The "replacement theory" isn't just Tucker's usual racism. It is different. The theory -- that space is limited b/c displacement is occurring -- is used as justification for violence to protect a limited resource. It is a promotion and defense of violence. 1/
https://twitter.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1380528052061544455
Also known as "the great replacement," the ideology was first introduced in France about fears of Arab and Muslim immigrants who were allegedly overwhelming the "elite." But Tucker clearly is focused on Hispanics, Jewish Americans and other minorities here. 2/
Tucker is coy because he is also correct in one sense. Replacement is occurring. Young white men today are the last generation of Americans born when Caucasian births outnumbered those of nonwhites. This trend will continue and it animates the racist violence. 3/
In 2012, the Census Bureau reported that minorities, particularly Hispanics, were the majority of newborns in the United States. It just is. This strain of white supremacy doesn’t simply dislike the “other”; it views the other’s very existence as part of a zero-sum game. 4/
Tucker knows this. You can't encounter the theory without knowing it. And other Republicans have flirted with it. 5/
https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/1142414736572768256?lang=en
What Tucker did wasn't just about owning the libs. @JGreenblattADL knows that. This was different. It was Tucker, just like Trump, using his platform to promote terrorism, call it stochastic terrorism or actually quite direct. His followers knew exactly what he meant. 6/6
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