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Tucker Carlson’s Talking About the Sex Appeal of M&M’s.
I mean…why?
As I’ve discussed before, there’s nothing I find less interesting or irritating than the “culture war”, particularly among the right wing and their pundit class. Whether it be their problems and hyper-fixation on Sesame Street’s Big Bird, Mr. Potato Head, or Dr. Seuss, it’s become increasingly obvious with virtually every culture war launched that these things are meant to be nothing more than a distraction. A distraction from the fact that the right wing has absolutely nothing to offer you. To be clear Democrats like to at least pretend they’re on your side, but the right wing has no interest in even pretending to want to raise wages or ensure no one is going into medical bankruptcy.
Of course, no one makes himself more of a culture war warrior than Tucker Carlson. His latest target? M&M’s and their cartoon character’s sudden lack of sex appeal.
On his show, Carlson complained about the fact that M&M had changed the look of their character, opting for sneakers in the new look as opposed to the high heels the character supposedly used to wear. One of the most watched pundits on cable news decided to go on his show, and use his platform to say:
“M&M’s will not be satisfied until every last cartoon character is deeply…
