i don t know if it s so much about social media as it is about the culture that has changed. when i was a kid, i would never think to do something like this. and when an officer would tell meth changed.uld neve, don t stand of a vehicle, i would get off. i wouldn t go a weekend with. that s really what this is about. we ve seen a cultural shiftdn tb with all of the language around defunding the policee ut that .s the criminal justice system is inherently racist. all we vinherentacise done is cs the way the public sees police and enforcement in general. and when you don t have just basic respect for law enforcement, you re not really going to consider them a threa t . when you see story after story after story of particularly afwhen, we re talking about juveniles involved in crime, not suffering any consequences, you find yourself a little bit more likely to take a risk to show up to an event like this. and when you see other people acting out, you figure i might as well do myself becau
reaction to what we have learned today about donald trump. i mean, the terrible horror of this is, i don t have a reaction. right. we understood who this person was, from the outset, when he said, at the beginning, the reach of his political career, he set out by calling mexicans rapists, then proceeded downhill from there. this is entirely consistent with the character that s been displayed, as well as consistent with the other points that john kelly made two years ago. i think a year ago now, about his comments and not understanding why soldiers fought. what was it for them, and his disparaging comments about people who ve been injured in the course of war. people who ve beeni think his cs extraordinary. i think adam really nailed it when you pointed out that he had kind of reached into the reptilian core, of people s
georgia conspiracy theorist meanwhile an inevitable vice presidential nominee stacy abrams is explicit about how much she loves identity this.cs, watch identity politics, i will be in identity politics. i t believe identity politics ae the only politics that can win. you have an identity too. tucker: so what s driving this obsession with identity politics and is there any way out of it, this vortex? no one has thought more deeply and douglas murray. he is the author a book that you have gotut to read. it s called the madness of crowds, gender race and identity, it just came out. i was up late leaving it last night and it s fantastic. thanks so much for coming on. it s a real pleasure. tucker: s identity politics pushes so many emotional buttons and people that it s very hard to step back far enough, as you have in his book, to consider what it means, what s the point of this, why are they doing this? why are they doing it?