Tucker on Columbus Day Controversy: We’re Watching a Full-Scale Assault from Within on the West Itself

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Tucker Good ░░░░░░░░ and welcome to Tucker ░░░░░░░░ Tonight The left has ░░░░░░░░ found the only immigrant ░░░░░░░░ history who had no ░░░░░░░░ to come to America ░░░░░░░░ only one who didn ░░░░░░░░ improve the place by ░░░░░░░░ presence his name Christopher ░░░░░░░░ His crime Violating the ░░░░░░░░ of the people who ░░░░░░░░ here already Plus he ░░░░░░░░ the wrong ethnicity Try ░░░░░░░░ that argument about any ░░░░░░░░ immigrant to America and ░░░░░░░░ how long you keep ░░░░░░░░ job But whatever happy ░░░░░░░░ day anyway enjoy it ░░░░░░░░ you can Your grandchildren ░░░░░░░░ t even know it ░░░░░░░░ Progressives had declared war ░░░░░░░░ Christopher Columbus as they ░░░░░░░░ on most things older ░░░░░░░░ last week This is ░░░░░░░░ zero on the revolutionary ░░░░░░░░ History starts now Ignorance ░░░░░░░░ the past isn t ░░░░░░░░ tolerated it s required ░░░░░░░░ your average protester know ░░░░░░░░ about Christopher Columbus That ░░░░░░░░ celebrated as a hero ░░░░░░░░ much of Latin America ░░░░░░░░ example Of course not ░░░░░░░░ left speaks only of ░░░░░░░░ genocide mostly because his ░░░░░░░░ brought old world diseases ░░░░░░░░ the new world Of ░░░░░░░░ those ships returned to ░░░░░░░░ with syphilis and tobacco ░░░░░░░░ proves only that real ░░░░░░░░ is more complicated than ░░░░░░░░ childish theology your kids ░░░░░░░░ no learning in school ░░░░░░░░ could make those arguments ░░░░░░░░ liberals if you wanted ░░░░░░░░ but save your breath ░░░░░░░░ don t care because ░░░░░░░░ of this is really ░░░░░░░░ Christopher Columbus What we ░░░░░░░░ watching is a full ░░░░░░░░ assault from within on ░░░░░░░░ west itself Its history ░░░░░░░░ political and intellectual legacy ░░░░░░░░ s not a debate ░░░░░░░░ one side tries to ░░░░░░░░ the other It s ░░░░░░░░ war with one side ░░░░░░░░ to erase all remnants ░░░░░░░░ its opponent In this ░░░░░░░░ western civilization Consider what ░░░░░░░░ recently at a sleepy ░░░░░░░░ journal called third world ░░░░░░░░ Professor Bruce Gilley published ░░░░░░░░ paper entitled The case ░░░░░░░░ colonialism Professor Gilley argued ░░░░░░░░ westernization of the world ░░░░░░░░ flawed obviously was Objectively ░░░░░░░░ He noted that countries ░░░░░░░░ have embraced western institutions ░░░░░░░░ behind the colonial powers ░░░░░░░░ succeeded while countries dominated ░░░░░░░░ anticolonial ideologies have not ░░░░░░░░ to put it mildly ░░░░░░░░ might agree with his ░░░░░░░░ or you might disagree ░░░░░░░░ in this current moment ░░░░░░░░ revolutionary fervor you are ░░░░░░░░ even allowed to have ░░░░░░░░ like that The paper ░░░░░░░░ since been pulled after ░░░░░░░░ the publications board resigned ░░░░░░░░ protest of it Keep ░░░░░░░░ mind nobody alleged plagiarism ░░░░░░░░ or inaccuracy they just ░░░░░░░░ t like the conclusion ░░░░░░░░ they silenced the person ░░░░░░░░ wrote it Reason tolerance ░░░░░░░░ inquiry those are western ░░░░░░░░ central gift to this ░░░░░░░░ It shouldn t surprise ░░░░░░░░ that in places where ░░░░░░░░ west is under attack ░░░░░░░░ very principles are under ░░░░░░░░ too When they come ░░░░░░░░ the Columbus statue in ░░░░░░░░ town it s worth ░░░░░░░░ back because it s ░░░░░░░░ about the statue is ░░░░░░░░ something much deeper.