Originally posted by snowdragon
I agree with the premise but not the delivery of the antifa protesters. If they had protested in front of his office, good for them. The video of those protesters reminded me of what a KKK rally without a burning cross would have looked like years ago.Free speech can and does have consequences both good and bad so attack his platform, not his family.
Consider it an intervention. Carlson has been consciously disseminating propaganda every night for years, and until now, has faced no consequences for it. So this group has forced a confrontation, and brought consequences directly to his door.
Because of this, Carlson now needs to decide whether peddling falsehoods for a living is worth risking the safety and security of his loved ones. Something he should have considered before embarking on this path, but did not, because he felt insulated from consequences.
This is parallel to the scene in The Dark Knight Rises in which Selina explains to Bruce that people can only tolerate the intolerable for so long, and once things reach a tipping point, your wealth and your status and your identity are not going to protect you.
People are becoming fed up with the cheating and the lies and the underhandedness, and when they feel like they cannot get redress through the proper channels, this is what happens.
This is a monster he helped create, and like Dr. Frankenstein, he did not think the monster would turn on him.