We agree on some things, but we are not the same

Tucker Carlson : War, Peace, Trump, and the Constitution. by Judge Napolitano − Judging Freedom (YouTube)

This is a good interview. The Pareto Principle is quite strong, though. I can agree wholeheartedly with at least 80% of what both of them said. I can find little with which to disagree in their discussion of Israel, Russia, China, Venezuela, Iran, Syria. They are both staunch supporters of freedom of speech, due process, no collective punishment, judge the individual, not the group. These are all good things.

The remaining 20% is, however, very important and requires a bunch of follow-up questions.

• They both have at least a remainder of American exceptionalism.
• Carlson and Napolitano both love Tulsi Gabbard unreservedly. They give her a huge benefit of the doubt for her terrible track record. They only remember the bits that they like.
• Carlson thinks Lindsey Graham is charming and a great guy. He disagrees with his policies but he thinks he’s just lost his way.
• They seem to think that the U.S. is a force for good, but has lost its way. They think that we just need to tweak a few things, to enforce what we all know is “how America is.”
• They both love Jesus nearly as much as they love America. Or maybe more. This is the scariest bit.
• Carlson apologized for horrible, racist things he’s said in the past. He at least admit he was wrong. He was careful to say that discriminating based on genetics is ridiculous but that leaves the door open for discriminating based on political beliefs, economic beliefs, and nationality, which would let him off the hook to continue to be anti-immigrant.
• Probably the biggest problem is that Carlson thinks that the U.S. is anti-white. That’s a deal-breaker.

These are not minor differences.

However, there’s a lot to work with there, and Carlson has a ton of influence. He is saying a lot of the right things. His approach to foreign policy is mostly sound, his analysis is historically accurate and mostly spot-on. His recommendations are all about what’s good for America, though, which tends to line up with what’s bad for the people in the countries we tend to make suffer.