Here's how Tucker Carlson, not just Trump, damaged conservatism

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1. I give Jonah credit for including the right's Saul Alinsky tactics

I listen to a lot of RW talk radio and Alinsky was a standard topic before Trump. Hillary Alinsky repeat repeat repeat.

I’ve noticed that they don’t talk about that anymore and they definitely use the same tactics.



An important part of that story is how the right became seduced by Saul Alinsky, the leftist radical, whose politics and tactics were once condemned by conservatives, me included.

But many of my fellow conservatives became convinced the left “always wins” and they do so by using “Alinskyite tactics.” Over time, the condemnations turned to admiration, and then envy, and then, finally, emulation. Some of Alinsky’s rules for radicals include, “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it,” and “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.”