Comedian Tim Allen trolled progressives Friday with an “honest progressive position,” sharing a quotation and challenging them to “guess who wrote this.”
“Finally an honest progressive position: ‘…short-term demands among them a progressive income tax; abolition of inheritances and private property; abolition of child labor; free public education; nationalization of the means of transport,'” Allen tweeted. “Guess who wrote this.” (RELATED: Tim Allen Finally Weighs In On Roseanne Being Fired: ‘It’s A Very Icy Time’)
Finally an honest progressive position:
“…short-term demands among them a progressive income tax; abolition of inheritances and private property; abolition of child labor; free public education; nationalization of the means of transport.
Guess who wrote this
— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) November 13, 2020
Allen fired off another tweet explaining the reference: “Carl Marx. Communist manifesto. Wikipedia.”
Carl Marx. Communist manifesto. Wikipedia.
— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) November 13, 2020
Another tweet followed as Allen realized he had initially misspelled “Karl.” (RELATED: ‘I’m DYING To Know’: Tim Allen Hilariously Reacts To #RIPTimAllen Trending On Twitter)
Oops
Karl— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) November 13, 2020
Self-proclaimed progressives quickly flooded Allen’s replies, saying that the policies he had attributed to Marx were good policies to promote. Others accused him of wanting to go back to the days of child labor or suggested that he was back on the crack pipe.
The tweet where Tim Allen worries we’re on a slippery slope toward doing away with child labor. https://t.co/49QhuyBgms
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) November 13, 2020
Tim Allen and Geraldo are trending. God, 1994 sucks.
— Mike Larsen (@MikeLarsenOH) November 13, 2020
Tim Allen is the James Woods of Chachis.
— Grant Stern (@grantstern) November 14, 2020
If Tim Allen were Black, he would be Timothy Allen Dick & still locked up for drug trafficking
— Anthony V. Clark (@anthonyvclark20) November 13, 2020
One response got a real laugh out of Allen, and he replied, “One of you tweeted which Marx brother was Karl, I burst out laughing. Wished I had said that…”
One of you tweeted which Marx brother was Karl, I burst out laughing. Wished I had said that…
— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) November 13, 2020