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Vox Co-Founder Defends Leftists Terrorizing Tucker Carlson’s Family
mrcNEWSBUSTERS ^ | November 8, 2018 | Kyle Drennen

Posted on 11/08/2018 3:50:09 PM PST by Morgana

In a string of disturbing tweets Thursday afternoon, Vox Senior Correspondent and co-founder Matthew Yglesias actually justified a mob of left-wing Antifa activists surrounding the home of Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson and terrorizing his family. Even as other journalists and pundits across the political spectrum condemned the incident, Yglesisas insisted that he “cannot empathize” with Carlson or his family.

In response to liberal Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty denouncing the actions of the Antifa thugs via Twitter, Yglesias launched his offensive tweetstorm by proclaiming: “I think the idea behind terrorizing his family, like it or not as a strategy, is to make them feel some of the fear that the victims of MAGA-inspired violence feel thanks to the non-stop racial incitement coming from Tucker, Trump, etc.”

Replying to strong push-back from even fellow liberals, Yglesias amazingly doubled down, even scolding people for expressing sympathy for the Carlson family: “I agree that this is probably not tactically sound but if your instinct is to empathize with the fear of the Carlson family rather than with the fear of his victims then you should take a moment to reflect on why that is.”

Moments later, he declared: “I honestly cannot empathize with Tucker Carlson’s wife at all — I agree that protesting at her house was tactically unwise and shouldn’t be done — but I am utterly unable to identify with her plight on any level.”

The Twitter tirade finally came to an end after one his online followers, George Mason University Economics Professor Bryan Caplan, advised him: “Don't publicly speak when you’re upset. Especially if you are well-aware that you’ve spoken rashly in the past.” Yglesias agreed: “This is good advice and I’m gonna try to take it and stop tweeting for a bit.”

If he’s going to excuse and even rationalize dangerous harassment of those he disagrees with, perhaps Yglesias should stay off Twitter altogether.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: abortion; antifa; prolife; theleft; tuckerhome; violence; vox

1 posted on 11/08/2018 3:50:09 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

What are the facts? Did the bang on the door or break the door? Did they vandalize the property?


2 posted on 11/08/2018 3:57:37 PM PST by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: Morgana

What’s Matthew Yglesias address and phone number???


3 posted on 11/08/2018 3:57:43 PM PST by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: Morgana

What is Vox?


4 posted on 11/08/2018 4:00:37 PM PST by Professional
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To: Professional

Is it contagious?


5 posted on 11/08/2018 4:01:15 PM PST by Kudsman (Democratics suck.)
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To: Professional

I always think of cool sounding guitar amplifiers. Nice rich tube sound.


6 posted on 11/08/2018 4:05:30 PM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Oldexpat

doesn’ t he have security??? His wife calling from a pantry to911??


7 posted on 11/08/2018 4:14:38 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: Morgana

What “non-stop racial incitement coming from Tucker, Trump, etc.” is this person talking about?

How drugged up must the leftists be to believe that?


8 posted on 11/08/2018 4:24:23 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Oldexpat

They kicked the door so hard it cracked.


9 posted on 11/08/2018 4:25:14 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Morgana

All this makes a non swering person, want to use words not fit ...

I cannot understand how people can condone this kind of treatment... this kind of warped anger... this kind of hatred... this kind of destruction in their being...
They have lost their soul... sold it to the devil.. and I feel sorry for all the nuts out there who are following the wrong entity .. you will lose.. everything!


10 posted on 11/08/2018 4:25:58 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: dragonblustar

“What’s Matthew Yglesias address and phone number???”

I’m sure the “chans” already have that out there.


11 posted on 11/08/2018 4:27:53 PM PST by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: Morgana

He needs the baby Harp seal cure...


12 posted on 11/08/2018 4:28:25 PM PST by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Morgana

“I think the idea behind terrorizing his family, like it or not as a strategy, is to make them feel some of the fear that the victims of MAGA-inspired violence feel thanks to the non-stop racial incitement coming from Tucker, Trump, etc.”

It is amazing how the left is currently hallucinating a false reality that has nothing to do with what is happening in actual reality. The disturbing thing is that they seem to actually believe their made-up version of the world too in spite of reason and evidence. Of course even murderers come up with excuses for their crimes, so that’s nothing new, but I doubt most of them actually believe their excuses like the hate-crazed radical left seems to.

One thing that is real, though, is that the radical left is going forward with full-fledged Brownshirt-like, political intimidation and oppression tactics. Head of the Brownshirts Ernst Roehm (a homosexual socialist by the way) would have been proud of them.


13 posted on 11/08/2018 4:32:35 PM PST by FenwickBabbitt
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To: Morgana

Fort Marcy Park candidate...


14 posted on 11/08/2018 4:32:51 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Professional

A sub-par “news” agency with juvenile writing, filled with grammatical errors, that does not appear to allow any comments after its “articles.”


15 posted on 11/08/2018 5:03:53 PM PST by a.c.t.32
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To: Morgana

Tactics? As in.battle? For literally fighting those who disagree with you?

More like Polish breath mints

Vox is queer as the day is long, even its
sports blogs which are supposed to be fun
are lousy with lib politics

Another monopolized medium that needs to be split into atoms


16 posted on 11/08/2018 8:35:19 PM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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