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Opinion | Tucker Carlson's 'daddy' comments speak volumes about the far-right

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Frida Ghitis: Tucker Carlson , a far-right speaker, suggested spanking at a Trump rally.

She says Carlson 's metaphor is a florid illustration of the way patriarchal family dynamics and punishment stand at the center of contemporary right-wing morality.

Ghitis says conservative ideologies rely on a “strict father” metaphor to conceptualize the nation and how it should be ruled.

She asks: Authoritarian conservatives apply the strict-father model to all issues but to governing itself.

Frida Ghitis : A new generation of evangelicals have grown up with authoritarian principles in the home.

She says the strict father isn’t just the moral core of the household; he is also its spiritual head, with the mother as a co-enforcer.

Ghitis says the best way to rebuke authoritarianism is to defeat it and make it look ridiculous and weak.