Tucker Carlson Epitomizes Rising American Antisemitism?!?

More than anything else . . . This blog is about sharing our reading and providing a "mostly safe" space for opinion on the culture & politics of Kansas City.

Today we wanted to take a moment to share an INCREDIBLE ESSAY on the social media journey of Tucker Carlson. 

We're sharing the item because we know a lot of people who subscribe to his ideas and his recent appearances have delighted many (but not all) Kansas City conservatives.   

Just so we don't come off like a hater . . . TKC must admit that we really enjoyed some of his monologues at Fox News even if we didn't agree with every word . . . His smug, snarky sense of entitlement was fun to witness and reminded us of our nearly forgotten Catholic school days.   

Nevertheless . . .

Regarding Tucker's "dark" turn that ALSO has a lot to do with indie media life at the mercy of social media algorithms . . . Sorry for the spoiler but this line says a lot about the discourse and will likely inspire thoughtful readers to learn more about how our "marketplace of ideas" is shaped . . .

"The antibodies that a healthy society develops to resist Jew-hatred are fast dissipating. Eight decades after the end of World War II, the fading memory of the Holocaust, the rise of identitarian thinking, and the ideological corruption of American higher education have contributed to making our country a place where growing numbers of citizens find it reasonable to blame humanity’s perennial scapegoat, the Jews, for what ails society. Tucker Carlson’s enduring popularity indicates that the cancer on civilization that is antisemitism metastasizes apace."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

National review: Tucker Carlson’s Dark Turn