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reason, tolerance, free inquiry, those are western civilizations central gift to this world. it shouldn t surprise us that in places where the west is under attack, those very principles are under attack too. when they come for the columbus statue in your town it s worth fighting back because it s not about the statue, is about something much deeper. jason nichols is a professor at the university of maryland and he joins us tonight. professor, thanks a lot for coming on. thank you, talker, good to see you again. tucker: people are upset about columbus. here is the lens through which i view this. here you have an immigrant from a spanish-speaking country coming to this continent for a better life and you are saying is not welcome here. that sounds like bigotry to me. tucker, let me adjuster lends a little bit. we have a person coming from outside of our borders coming and terrorizing and killing