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Yosemito

(648 posts)
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:44 AM Dec 2018

Nate Silver: Tucker Carlson is racist but advertisers shouldn't decide who's racist

In a bizarre tweetbait, the white mathematician says that he thinks Tucker Carlson is racist, but advertisers who have dropped him for being racist shouldn't think he's racist.


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Nate Silver: Tucker Carlson is racist but advertisers shouldn't decide who's racist (Original Post) Yosemito Dec 2018 OP
Advertisers have as much right to decide who's racist whathehell Dec 2018 #1
I'm With Norm Dan22X Dec 2018 #10
Yep, me too. n/t. whathehell Dec 2018 #13
And I get to decide what program or product involved I want to use over that knowledge. You ... marble falls Dec 2018 #14
Sorry Nate.. you're wrong. They're humans Cha Dec 2018 #2
WTF Nate ... It's Applebee's Ad money ... they're not shutting down Tucker's show ... mr_lebowski Dec 2018 #3
Advertisers have every right to decide where to spend their money ... CatMor Dec 2018 #4
Applebees doesn't decide ANYthing for us all. nt greyl Dec 2018 #5
Dumb take romana Dec 2018 #6
What's Silver's argument here... that advertisers get forced to give ad dollars to racists? Bucky Dec 2018 #7
Scary indeed n/t malaise Dec 2018 #15
Tweet bait straight out the tweeters ahole realmirage Dec 2018 #8
He says racist things on his show. pamela Dec 2018 #9
I guess Nate didn't get the memo that corporations are people, too. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #11
K&R, "or at least that he convincingly plays a racist on TV." sounds privileged as hell !! I can't uponit7771 Dec 2018 #12
Advertisers are making decisions based on the bottom line Nate Quixote1818 Dec 2018 #16
Nate really got it wrong. LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #17
Tucker has the right to Free speech edhopper Dec 2018 #18
Stick to spreadsheets Nate. phleshdef Dec 2018 #19
Generous reading: Only Court's ultimately define discrimination and hate speech. Not quite true. Shaddox Dec 2018 #20

marble falls

(56,381 posts)
14. And I get to decide what program or product involved I want to use over that knowledge. You ...
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 05:52 PM
Dec 2018

have the right of free speech and I have the right to not listen to it.

Cha

(295,947 posts)
2. Sorry Nate.. you're wrong. They're humans
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:58 AM
Dec 2018

in the PR dept of Applebees and anywhere else who can tell a "racist" when they hear one.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
3. WTF Nate ... It's Applebee's Ad money ... they're not shutting down Tucker's show ...
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:59 AM
Dec 2018

They're just not advertising on it. Which is THEIR RIGHT.

Not to mention boycotts are part and parcel of DEMOCRACIES.

Very fucking disappointing to read.

I hope he retracts this bullshit.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
4. Advertisers have every right to decide where to spend their money ...
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:59 AM
Dec 2018

Nate Silver is not making sense with that opinion. Racism is evil and should not be rewarded.

romana

(765 posts)
6. Dumb take
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:01 AM
Dec 2018

This is a really dumb look on Silver. Why shouldn’t advertisers drop someone they think is racist and say so?

pamela

(3,469 posts)
9. He says racist things on his show.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:45 AM
Dec 2018

No self-respecting company wants their commercials to follow a racist tirade. They're not boycotting him, they're pulling their advertisement from a show whose content does not reflect their values.

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
11. I guess Nate didn't get the memo that corporations are people, too.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 03:30 AM
Dec 2018

So it's a good thing when these people - I'm betting pressure from customers - call out racists.

uponit7771

(90,226 posts)
12. K&R, "or at least that he convincingly plays a racist on TV." sounds privileged as hell !! I can't
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 03:41 AM
Dec 2018

... afford to figure out whether someones a real racist or a fake one ... whether they're a diet racist or a full on ribeye steak with baked potato racist

Quixote1818

(28,905 posts)
16. Advertisers are making decisions based on the bottom line Nate
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:27 PM
Dec 2018

Sponsoring a racist pig isn't usually great for business.

Shaddox

(384 posts)
20. Generous reading: Only Court's ultimately define discrimination and hate speech. Not quite true.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:37 PM
Dec 2018

Public consensus moves the needle, both politically and socially. And ultimately THAT needle figures in Court definitions. So, Nate is, at best, misguided.

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