Some conservatives (and purported conservatives) have lamented the on-going fracas between Tucker Carlson and those on the right who vigorously oppose his most recent ideological iteration as an anti-Israel, Nazi-curious friend of Islam, viewing this situation as a distraction from the key issues of retaining control of the House of Representatives in the next election. Essentially, these hand-wringers are complaining about what they take to be an internal feud.
I disagree. Criticisms of Tucker Carlson (and even more bizarre opinionators such as Candace Owens) are no longer an "internal" matter, if they ever were. Carlson has placed himself well beyond the pale of anything representing historical and practical American conservatism. He is not an internal problem; he is an external foe who, perhaps, could be said to be infiltrating the right; however, he is no longer of the right - or, at least, he is no longer part of any rightist faction that I recognize or am able to see as acceptable.
And I am beginning to wonder to what extent he may simply be...not all that bright: "Tucker Carlson: 'I Don’t Know Anyone Who’s Been Killed by Radical Islam.'”
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