If you’ve been on Twitter over the past few days then you’ve probably seen this clip from Tucker Carlson asking “How exactly is ‘diversity’ our ‘strength’?”:
Tucker Carlson really really really really does not like living in a diverse country pic.twitter.com/iLpMr6QrNV
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) September 8, 2018
The clip went viral — 5 million + views, and counting — with libs pretty sure it means Tucker is racist, or something:
Carlson thinks this is a pointed question but it's actually a confession. He is unable to conceive of friendship across racial or cultural lines. The concept baffles him. https://t.co/ak7oyWrgmP
— Adam Serwer ? (@AdamSerwer) September 8, 2018
The silliest part is that he is saying this in the USA. It’s like being anti-technology while you’re flying around in the Space Shuttle https://t.co/m7tWyUxtOC
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) September 8, 2018
I’m awake, watched this again and I’m angry again.
It’s just appalling how happy these assholes are to destroy the moral and cultural foundations of the country for ratings, a quick buck, or some partisan edge. https://t.co/Crl7Ms2KEI
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 8, 2018
Even Captain America weighed in on the clip:
This is baffling. Diversity shows us where our experiences overlap. It teaches us to recognize commonality before differences. It breeds empathy. It combats fear. It makes us better. It’s what our country is built on. The bigger concern is what would we become WITHOUT diversity. https://t.co/e78Yun4UUT
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) September 8, 2018
Tucker did finally address the outrage on Sunday night with a 6-tweet thread, along with the promise to discuss it more in depth on Monday:
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1/6 The organized left is lying about a segment we did on Friday night. Our topic was "diversity is our strength," a phrase our leaders use to end conversation rather than spur it. You hear it all the time. We asked, what exactly does it mean? Is it true?
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 9, 2018
2/6 Here are the words from our segment: "How precisely is diversity our strength? Can you think of other institutions, such as marriage or military units, in which the less people have in common, the more cohesive they are?"
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 9, 2018
3/6 "Do you get along better with your neighbors and coworkers if you can't understand each other, or share no common values? And if diversity is our strength, why is it OK for the rest of us to surrender our freedom of speech to just a handful of tech monopolies?"
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 9, 2018
4/6 These are the questions our leaders out to be asking every day. How does a nation of 325 million people hang together? What do we all have in common as Americans? Why should we remain a country? Nothing is more important than answering this.
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 9, 2018
5/6 But our leaders aren't even asking these questions. Instead they're trying to silence anyone who raises them, while at the same time promoting mindless tribalism for political expedience. Division keeps them in power.
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 9, 2018
6/6 What's at stake isn't a cable news segment. It's the existence of rational conversation in America. If they can prevent you from asking honest questions, there's nothing they can't do. More on this tomorrow night.
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 9, 2018
Stay tuned…
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'OMG, is he crying'?! Rep. Eric Swalwell tries SO HARD to slam Tucker Carlson but it JUST doesn't go well for him (watch) https://t.co/abj9uhAs1C
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 9, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 15, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 7, 2018