Tammy Bruce says cookies have a gender and "obviously they're men" pic.twitter.com/n7NWEzQrJc
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) December 19, 2018
With Christmas rapidly approaching, it’s that magical time of the year where the talking heads over at Fox News find new and exciting ways to be triggered over political correctness, or perceived attacks on the holiday. This time, that outrage is in the form of gingerbread men — or, gingerbread people, as some are now calling them.
Scottish Parliament even went so far as to ban the term at its on-site coffee shop in an effort to reduce sexism, which seems a bit excessive — but whatever makes people feel comfortable and inclusive, right?
On Tuesday night, Tucker Carlson discussed the subject with political commentator Tammy Bruce, who is absolutely not having this sh*t. “I contend, after living your entire life being kind of bullied into what you can and cannot say and presumptions that you’re bad people, that it can be the smallest thing that tips you over the edge, that’s the tipping point,” Bruce told an intensely slack-jawed Carson.
“And in this case it’s calling gingerbread men a gingerbread person — and obviously, they’re men,” she concluded.
No, obviously, they’re flour, butter, sugar, and baking soda, but that’s neither here or there. The whole thing smacked very much of Megyn Kelly’s infamous “hey kids, Santa just is white,” and not surprisingly, the clip went viral on Twitter as people began mocking it.
CNN: Michael Flynn…
NBC: Michael Flynn…
Fox News: The biggest scandal in America today is the emasculation of cookies. A look at the liberal agenda’s attempt to ruin Christmas. https://t.co/dB2SPs4L7G
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) December 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1075219367800041475
It's Chips Ahoy, not Chips AHER
It's Milanos, not MILANAS
It's Tim Tams, not TIM TAMMYS https://t.co/LxRIoV3A3C— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) December 19, 2018
Serving my children cookies with big veiny dicks to own the libs https://t.co/6i5nBbeZbT
— Vince Mancini (@VinceMancini) December 19, 2018
Owning the libs by giving my children cookies with graphic, anatomically accurate genitalia https://t.co/TZTKgB4cfn
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) December 19, 2018
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. pic.twitter.com/gm7Pa6KNgO
— Catton Arthur (@soundkitties) December 19, 2018
how in the world is this not from a christopher guest movie https://t.co/nx26W0WFJU
— Eric Stirpē (@stirpicus) December 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/1075406783567593472
https://twitter.com/chrissahardy/status/1075406756866605056
Things Fox does not get mad about:
*Presidential treason
*Voter suppression
*Russia undermining our democracy
*Human rights abuses against vulnerable people seeking asylumThings Fox does worry about:
*cookie gender. https://t.co/kmMGvUtPPK— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) December 19, 2018
For what it’s worth, at least the ticker at the bottom mentioned the Michael Flynn sentencing, so it’s not like Fox News ignored it completely — clearly there were simply more pressing issues at hand.