""You're allowed to be homophobic if you want," Carlson said. "In a free country, you can have any view you want. But no, because she used the word 'f**got,' she's arrested, and the guy who punched her in the face is not. That story tells you everything." Carlson then asked Morgan if he would repeat the anti-gay slur on camera. When Morgan refused, Carlson asked if it was because he feared being arrested under the UK's hate speech laws."
""My issue with the whole trans debate, for example, is you don't need to slide into actually saying derogatory stuff about trans people to make the point that women's rights should be protected," Morgan added. When Morgan asked Carlson if he would ever use the word on camera, Carlson then repeated it several times and explained that he did so because he is "not allowed to." Carlson also claimed that opposition to the slur creates a "chilling effect" on his self-expression,"
Tucker Carlson pressed Piers Morgan to say the anti-gay slur "f**got" during a November 27 broadcast and then repeated the slur himself. Carlson claimed police arrested a female viewer for using the slur against a man who then assaulted her, but provided no evidence for that allegation. Carlson argued that opposition to the slur creates a chilling effect and framed his repetition as a response to being "not allowed" to use the word. Piers Morgan refused to repeat the slur, saying he does not believe in needlessly sneering or insulting people and that derogatory language is unnecessary to defend women's rights.
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