VDH Pointing At Megyn Kelly Morphing Into A Zombie: “They’ve Lost Their Minds”
“It reminds me of all of these movies like The Invasion of the Body Snatchers or The Last of Us or The Walking Dead... you never really know who’s a zombie until they turn."
Victor Davis Hanson, the historian and national speaker, addressed the evolving landscape of American attitudes toward Israel and antisemitism in a recent in today's episode of the Victor Davis Hanson In His Own Words, highlighting what he described as a troubling shift across the political spectrum.
Hanson argued that while the Democratic Party and elements of the cultural left had long embraced antisemitic tendencies, certain voices on the right were now joining in, leaving staunch support for Israel primarily in the hands of former President Donald Trump and the MAGA base.
Hanson traced the roots of the problem to the political left, noting that during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and further intensified by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, “they became anti-semitic.”
In contrast, he emphasized, “It was the Republican party that stood up for Israel.”He expressed particular disappointment with figures once aligned with conservative or Republican circles who have recently voiced skepticism toward Israel.
Citing Megyn Kelly as an example, Hanson recounted her public reflection: “I think I’ve been mistaken. And I might have been affected too much by people who were pro-Israel. And now I think we’ve been a little bit too hard on Islam and Netanyahu did this and Netanyahu did this.”
Hanson grouped her alongside others including Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, and Tucker Carlson. Of Carlson, Hanson observed that the podcaster is “very informed” and “very bright,” yet still questions strong support for Israel despite knowing key historical threats. “He knows that Roth and Johnny said that Israel was a one bomb state. One bomb could kill all the Jews. He knows what Akmanagen Akminad [Ahmadinejad] said he wanted to wipe,” Hanson stated, adding pointedly, “Why would he say it would be helpful if Iran had a bomb?”
Hanson noted the absence of forceful pushback within conservative circles. “There’s no party that says, ‘How dare you?’ They’re both in on it, their bases,” he said, referring to growing tolerance for anti-Israel rhetoric on both sides.
Hanson contrasted this with the unexpected defenders of Jewish communities amid rising campus harassment and demonization: “The only people now in the United States who will stand up and say, ‘No more. We’re not going to let you demonize a whole people and push them around and rough them up on campus and call them all these names’ is who? It’s Donald Trump and the MAGA base, the irredeemables, the clingers. They’re the people who are still supporting Israel. They still support Jews and evangelicals.”
Hanson explicitly rejected other factions as reliable allies. “It is not the Democratic Party. It is not the podcaster right base. It is not the DEI people. It is not the bicoastal leftwing elite teachers unions,” Hanson declared.
To illustrate the sudden, widespread nature of the shift, he invoked pop-culture metaphors of infection and transformation. “It reminds me of all of these movies like The Invasion of the Body Snatchers or The Last of Us or The Walking Dead that certain people, you know, get infected and now they’re lost and they’re zombies and the other people, you never really know who’s a zombie until they turn,” he said. “Well, now they’re all turning and they’ve lost their minds.”
Greg Burgess writes....
So apparently Jill and I are on a plane to China with Trump, Elon Musk, half the Cabinet, and a collection of CEOs whose combined net worth could probably refinance the moon.
Totally normal day for Gen X.
And I just can’t stop laughing at how the media spent YEARS telling us:
- China hated Elon
- Trump was “finished”
- America was collapsing
- capitalism was dead
- and everybody important was abandoning the U.S.
Meanwhile, here we are somewhere over the Pacific looking like the cast of Succession meets Top Gun: Retirement Plan Edition.
Remember when China sanctioned Marco Rubio back in 2020 and everybody acted like the geopolitical chessboard had permanently shifted?
Now suddenly everybody’s still showing up to the table because — shocking development — nations tend to like:
- money
- technology
- manufacturing
- trade
- AI
- energy
- semiconductors
- and not being economically irrelevant
Who knew.
The best part is the internet meltdown cycle never changes.
Trump:
“America needs stronger trade relationships.”
Media:
“HITLER.”
Elon:
“I make electric cars, rockets, satellites, AI, and robots.”
Internet activists:
“Yeah but we posted an angry hashtag.”
Cool.
I’m sure Beijing is trembling before your TikTok resistance movement.
And flying with this group is exactly what you think it would be.
Trump walks around the cabin narrating reality like it’s an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Geopolitical:
“Great flight. Powerful people. Very high IQ. The Chinese are saying they’ve never seen anything like it.”
Elon looks like he hasn’t slept since 2019 and is simultaneously calculating orbital trajectories and wondering if the beverage cart could be automated.
Meanwhile Jill and I are sitting there like two exhausted Gen Xers who survived dial-up internet, chain-smoking restaurants, lawn darts, and drinking from garden hoses… wondering how in the hell we became side characters in the weirdest timeline imaginable.
Honestly, at this point if Trump walked into Beijing blasting “Danger Zone” while Elon live-streamed it from orbit, I wouldn’t even blink.
Because the people who told us America was over are still tweeting from iPhones, driving Teslas, using Starlink during hurricanes, and cashing checks tied to the same capitalist machine they claim to hate.
Gen X translation:
The world’s still running.
The adults are still making deals.
And the internet is still confusing hashtags for accomplishments.
Carry on.
Imo Tucker is mad he didn’t get his way. He thought a president he supported would never go to war with Iran. As if he had any real say, he isn’t even in a political position, he’s a commentator. Acting like a child, lashing out bc he’s immature. scream antichrist bc he cannot control his emotions, rich person with a lot of reach blurting unchecked.
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These are the unintended consequences of the Kill Switch mandate.
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