JL Pilgrim

Tucker Carlson is all-in on pushing the idea that fear of radical Islam is irrational - and that it's a manufactured op by the Jews, of course. On Tucker's latest episode, his guest JD Hall claimed that Christians' negative views of Islam: "Comes from Jewish talking points that you see on the television and the news." That claim received zero pushback from Tucker. Less than two weeks after the Bondi terrorist attack - the deadliest terrorist attack in Australian history, which targeted the Jewish community and left 15 people dead at the hands of an Islamist father-and-son team - Tucker claimed that fear of radical Islam was an "op" by Israel. His brother Buckley went even further, explicitly pushing on X the day after the attack that it was a "Zionist" "staged" "op." Hall also claimed that the idea Christians and Jews "have to band together to protect ourselves against the Muslims" is a recent notion that "wasn't ever posited before the 20th century," and that "Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity" have historically been at odds. Again, no pushback from Tucker. The historical record says otherwise: -The Crusades were Christian-Muslim conflicts. -The Reconquista was a centuries-long Christian-Muslim conflict. -The Ottoman-Habsburg wars were Christian-Muslim conflicts. -The Sieges of Vienna were Christian-Muslim conflicts. -The Battle of Lepanto was a major Christian-Muslim conflict. Jewish communities and Christian powers periodically found common cause against Muslim rulers for centuries, particularly during the Ottoman era, and Christian support for Jewish restoration to Palestine was already a significant movement in 19th-century Britain. If you're looking for historical accuracy, Tucker Carlson's show isn't where you'll find it. If you're looking for anti-Jewish and pro-Islam propaganda, he's your man.