Tucker Carlson: Americans have been trained to hate Putin, and will suffer because of it

FOX News.com ^ | February 23, 2022 | Tucker Carlson

[Kaslin]

Even Biden admitted that energy prices are about to go up

Since the day that Donald Trump became president, Democrats in Washington have told you it's your patriotic duty to hate Vladimir Putin. It's not a suggestion. It's a mandate. Anything less than hatred for Putin is treason.

Many Americans have obeyed this directive. They now dutifully hate Vladimir Putin. Maybe you're one of them. Hating Putin has become the central purpose of America's foreign policy. It's the main thing that we talk about. Entire cable channels are now devoted to it. Very soon, that hatred of Vladimir Putin could bring the United States into a conflict in Eastern Europe.

Before that happens, it might be worth asking yourself, since it is getting pretty serious: What is this really about? Why do I hate Putin so much? Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? Has he shipped every middle-class job in my town to Russia? Did he manufacture a worldwide pandemic that wrecked my business and kept me indoors for two years? Is he teaching my children to embrace racial discrimination? Is he making fentanyl? Is he trying to snuff out Christianity? Does he eat dogs?

These are fair questions, and the answer to all of them is no. Vladimir Putin didn't do any of that. So why does permanent Washington hate him so much?

If you've been watching the news, you know that Putin is having a border dispute with a nation called Ukraine. Now, the main thing to know about Ukraine for our purposes is that its leaders once sent millions of dollars to Joe Biden's family. Not surprisingly, Ukraine is now one of Biden's favorite countries.

[Old West Conservative]

This is dumb logic.

Are you saying U.S. citizens can’t criticize aggression from Putin — or Xi Jinping, for that matter — because our leaders blundered in their Coronavirus strategies and tactics?

That’s like saying no one from the USA could criticize Hitler or Stalin because FDR presided over far left socialist policies that permanently crippled the United States.

You lack logic w this argument.

[JoSixChip]

Have you been drinking? Connection bingo?

[Old West Conservative]

Why would so many Freepers admire two murderous dictators such as Mao and Stalin?

[cherry]

I don’t hate Putin and I have never hated him....

[Old West Conservative]

Put another way, you don’t want to explain your supposition.

[windsorknot]

I don’t need to be “trained” to hate Putin.

[NetAddicted]

Absolute must read later.

[wardaddy]

I’m with Tucker

Same group wanted Serbs conquered

Wanted war in Iraq

And now want war with Russia

Same folks who hate Trump largely

[Caipirabob]

BS. Not trained to hate, we understood his position as a strong man in Russia who would easily bitch slap any weakling gimp who crossed his path. Then the left sent him pedojoe bidet. On the bright side, Putin’s pimp hand might be sore from overuse this morning. Damned lefftards.