Tucker Carlson vs. Chelsea Handler: Why the right-wing is steaming mad about childfree women

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Tucker Carlson vs. Chelsea Handler: Why the right-wing is steaming mad about childfree women
The Fox News tantrum over a childfree comedian says a lot more about Republicans than it does about modern women

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 17, 2023 6:21AM (EST)


(Salon) It's a cliche at this point to note that, for Republicans, every accusation is a confession. But it's a cliche for a very good reason: They keep proving the point on an hourly basis. The latest example is so pathetic that one almost feels bad laughing about it. There is currently a spasm of performative anger from right-wing pundits over the fact that comedian Chelsea Handler is happy to be childfree.

For those who are blessedly not in tune with the daily male whining that is the Fox News and Daily Wire universe, here's what happened. Handler, who is guest hosting at "The Daily Show," did a cute, harmless skit about the glorious day in a life of a childless woman. It was, due to being a joke, completely over-the-top. As a fellow childfree person, I can assure you we don't dash off to Paris at a moment's notice, and we certainly don't have teleportation or time travel powers. But of course, that was the point: To mock not just the overbearing pressure to have kids, but the false assumptions that childless women are nothing but selfish hedonists.

Naturally, the crybaby right-wing press lost their minds, going wild with accusations that Handler is secretly miserable and lonely.

Tucker Carlson of Fox News brought on misogynist commentator Jesse Kelly to rave that feminists have been "lied to by their society forever that you can be a girlboss, and you can do anything a man can do—which everyone who's ever seen a woman back up a vehicle knows that's not true." He kept going by claiming that for Handler — or any feminist, really — their "Valentine's date for the tenth year in a row is a ten-year-old copy of 'Magic Mike' and a half-full bottle of Xanax, and you're trying to pretend like you're happy, but you're not happy." .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/02/17/tucker-carlson-vs-chelsea-handler-why-the-right-wing-is-steaming-mad-about-childfree-women/

[irisblue]

1. These paragraphs jumped out at me

"When Carlson calls the video "super-depressing," it's a classic psychological projection. He knows what actually depresses his largely male audience is not fears that women are lonely, but their own fears of being alone. The roots of this anger over women's independence aren't hard to surmise. It's about insecure men who fear women won't choose them willingly. Carlson is speaking to those who think their best bet at having a stable relationship is forcing women into economic and social dependence on men.

"Indeed, the way that the right-wing media freaked out over Handler's video made it clear they see insecure, bitter men as their primary audience."

[2naSalit]

2. +1.

[SheltieLover]

4. Absolutely!

[area51]

11. +1 n/t

[2naSalit]

3. It also freaks them out...

To see that we aren't miserable since they think we have no right to enjoyment or pleasure in life or of life.

[SheltieLover]

5. Of course!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Stop lying and go take your xanax you ol' harpy!!11!

KIDDING!

[2naSalit]

8. *snort*

I suppose I could go with...

[irisblue]

7. Child free does not mean partner free. But their viewers do not understand that

Why would a child free person want a tall aging manbaby to attend to?

[Yavin4]

9. One can be miserable and lonely in a house filled with kids.

Marriage and child rearing do not automatically make you happy.

[Doc Sportello]

10. If I could wave a magic wand and take away the vote from white males I would do it

Or maybe white males over 50, and I say that as a white male over 50. Although there seem to be a lot of younger incels. Of course that would absolve these idiots of their responsibility of being a rational citizen of this country. But sheesh these entitled narcissists are fucking things up.

Since no magic wand is available we have to rely on strong women like Handler, Gretchen Whitmer and Fani Willis to fight off the cretins.