CNNs Jim Acosta warns of Civil War

[Kokolums]

I guess if CNN is now fully on board with open discussion of it, I am not gonna get banned for reporting on what CNN is saying. So here it is. Discuss.





CNNs Jim Acosta warns Tucker Carlson that if Tucker releases his 1/6 film, it could start a civil war.



https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...go_tucker.html



CNN's Acosta Warns Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Film Could Start Civil War: "Why Are You Doing This To America?"

Posted By Tim Hains
On Date October 31, 2021

CNN, now almost entirely reactionary to what happens on rival station FOX News, warns that Tucker Carlson's program about the "true story" of the January 6 riot is a danger to democracy. Anchors Brian Stelter and Jim Acosta discuss.

"Tucker is calling his propaganda flick 'The Patriot Purge.' It’s nothing more than Proud Boy porn," Acosta said. "My question to the [FOX News owners] Murdochs is this: "Why are you doing this to us? Why are you doing this to America?"

"The reason why federal investigators and millions of Americans are terrified by right-wing violence in this country is because it keeps happening, and Tucker Carlson is inciting more of it," he said. "The Murdochs and Tucker Carlson, their primetime pyromaniac, appear to be hell-bent on dragging this country into a civil war."

ACOSTA: The only government plot appears to be the plot hatched by Trump and his henchmen to stay in power. But the worst part of what Tucker is doing is that we've already seen what his brand of hate- filled rhetoric can do to America.

Like in 2017 when white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, and engaged in violent demonstrations that left one innocent woman dead, or like in 2018 in the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue or in 2019 in the massacre at the Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas.

Both cases carried out by gunmen who wanted to stop an invasion of migrants coming into this country. Sounds a lot like those caravan segments you continue to see on Tucker's show and other programs on FOX.

And of course Trump's big lie reverberated inside the far-right echo chamber for weeks before the political violence that exploded at the Capitol. The reason why federal investigators and millions of Americans are terrified by right-wing violence in this country is because it keeps happening and Tucker Carlson is inciting more of it. Tucker is calling his propaganda flip the patriot purge. It's nothing more than Proud Boy porn.

And the worst part is that a major corporation in America, FOX, is bankrolling it. Now FOX is insisting Tucker's manifesto will only be seen on its streaming service. FOX Nation, please. No matter how you slice it, the Murdoch family, which controls FOX, is cashing in as American democracy is being set ablaze. The fact that the Murdoch-run "Wall Street Journal" just ran a letter to the editor from Trump peddling the big lie again is hardly the worst thing that they've done this week, and that's saying a lot.

As the Antidefamation League wrote in a letter to FOX's executive chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch, how many more people need to die?

My question to the Murdochs is this. Why are you doing this to us? Why are you doing this to America? You came to this country and built a media empire. Isn't that enough? During Trump, you became American state TV. Now you seem like end of America state TV. People like to say the Murdochs, oh, they're just like that HBO show, "Succession." Close. It's more like secession.

The Murdochs and Tucker Carlson, their primetime pyromaniac, appear to be hell bent on dragging this country into a civil war. Jefferson Davis would be proud.

[Calfredd]

Good for you Billy!

[Machismo]

It's weird how you demand we vote for Nazis, or else we get a civil war...

[PACOX]

Acosta is taken seriously? I always saw him as a useful clown.

[Edge-]

Acosta is taken seriously? I always saw him as a useful clown.

Apparently after 4 years of being the worst, dumbest journalist around he's now the only truthteller or something.

The civil war cheerleading squad is weird yo. I don't get why some folks have such a murder-boner for their fellow citizens and don't think I ever will.

[Ursus]

"The Murdochs and Tucker Carlson, their primetime pyromaniac, appear to be hell-bent on dragging this country into a civil war."

He wasn't "warning" of a civil war, he said a couple assholes are hellbent on starting one, there's a HUGE difference. The entire premise of this thread is bullshit, which isn't surprising considering who created it.

[uuuhname]

Why Are You Doing This To America?

that should be the question for all these people that seem disturbingly excited for a civil war.

[Kokolums]

7:33, Acosta pulls out the civil war guns.

[Calfredd]

7:33, Acosta pulls out the civil war guns.

And just like all proponents for a civil war he's an idiot.

[Edge-]

Jesus man, I know you're excited and all but like...slow down. Nobody wants a premature Civil War, that's just embarrassing for everyone involved.

Was there something in the video that wasn't in the text or something? Because it was exactly the same thing he said in the text you already posted.

[fwc577]

The civil war cheerleading squad is weird yo. I don't get why some folks have such a murder-boner for their fellow citizens and don't think I ever will.

