Is T. Carlson such a prick because he was abused as a kid?

[grumpyduck]

This is satire/sarcasm/Friday nonsense, but given the spate of abused-as-a kid defenses, I have to pose the question: did he become what he is because his classmates used to call him "Fucker" instead of "Tucker?"

[hlthe2b]

1. A lot of the worst bullies in adulthood were bullied themselves in childhood/adolescence...

That would be my guess beyond his undoubted sense of self-entitlement.

[GoCubsGo]

13. I suspect there was some parental neglect involved here, too.

A lot of these uber rich people don't raise their kids. They pass them off to nannies, and later to boarding schools. Which is part of how Cucker was raised. It explains a lot.

[leftstreet]

2. True victims of abuse don't want to hurt others

He's just an untalented loser who makes a lot of money acting like an asshole

[Skittles]

8. actually, it is pretty common for male child abuse victims to grow up to be abusers

whereas females generally turn the abuse inward

[leftstreet]

11. I think it's common to point to it as a reason

...by perpetrators and victims

There are many people abused as children who didn't/don't abuse as adults.

I take your point though about the gender differences.

[Phoenix61]

3. No, he's a spoiled little rich kid that never grew up.

We used to call them Frat Rats. It was not a term of affection.

[peppertree]

4. That - and the misanthropic snobbery so common in the upper class

From the time he could put his shoes on, it was no doubt hammered into him that he and his family are "different, better" - and that "most people are the enemy: the envious, unwashed masses who want to take everything from us just so they can buy another tv set."

One thing's certain: he took all that to heart - and has made a career into spinning it for public consumption.

The very public he despises.

[pwb]

5. He comes from the wealth class.

Swanson foods. Another spoiled rich kid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson

[Ocelot II]

6. Some people are just born assholes.

He might have been bullied - he always struck me as the kid who was regularly wedgied and stuffed into his locker - but there's also something about him that makes you want to give him a wedgie.

[BlueIdaho]

7. Nope - he's just another privileged rich white boy

Who was taught he is exceptional because he can maintain a body core temperature of 98.6

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

9. Does it really matter?

Sometimes people are just ass holes. Doesn’t matter why.

[JenniferJuniper]

10. His mother took off when he was 6,

I'd have left when he was four.

[samsingh]

12. carlson is evil, a traitor, lunatic and jealous of other real men.

[redstatebluegirl]

14. He is a spoiled brat just like the orange menace.

[Midnight Writer]

15. Or is he a prick because he learned early on to abuse servants and hate non-rich folks?

I can picture a six year old Tucker firing Cook because his cookies didn't have enough chocolate chips.

[Mariana]

16. He's a performer who is very good at his job.