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To: rlmorel
I concede your main interest but I do accuse my favorite commentator, Tucker Carlson, of poor scholarship reflecting a conviction that today's reality can best be re-shaped by rewriting a historical narrative.

1609 comes to mind.

Tucker is so committed in his opposition to war, especially the war in Ukraine which he believes has forced us to the very edge of nuclear destruction, that he falls victim to the human tendency to reshape history to fit and persuade others to his modern view.


5 posted on 09/11/2024 6:52:43 AM PDT by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford
Tucker...falls victim to the human tendency to reshape history to fit and persuade others to his modern view.

Just like so many lefty libs can't stop themselves from applying their modern notions of standards to historical figures. You're a good example, forever castigated for brutal tactics toward black Union soldiers and starting the Klan (before the Democrats got hold of it).

All that post-war good work for nought, your bust removed from the Tennessee capitol as if it were an object of shame. But that terrible caricature standing by the freeway being removed was good riddance to bad taste.

18 posted on 09/11/2024 12:36:35 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (God doesn't make mistakes. People who won't listen to Him do.)
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To: nathanbedford

Hi NB, very nice to hear from you.

My point was, poor history or not, there was nothing anti-semetic in that interview. Cooper (someone I had never heard of before, and had a visceral dislike of upon viewing) may have not been a popular person to interview, but I didn’t see him as an anti-semite in that interview, though I cannot speak to anything else he has written or said over time.

You are right, Tucker Carlson is as human as the next person and is susceptible to the same failings, as we all are, and as I am.

Reading some of the responses to the Leftist orchestration of the attack was very illuminating in that respect.


21 posted on 09/11/2024 3:50:25 PM PDT by rlmorel (J.D. Vance and The Legend of The MaMaw of The 19 Loaded Guns!)
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