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The Pagans Are Coming

Tucker Carlson wants you to know that Joe Biden is a Pagan, and he'd like to kill your children.

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Ben Cohen
May 02, 2024
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by Ben Cohen

I have spent a lot of time on The Banter going after radical left wing identity politics. Despite its benevolent intentions, I believe the ideology has far outlived its use. Rather than fighting white supremacy and colonialism, it has become a toxic religion that separates people into oppressed and oppressor classes, inverts prejudice, and needlessly racializes society.

We’ve lost a lot of subscribers due to my position on this, and readers have contacted me to demand I focus on the real threat: radical right wing politics.

As long time readers know, I have argued that right wing identity politics is more dangerous than left wing identity politics. Due to the explosion of antisemitism in far left circles, I have softened on this position somewhat in recent times. While my instinct has been to keep quiet about it, I feel obligated to be honest with our readers regardless of whether they agree with me.

That being said, after watching a recent episode of Tucker Carlson’s Twi…

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