# Tucker Carlson’s logic fail **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224 "2020-08-16T00:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/1 "2020-08-16T00:36:27Z")
‪[https://twitter.com/nikkimcr/status/1293339970732785664?s=21](https://twitter.com/nikkimcr/status/1293339970732785664?s=21) Tucker is a smarmy douchebag, but he often makes clever arguments supported by evidence and logic. Not this time. The idea that mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s name is “holding a public official to account” is risible, as is the claim that someone correcting his pronunciation is equivalent to insisting that Harris be immune from criticism.‬ 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/2 "2020-08-16T00:42:56Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Tucker is a smarmy douchebag, but he often makes clever arguments supported by evidence and logic. - That’s _hilarious_. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/3 "2020-08-16T00:50:11Z")
There’s an excellent response on that site: > In all fairness, I miss-pronounce Tucker ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/4 "2020-08-16T11:57:37Z")
Yeah, I have a lisp that sometimes replaces Ts with Fs. Fucker Carlson is a _racist_, smarmy douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/5 "2020-08-16T12:56:55Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Yeah, I have a lisp that sometimes replaces Ts with Fs. FWIW, I keep the T, but assume that it’s a sly reference to his night job as a drag queen. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/6 "2020-08-16T13:08:18Z")
Ha! Nice one. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/7 "2020-08-16T13:12:41Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > The idea that mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s name is “holding a public official to account” is risible, as is the claim that someone correcting his pronunciation is equivalent to insisting that Harris be immune from criticism.‬ 🙄 I read the whole exchange as just Tucker being one of those people who can’t bear to be seen to be wrong about anything. He isn’t thinking anything in that exchange but “if I bluster enough I don’t have to admit that I was wrong”. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/8 "2020-08-16T13:23:19Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I read the whole exchange as just Tucker being one of those people who can’t bear to be seen to be wrong about anything. He isn’t thinking anything in that exchange but “if I bluster enough I don’t have to admit that I was wrong”. No, he knows he’s wrong. He knows he’s lying. He doesn’t care because it’s the only way he can make a living. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/9 "2020-08-16T14:49:41Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > but he often makes clever arguments supported by evidence and logic. Can you back up this statement in any possible way? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/10 "2020-08-16T14:50:50Z")
Back up or back track? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/11 "2020-08-16T15:13:48Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Yeah, I have a lisp that sometimes replaces Ts with Fs. > > Fucker Carlson is a _racist_ , smarmy douchebag. And as such, a legitimate Republican candidate for POTUS in 2024. That’s where the US is at this moment in history. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/12 "2020-08-16T15:37:55Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I read the whole exchange as just Tucker being one of those people who can’t bear to be seen to be wrong about anything. He isn’t thinking anything in that exchange but “if I bluster enough I don’t have to admit that I was wrong”. Gee, who does that remind you of? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/13 "2020-08-16T16:00:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Gee, who does that remind you of? 🙄 I’m personally thinking of a certain incident with a sharpie and a hurricane track that allowed someone to avoid saying, “I guess it’s not actually projected to hit Alabama, my bad”. But desperately avoiding admitting to even the most trivial error is nevertheless a common affliction among weak people who are obsessed with looking tough. I’ve certainly seen hundreds of examples IRL (and thousands at least on the internet). ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/14 "2020-08-16T16:03:34Z")
Biden mispronounced her name too. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/15 "2020-08-16T16:11:54Z")
Biden _immediately_ [corrected](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4899346/user-clip-joe-bidens-speech) himself - he used a slightly short “a” instead of an “ah” and immediately said it correctly. I have to stop myself when I say her name, as I have a friend with that name who pronounces it with a short “a”. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/16 "2020-08-16T16:22:22Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Biden _immediately_ [corrected](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4899346/user-clip-joe-bidens-speech) himself – THAT’S the difference. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/17 "2020-08-16T17:05:12Z")
I’m a liberal democrat, but have you guys noticed that republicans are always right about everything? It’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/18 "2020-08-16T20:09:31Z")
Please come back to this thread and finish this thought. Did you mean to add that he corrected himself and didn’t go on some bizarre rant about how it’s OK to mispronounce her name? ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/19 "2020-08-16T21:18:23Z")
No just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224/20 "2020-08-17T11:45:45Z")
I don’t know. If I reply to a thread in one of the debate forums, it’s to add useful information along with the context about why it’s useful. You do you, I guess. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-s-logic-fail/918224.md?page=2)