Fox News personality Tucker Carlson raised eyebrows after he somehow turned a diatribe about a lack of diversity in news media into a remark about the menstruation cycles of teenagers.
Carlson made his remarks during a segment in which he criticized media coverage that denounced the January 6 insurrection as a dark day in American history. The Capitol riot resulted in several deaths, over 100 injuries to law enforcement and millions of dollars in damages when a mob of MAGA rally goers violently stormed the United States Capitol at the urging of former Republican President Donald Trump.
In what amounted to little more than a non-sequitur, Carlson asserted "there is precisely zero diversity in our national media" before comparing what he suggested amounted to conformity to menstrual cycle synchronicity among teenagers.
You can hear what Carlson said in the video below.
Carlson said:
“For all the talk you hear of diversity, there is precisely zero diversity in our national media. People may have different skin tones or different sexual interests—not relevant."
"They are all from such similar backgrounds with such similar beliefs and values and life experiences that their gut reactions to everything have aligned into perfect synchronicity, like menstruating teenagers at summer camp.”
Derogatory comments referencing a menstrual cycle have been decried as sexist for suggesting those experiencing menses are incapable of rational thought during their "time of the month."
Carlson's remarks were delivered “without a shred of self-awareness," according to The Daily Beast, which noted they also amounted to further downplaying of the January 6 insurrection, which took place when the MAGA mob incited by Trump's attacked the United States Capitol on the false rhetoric the 2020 general election was stolen.
Carlson was harshly criticized for his remarks.
@TuckerCarlson that statement "like menstruating teenagers at a summer camp...."!, even if it happens, was just WRONG AND OFFENSIVE and sexist. Not appropriate for public.— ChrisML (@ChrisML) 1642468634
how about squirming "like pubescent boys at their first x rated movie"! fucking sexist thing to say!https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1483411234624000005\u00a0\u2026— Eileen Salvia (@Eileen Salvia) 1642531173
@TuckerCarlson how would you know about menstruating females at summer camp? Lol— Amy Long (@Amy Long) 1642468389
@FoxNews Dear women of either America (the normal America and the conspiracy America). If you\u2019re supporting this lunacy\u2026you deserve it. Another day @TuckerCarlson spews incoherent views of a sexist bully.https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1483411234624000005\u00a0\u2026— bb (@bb) 1642511613
Tucker for the win on gross.https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1483411234624000005\u00a0\u2026— Michelle White (@Michelle White) 1642514736
Says all you need to know about where his mind is at. Creep!https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1483411234624000005\u00a0\u2026— \u2618\ufe0f\u269c\ufe0f\ud83c\udfa8 Kat Melanson (@\u2618\ufe0f\u269c\ufe0f\ud83c\udfa8 Kat Melanson) 1642523526
Just when I think TC can\u2019t stoop to a new low. What a disgusting thing he is\u2026https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1483411234624000005\u00a0\u2026— Ace Bell (@Ace Bell) 1642523655
Wow, did @TuckerCarlson just say he\u2019s not misogynistic but still compare democrats who agree on an agenda to help everyday Americans to teenagers \u201cmenstruating at the same time at summer camp\u201d #wtf— Rebecca McCuiston (@Rebecca McCuiston) 1642468907
@TuckerCarlson Hmmm...says a lot about your mindset when the best analogy you can come up with for synchronization is "menstruating teenagers." Then again, you do have the speaking voice of a pubescent boy.— Richard Holeman (@Richard Holeman) 1642501115
Carlson went on to criticize the Democratic Party as thinking "exactly alike because message discipline is what they do" and suggested they are incapable of thinking "independently."
He suggested anyone who points this out is immediately "denounced as a conspiracy theorist," a remark only further downplaying the significance of the outcry from Democrats against a mob attempting to overthrow constitutional democracy.
