Tucker Carlson is a bad, bad man -- and not in a good way

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Two conservative commentators who have appeared on Fox News for more than a decade have resigned from the right-wing network over what they say is a “dangerous” Tucker Carlson special filled with lies about the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, two co-founders of the conservative website The Dispatch, wrote that Carlson’s “Patriot Purge” special was “a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions.”

They praised some of the reporters at Fox News, but said the “voices of the responsible are being drowned out by the irresponsible.”

Those wanting to (perhaps) learn more about Kyle Rittenhouse might want to watch or record Tucker's show tonight. I would say it's normally not worth watching, but I'm recording it because Kyle is on. I'm still hoping that Kyle will turn out to be a good person.

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I watched quite a bit of Kyle and Tucker, and I came away a bit concerned that Kyle may not be as genuine as he seemed in his trial. I had a hunch then, but still came away believing he was not guilty under the law. But he just seemed a bit too pat on Tucker's show last night. And he truly was the guy in the video sucker punching the girl, that was horrible. I'm not certain it was Kyle, as the evidence is circumstantial.

I do know however from his testimony that he lied about being an E.M.T., and he drove to Kenosha without a valid drivers license. He also did some things that weren't admitted to the trial but weren't good.

The biggest mistake he made though was going where he felt he needed an AR-15. If he truly believed he needed it for protection, as he testified, he should have had the common sense not to go there.

I truly hope Kyle goes on to do good in his life. I think he has the potential to do so. But it bothered me that he didn't acknowledge that he made an extremely poor decision to be where he was, when he was, armed with a semi-automatic weapon, especially since he was a minor. I believe Kyle was not guilty, but he certainly wasn't and isn't innocent.

He says he's studying at ASU to be a nurse, so let's hope he lives a helping life. He would be helping to save lives, and although he was not guilty, with regard to lives, he stands at a minus two. And I'm not nearly as sure that he learned from the experience as I wish I were.

Not guilty but not innocent. I think those five words sum up Kyle's life thus far. Where he goes from here is mostly up to him. I wish him the very best luck, but it's on his shoulders and in his heart.