and then he won't be an ally anymore.

 

[dannno]

It isn't the specific issue that's the problem, it's the underlying philosophy. You either believe in liberty and personal responsibility or you don't. You can't argue for some liberties and argue against others and retain credibility.

....but pretty sure somebody posted a quote that he was against prohibition

 

[Madison320]

What happened to Tucker? He sounds like a nutjob in this video and seems to have abandoned his libertarian principles.

Capitalism is where the rights of the individual trump the needs of the state.

Socialism is where the needs of the state trump individual rights.

Marijuana laws are a textbook example of socialism. The state's "need" trumps your individual right to ingest what you want.

I have a little legal beer buzz right now so hopefully that made sense.

 

[specsaregood]

You can't expect all of your allies to be right on every issue, I never thought of him as a close ally because I didn't know enough about him and this doesn't therefore change my opinion of him.

A revolution needs a big tent so it would be unwise to make an enemy of every one who disagrees with us on a few topics.

In 2007 just as dr.paul was starting to pick up some steam, tucker shows up in a limo at a Paul rally in NV along with a pimp and some hookers. Starts proudly prancing them in front of the media, "hookers for Ron paul". Or some shit. fuck tucker.

 

[Swordsmyth]

In 2007 just as dr.paul was starting to pick up some steam, tucker shows up in a limo at a Paul rally in NV along with a pimp and some hookers. Starts proudly prancing them in front of the media, "hookers for Ron paul". Or some $#@!. $#@! tucker.

I wasn't aware of that but as long as he isn't attacking us now and he does promote some good things then he isn't a priority target and can be treated as an untrustworthy ally.

 

[dannno]

In 2007 just as dr.paul was starting to pick up some steam, tucker shows up in a limo at a Paul rally in NV along with a pimp and some hookers. Starts proudly prancing them in front of the media, "hookers for Ron paul". Or some shit. fuck tucker.

Ya that was messed up.. he did end up going to Ron Paul's opposing Republican convention in 2012, but he left when Jesse Ventura brought up 9/11 truth in his speech and made a big fuss about it.

He's still one of the best ones on Fox News and has been doing some pretty good work overall.

 

[olehounddog]

Rally For The Republic. Remember what he did there?