Victor Davis Hanson: The Tucker-Fuentes Interview—What Tucker Should’ve Done
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Tucker Carlson’s interview with right-wing provocateur podcaster Nick Fuentes has the conservative movement fighting over what the definition of “canceling” is and struggling to determine if there are cases in which it is called for. If so, was the Fuentes interview one of them?
Victor Davis Hanson states there is a fine line between “canceling” and “deplatforming,” and it all has to do with how the platformer handles the issue they’re amplifying. He breaks down this dichotomy and explains where he believes Carlson went wrong on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”
“ When you don't invite Nick Fuentes on your program, it doesn't mean that you're canceling him. It doesn't mean that you're deplatforming him because he's beyond the pale. And you say, ‘Well, who are you to say that, Victor?’ Well, I'm not Victor saying that. There are accepted norms—that you don't use the N-word, or you don't call for people to go back to Israel, if they're Jewish, or you don't make fun of people's race in the public sphere, the way he did. You can do that, of course, under the First Amendment, but you're not invited into acceptable venues to vent those views and to spread hate.”
(0:00 ) Platforming vs. Canceling
(2:15 ) Debating Extremists
(3:54 ) Tucker Carlson's Skills
(4:27 ) Norms and Boundaries in Media
(5:42 ) Tucker Carlson's Recent Controversies
(6:54 ) Conclusion
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Tucker isn't the only one of the supposed conservative media darlings, who after going "independent" seemed to have had a change of heart on conservative policy after attracting the attention of specific large foreign investment influencer interests. Correlation isn't causation, but the timing of these sell outs combined with the policy pivots does warrant consideration.
we all have responsibilities with the stations that were given in life. I hope it took a realizes that he's mishandling his right now