This article has an excellent roundup of how conservative pundits have doubled-down on the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory in the wake of the Buffalo shooting. It also explains the various flaws of reasoning in that narrative. I'm really disappointed by this reaction from the conservative media elite -- I had expected them to shy away from it for a while, but instead they have decided to own it. That is troubling, to say the least.
I'll come back later to discuss why I think these pundits are promoting a genocidal conspiracy theory (if anyone has questions). Serwer does a good job of breaking it down. In short, there are several flaws:
- Political identity/ideology is not fixed, especially not across generations.
- Democrats are not openly advocating for 'replacement' (Carlsons' clips show nothing of the sort).
- The problems with this conspiracy theory are not mitigated by replacing "Jews" with "Democrats" -- it still has 99% of the genocidal potential, and 99% of the logical fallacies.
Edit: Here's an Ann Coulter piece that Serwer did not include, but shows the same rhetoric.
Jeb is a leading figure?