Crash Course: Mass shooting in Buffalo: Tucker Carlson and other right-wing conspiracy theorists share the blame

Fox News and GOP leaders understood the "great replacement" conspiracy theory was dangerous — and pushed it anyway. Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpigkGAg2KjWLwdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Buffalo-shooting-scene] John Normile/Getty Images Mass shooting in Buffalo: Tucker Carlson and other right-wing conspiracy theorists share the blame The ["great replacement" theory has been a favorite of Carlson's](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0R5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMDgvMjEvdGhlLWRhcmstaGlzdG9yeS1vZi10aGUtZ3JlYXQtcmVwbGFjZW1lbnQtdHVja2VyLWNhcmxzb25zLXJhY2lzdC1mYW50YXN5LWhhcy1kZWVwLXJvb3RzL1cDc3BjQgpigkGAg2KjWLwdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) for some time now. This particular paranoid hypothesis is deeply [rooted in neo-Nazi](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWRsLm9yZy9ibG9nL2J1ZmZhbG8tc2hvb3RlcnMtbWFuaWZlc3RvLXByb21vdGVzLWdyZWF0LXJlcGxhY2VtZW50LXRoZW9yeS1hbnRpc2VtaXRpc20tYW5kLXByZXZpb3VzLW1hc3NXA3NwY0IKYoJBgINio1i8HVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and other white nationalist circles. A cabal of rich Jewish people, the theory holds, has conspired to "replace" white Christian Americans with other races and ethnic groups in order to gain political and social control. Carlson doesn't actually say "Jews," and generally blames the sinister plan on Democrats, socialists or unspecified "elites," [but otherwise has kept the conspiracy theory intact](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVmZnBvc3QuY29tL2VudHJ5L3doaXRlLW5hdGlvbmFsaXN0cy1sb3ZlLXR1Y2tlci1jYXJsc29uLWdyZWF0LXJlcGxhY2VtZW50LWZveC1uZXdzX25fNjA3NzQ3MGRlNGIwMjkzYTdlZGRhNTY2VwNzcGNCCmKCQYCDYqNYvB1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). (Antisemitism remains the mix [by singling out individual Jewish](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWVkaWFtYXR0ZXJzLm9yZy90dWNrZXItY2FybHNvbi90dWNrZXItY2FybHNvbi1nZW9yZ2Utc29yb3MtaGFzLWJ1aWx0LXByb2dyYW0tZGVzdHJ1Y3Rpb24tYWltZWQtd2VzdFcDc3BjQgpigkGAg2KjWLwdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) people especially Soros, as the alleged ringleaders.) It's not like Carlson only invokes this narrative on occasion. As [Media Matters researcher Nikki McCann Ramirez has documented](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWVkaWFtYXR0ZXJzLm9yZy90dWNrZXItY2FybHNvbi90dWNrZXItY2FybHNvbnMtaGlzdG9yeS1mZWFybW9uZ2VyaW5nLWFib3V0LXdoaXRlLXJlcGxhY2VtZW50LWdlbm9jaWRlLWFuZC1yYWNlLXdhclcDc3BjQgpigkGAg2KjWLwdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), Carlson is obsessed with this idea that the people he calls "legacy Americans" — a not-so-veiled euphemism for white Christians of European ancestry — are under siege from shadowy forces flying the banner of diversity. He uses anodyne terms like "demographic change" to make the point, but has gotten bolder more recently, using the word "replacement" to make it even clearer that he's borrowing his ideas from the white-supremacist fringe. [According to a New York Times analysis](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0RNaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMi8wNC8zMC91cy90dWNrZXItY2FybHNvbi10b25pZ2h0Lmh0bWxXA3NwY0IKYoJBgINio1i8HVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), in fact, Carlson has invoked the "great replacement" theory in over 400 episodes of his show, one of the most popular cable news shows in the country. [Read more from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMTUvbWFzcy1pbi1idWZmYWxvLXR1Y2tlci1jYXJsc29uLWFuZC1vdGhlci1yaWdodC13aW5nLWNvbnNwaXJhY3ktdGhlb3Jpc3RzLXNoYXJlLXRoZS9XA3NwY0IKYoJBgINio1i8HVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) [Amy-Coney-Barrett,-Clarence-Thomas,-Brett-Kavanaugh] Salon/Getty Images Supreme Court set to give the most extremist movement in the US a big win — and it's not abortion [This weekend's horrific mass killing](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkZgVAP0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMTUvbWFzcy1pbi1idWZmYWxvLXR1Y2tlci1jYXJsc29uLWFuZC1vdGhlci1yaWdodC13aW5nLWNvbnNwaXJhY3ktdGhlb3Jpc3RzLXNoYXJlLXRoZS9XA3NwY0IKYoJBgINio1i8HVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in Buffalo serves as a tragic reminder that the radicalism of the American right-wing is not confined to abortion policy or an anti-democratic movement to take over the election machinery for partisan gain. The most established extremist movement in the country is the unfettered gun rights movement. Much like the anti-abortion zealots, gun extremists have been methodically chipping away at existing gun safety laws in states while pushing for federal action that would finally achieve their goal of legal possession of deadly firearms by anyone, anywhere, for any reason. There hasn't been as much talk about it, but the Supreme Court heard a case this session that could do for gun proliferation advocates what the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case looks poised to do for the anti-abortion movement. The decision could even be announced on the same day. 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[Donald-Trump] Allison Joyce/Getty Images Buffalo: This is where Donald Trump's race-war fantasies lead Donald Trump, the Republicans and the larger white right did not start the slow, long-burning fire of white supremacy in America. But they have gleefully thrown gasoline, grenades and other explosives on the fire and then danced around the flames as they spread. Fascism is an ideology based on racial authoritarianism and violence. As the conflict created by the Trump movement heats up, we are likely to see more terrorist attacks against Black and brown people and other targeted groups, attacks just as horrifying as the one last Saturday in Buffalo, or perhaps worse. There is a line inscribed in blood that leads from Donald Trump's hateful rhetoric to Jan. 6, 2021, to last Saturday in Buffalo. Where it will lead next? Unfortunately, we will soon find out as the next chapter in the new American neofascist nightmare is being written all around us in real time. 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