The vile white male harasser Tucker Carlson has launched a brutal war against the intrepid and interesting New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz.
Lorenz has been doing great work exposing people for saying the word “retard,” which is one of the number one problems America faces in 2021. She also digs up the real story of what is going on with public figures by contacting their young children.
She is, by far, one of the single most important writers of the era.
It’s hard hitting, shoe-leather journalism, but Tucker Carlson, who is a white male, and a racist, has called it “creepy” and “harassment,” despite that he is the real harasser.
This is infuriating, specifically the narrative about it being “creepy” to report on gen z and their culture with seriousness. When I first reported on YouTube much of media was writing about it dismissively. @TaylorLorenz’s work to report with legitimacy should be applauded. https://t.co/qbAzPg2TVr
— Rae Votta (@raevotta) March 11, 2021
Tucker Carlson in his campaign of brutality went so far as to read a tweet that Lorenz wrote, live on his show.
I hope people see this and recognize it for what it is, an attempt to mobilize an army of followers to memorize my name and instigate harassment https://t.co/Zcw5mpaSRa
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) March 11, 2021
The tweet he read, posted on International Women’s Day, was brilliant and heartfelt, explaining that the day should be about Lorenz personally, because of all of the violent harassment she has experienced in the form of people disagreeing with her on the internet.
For international women’s day please consider supporting women enduring online harassment. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the harassment and smear campaign I’ve had to endure over the past year has destroyed my life. No one should have to go through this.
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) March 9, 2021
No one should ever have anyone say anything mean to them on the internet. This is pure evil, and it is the biggest problem in our country.
For Tucker to deny her lived experience, to try to say that she should be appreciative of the fact she is rich and powerful, is beyond evil. Being rich and powerful means nothing if every day someone sends you a mean message on the internet, or disagrees with something you said.
It would have been very easy for the New York times to side with White Supremacy and the patriarchy which controls the world, but bravely, the Times defended Lorenz from Carlson’s heinous, violent attack.
Our response to Tuesday night's "Tucker Carlson Tonight" broadcast. pic.twitter.com/LkvaLjcRl5
— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) March 10, 2021
Double bravely, the International Women’s Media Foundation released a statement explaining the obvious: disagreeing with someone on the internet is violence. Mean words can kill.
Thank you to the @IWMF & @ICFJ for the support and the incredible work they’re doing to assist and protect women journalists around the world https://t.co/N7Vyb8VG1g
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) March 11, 2021
Even the blacks recognize that if there is one thing more dangerous than cops, it is people disagreeing with you on the internet.
For those who haven’t gone through it, it is extremely destabilizing to have major conservative media attack you by name — you get a flood of deranged threats. What @TaylorLorenz is dealing with is not only unacceptable, it’s dangerous. Fox News should be ashamed, were it capable
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) March 11, 2021
It is an existential threat to every journalist.
Tucker finished off the week with another segment on Lorenz. This new item, disagreeing with her views, is one of the most brutal acts of violence I’ve ever witnessed.
It is amazing that Lorenz is able to keep going, with all of this violence against her.
She can’t really even sleep, which is causing her to commit homonyms.
*elicit (sorry I'm tired b/c I've hardly slept since Sunday)
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) March 11, 2021
The fact that she is capable of sustaining endless waves of violence against her, the very worst form of violence which is people being mean to you on the internet, or disagreeing with you, proves just how much stronger women are than men.
We need a law to protect journalists from disagreement. Big tech claims to be reining in the far-right, but we continue to see brutal violence everywhere in the form of people disagreeing with journalists.
One of the most sacred pillars of our democracy is that journalists are above reproach. We have to protect this sacred institution, so that we can find out who is saying “retard” in private chats.
Democracy dies in darkness. It is time to shine the light of law enforcement on the powerful forces of random people on the internet who disagree with journalists.