Tucker Carlson Has the Audacity to Blame All Women for the Actions of a Male Mass Shooter – Which is not “Based”
Robert Crimo III, the Highland Park (July 4th) mass shooter, is to blame for Robert Crimo III’s actions.
One can possibly argue Crimo’s parents played a role in matters, as they helped him obtain one or more of his weapons. But in the end scheme of things, Crimo is responsible for Crimo’s choices and Crimo’s actions.
The fact remains that women are not to blame for Robert Crimo III’s shooting spree, where he killed seven individuals at a July 4th (Independence Day holiday, 2022) parade in Illinois.
Contrary to what some liberals have been saying, who’ve been claiming that Crimo was a “MAGA supporter,”
it is not clear at this time what Crimo’s political beliefs are (he was photographed at a Trump rally, but some were saying he mocked Trump supporters, that he was not showing up to the rally to support Trump),
nor is it clear if any political views motivated his shooting spree.
Others found that Crimo followed a lot of Democrats on his social media and voiced some support for Democrat or progressive views.
I will include either tweets with videos of the Tucker Carlson segment under discussion and/or embed much farther below, videos from You Tube, where you can see and hear for yourself Carlson blaming not only women for Crimo’s actions, but also, weirdly, video games and several other factors.
Please note that some of the videos or tweets I embed in this post may not necessarily be from sources I agree with on every point. It’s usually left-leaning content providers who will hold guys like Carlson accountable for his unhinged, unfounded sexist comments against women.
I’m a conservative, but I rarely see other conservatives calling out sexism when it’s bandied about by other conservatives.
I have never identified as a feminist, but I do not blame all feminists or feminism for the July 4th shooting.
Story Background / Summaries
Here’s some background and/or descriptions about the situation:
(Link): Tucker Carlson Points Finger At Women And Weed For Latest Mass Shooting
(Link): Tucker Finds a Way to Blame Women for Young Male Mass Shootings
July 5, 2022
by William Vaillancourt
On the heels of yet another mass shooting, Tucker Carlson identified what he believes to be one contributing factor in young men using firearms on innocent bystanders: women “lecturing” them about “their so-called privilege.”
Carlson opened his Tuesday show discussing the shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, allegedly by 21-year-old Robert “Bobby” Crimo.
The Fox News host mentioned how authorities said Crimo had appeared on their radar twice before: in April 2019 after a suicide attempt and a few months later after he threatened to “kill everyone” in his immediate family.
After the second incident, police confiscated knives, a dagger, and a sword from his home. No complaint was filed, and no arrest was made.
[Carlson said:]
“And yet the authorities in their [the male mass shooters] lives—mostly women—never stop lecturing them about their so-called privilege. ‘You’re male, you’re privileged.’” Carlson imitated. “Imagine that. Try to imagine an unhealthier, unhappier life than that. So a lot of young men in America are going nuts. Are you surprised?”
— end excerpts —
No Motive Given As of July 12, But Tucker, Without Evidence, Listed Motives on July 5
It’s dishonest and inaccurate for Tucker Carlson or any other conservative to blame women as a group or feminism or feminists for the shooting.
As to the date of me composing this post – July 12, 2022 – I have not yet seen a motive for the shooting.
Crimo did not mention that “women in authority” drove him to shoot a group of people.
As far as motive, what we do have is this (from July 6, 2022):
Authorities would not go into Crimo’s possible motive but did acknowledge he “had an affinity for the numbers 4 and 7” — which, when reversed, point to the date he carried out the massacre. (Source)
And, edit, Nov 4, 2022, there is this:
(Link): Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo III’s friends’ mother details how he spiraled into madness
Excerpts:
from Marca:
Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo III’s life before the Highland Park mass shooting on July 4 took the lives of 7 people keeps offering more insight into the motive of this crime.
One of Crimo’s friends’ mother spoke to the folks at The Daily Beast in detail about the murderer.
She doesn’t recognize him from the past, she knew a kid who was normal like her own children but slowly fell down a negative spiral due to neglect from his entire family.
What is currently being denied by his parents are the multiple suicide attempts that Crimo III had throughout the years. Since 2015, there had been several red flags raised where this concerned mother of an unspecified name confirms she attempted to stop. Her initial reaction was to reach out to the kid’s parents when he threatened to overdose, but she was ignored.
[the friends’ mother said]…
“But he [Robert Crimo III] hurt. He was very, very much a loner and depressed. And I think his emotional instability was kind of brushed under the rug by his family. I think there’s a lot of balls dropped, no matter which way you look at it.
— end excerpts —-
There is nothing in there about “feminism” or all women being the triggers that pushed this idiot kid into killing several people. If anything, he sounds like he is emotionally disturbed, and the parents didn’t get him the mental health help he needed.
From an article dated November 1, 2022:
(Link): Prosecutors In Highland Park Mass Shooting Trial Turn Over Discovery
Excerpt:
Nov 1, 2022
by Jonah Meadows
But authorities have not offered any theories on his motive for the shooting.
— end excerpt —
And there you have it, as of November 2022, still no motive is being given for Crimo’s actions.
Sept 7, 2022 edit:
Even if Crimo were to issue a statement to police tomorrow that he hates women and believes that “women in authority” drove him to shoot and kill several people, that still does not mean that he would be correct, that women are culpable, or that police would magically say,
“Why, you’re right! Women are such nags! It’s totally fine that you felt so nagged by women that you murdered seven people. We will set you free instantly, with no charges pressed, you poor, dear victim you!”
A lot of liberal women have said for years that conservatives or Republicans are waging a “war against women,” and while I think that rhetoric is fairly untrue (though some conservatives and Republicans do, regrettably, adhere to sexist beliefs),
it sure does not help to dispel liberal paranoia about the extent of conservative (or Republican) sexism when a conservative talk host like Tucker Carlson unjustly accuses women as a group (and without citing any evidence) as being to blame for the actions of a male mass shooter.
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