If they get rowdy, just kill one and they will all slink and go home and await FBI charges for plotting terror and conspiracy and whatever other shit they can get to stick against these traitors.

[beanman12345]

He wasn't "warning" of a civil war, he said a couple assholes are hellbent on starting one, there's a HUGE difference. The entire premise of this thread is bullshit, which isn't surprising considering who created it.

Yup it's all OP's thread's on the subject. Not sure why he shares his fantasies here though.

[uuuhname]

Yup it's all OP's thread's on the subject. Not sure why he shares his fantasies here though.

probably because the sub reddit he usually posts in got shut down or banned him.

[Corvus]

The US ain't going to end up in a civil war. It isn't some third world country (well, not entirely) where a rag-tag bunch of militia in pickup trucks can take on the government's rag tag bunch of militia in pickup trucks.

The US military isn't going to dissolve into two factions and fight it out. Sure there are some members who are crazy but overall it is less racist and more liberal than your average republican voter - not that that isn't hard. They aren't going to be backing y'allqaida no matter how hard you may wish that they would.

[Shadowferal]

Yup it's all OP's thread's on the subject. Not sure why he shares his fantasies here though.

Op seems to constantly obsess over a fictional US civil war.

[Cthulhu 2020]

ITT: Conservatives once again projecting their own line of thinking. That just because they believe their media sources (Storm front, Fox News, etc) heart, body and soul, that the left does the same.

Here's a hint: Just because it's on CNN doesn't mean I give a shit.

In fact @Kokolums, ain't it funny how conflict between the two parties seemed at a boiling point under Trump, and yet now under Biden, it's for the most part calmed down? It's almost as if CONSERVATIVES are the aggravating factor, and voting for a liberal candidate has taken us farther away from potential bloody conflict.

[cubby]

Apparently after 4 years of being the worst, dumbest journalist around he's now the only truthteller or something.

The civil war cheerleading squad is weird yo. I don't get why some folks have such a murder-boner for their fellow citizens and don't think I ever will.

Because those literal Civil War advocates are batshit insane.

The much more likely occurrence is a slow slide into fascist rule. The GOP has the Courts, they are a year away from having the House (and maybe the Senate) and The Previous Guy has a reasonable chance against Biden or Harris or Biden/Harris in 2024.

Also, just for shits and giggles, there is a VERY low percentage that Trump will be the Speaker in 2023. That should be fun.

[Fugus]

Because those literal Civil War advocates are batshit insane.

The much more likely occurrence is a slow slide into fascist rule. The GOP has the Courts, they are a year away from having the House (and maybe the Senate) and The Previous Guy has a reasonable chance against Biden or Harris or Biden/Harris in 2024.

Also, just for shits and giggles, there is a VERY low percentage that Trump will be the Speaker in 2023. That should be fun.

At that point, I really need to invest in a passport and citizenship to a foreign nation.

And if I have any family or friend who support them ask why, I can/will tell them because they keep fucking up and I don’t want to deal with their mess and to give my nieces and nephews a way out so they don’t have to deal with their fuck ups.

[cubby]

At that point, I really need to invest in a passport and citizenship to a foreign nation.

And if I have any family or friend who support them ask why, I can/will tell them because they keep fucking up and I don’t want to deal with their mess and to give my nieces and nephews a way out so they don’t have to deal with their fuck ups.

Funny you should mention that. When the Jan 6 Terrorist Insurrection went largely unpunished (I know the investigation had to play out, and still is, but nontheless) I spent a half hour learning the steps to immigrate to Canada. They are very easy, so long as you can find gainful employment and have no criminal history. You can even hold dual citizenship.

I picked Edmonton, randomly.

[beanman12345]

The US ain't going to end up in a civil war. It isn't some third world country (well, not entirely) where a rag-tag bunch of militia in pickup trucks can take on the government's rag tag bunch of militia in pickup trucks.

The US military isn't going to dissolve into two factions and fight it out. Sure there are some members who are crazy but overall it is less racist and more liberal than your average republican voter - not that that isn't hard. They aren't going to be backing y'allqaida no matter how hard you may wish that they would.

Exactly. Who would get the nukes? who get's the aircraft carriers? do military bases go to whatever state their in? what about foreign military base support. Nobody with 2 brain cells thinks a civil war can happen in this country with the infrastructure we have in place. Not even OP thinks Civil war is actually gonna happen in this country. He just likes to spew this fantasy of dem's dying en masse by hillbilly gang members er "militia". Sometimes with Russia and China's help, sometimes without. It's all just weak bait.