Victor Davis Hanson on Carlson and the rising anti-Semitism on the right

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#1

What a profoundly decent man, Hanson is.

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#2

I couldn’t access this video, but was able to find a summary of his essay about it elsewhere.
I’m so glad he came down on the side of sanity in regard to this issue!
It’s just weird to me to see so many people I once respected inexplicably lose their grasp on decency and common sense, and follow Carlson like sheep.
Are they really that gullible, not to question why it’s so “important” all of a sudden to criticize Israel, Netanyahu, and Jews? It doesn’t occur to them at all that this is exactly what the terrorists who perpetrated Oct.7 want everyone to do?
That there are communists and Islamist organizations pushing this propaganda non-stop?
Why are they falling for it?

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#3

I also read about VDH’s essay on this subject.

I too appreciate his wisdom, sanity, profound decency.

The steady clarity of his moral judgment.

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#4

I’m not sure why the video is unavailable in the US, but it plays pwrfectly well here in Canada. Here’s a close transcript.

https://www.newenglishreview.org/confronting-conservative-antisemitism/

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#5

Thanks for posting the transcript - he does a good job analyzing it all, and makes some great points.
Comparing Carlson’s treatment of Ted Cruz to his treatment of Fuentes makes Carlson’s bias obvious.
And comparing his failure to confront Fuentes and others to Buckley’s confrontational interviews reveals alot, too.
He also gives good reasons why we know Israel/ Jews are not “controlling” our foreign policy, and the many good reasons to value Israel as a strong ally. It’s irrational not to support them.
He mentions the reasons for Christian anti-semitism, as opposed to leftist elite reasons.
Christian anti-semitism is a good example of how even a relatively benign religion can make otherwise rational people like Carlson, Bannon, etc, develop such irrational hatred that they end up aligning with the enemies of civilization - leftists and Islamists - against our allies in defending it.

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#6

I found 3 or 4 videos on YouTube with the search: Victor Davis Hanson Carlson Anti-Semitism. All played. Without the title, I don’t know to which of these Cogito is referring.

All I can recommend is try the search on YouTube.

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#7

I was just referring to my posting here. It indicates that the video is unavailable for some reason.

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