The Right’s Identity Crisis: Ben Shapiro Becomes Its Moral Leader by Calling Out Tucker Carlson

Colby Hall Nov 7th, 2025, 5:50 pm

The American right is facing a crisis of definition. After years of drifting — ideology giving way to vibes, personality eclipsing principle — a question has finally forced itself into view: Who gets to decide what it means to be “right-wing”?

That question snapped into focus when Tucker Carlson chose to host Nick Fuentes , an openly antisemitic, white-supremacist troll. Fuentes is not complicated. He is clear. He is poison. Carlson’s interview wasn’t journalism; it was a declaration of borderlessness. If platforming is inherently neutral, then even the most explicit hatemongers can be folded into the tent.

Into this hazy perimeter stepped an unexpe

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