Gregory Hood on L'Affaire Carlson:
He could start his own show or podcast and have a direct connection with his passionate audience. In 2015, this would be likely. In 2023, less so. Mr. Carlson would need support from lawyers to defend against lawfare, and any platform would face repeated demands to take him off the air or face advertising boycotts. It remains to be seen if Mr. Carlson’s supporters will stand by him.
The Left projects when it accuses conservative media of “inciting violence.” If people really do just follow media signals, it follows that the mainstream’s incitement against white America is responsible for the increasing crime against whites by blacks. However, conservatives will not hold the media accountable. For their part, leftists have repudiated the America social norm of free speech and are happy to censor opponents. Normal Americans are celebrating a television host being taken off the air, something that would have seemed bizarre even just a few years ago.
The most important thing a regime can do — perhaps the only thing that matters in the end — is consolidate media power. That is what the American regime is doing as it increasingly becomes a closed system. The “free market” didn’t doom Mr. Carlson. Mr. Carlson may eke out a presence somewhere on the margins, as does previous Fox News star Bill O’Reilly. However, his access to a broad conservative audience has been cut off.
Deplatforming has transformed the political and social environment. Leaving aside Tucker Carlson, it is sobering to consider what pro-white YouTube could have been. The American conservative movement and then-President Trump should have opposed deplatforming when they still had power. Now, it’s doubtful it can be reversed. Many conservatives benefit from censorship because it removes competition and leaves them as the sole opposition. Most are probably happy to be rid of Tucker Carlson. Whatever he may have said about white identity, his departure is a tactical defeat.
