The why matters. He’s not opposing aid because he’s anti-genocide or anti-colonization. Just because his success might support the same goal as progressives doesn’t mean he’s doing something progressive.
It’s like praising someone who opposes the Proud Boys because they have a Hispanic figurehead. Anti-racists might seek to use them to achieve a positive result, but that doesn’t mean the person is practicing anti-racism even on a very limited scale.
There are some people who are conservative on a lot of things but legitimately progressive on a few others, but that’s not what’s happening here with Carlson.
The why matters. He’s not opposing aid because he’s anti-genocide or anti-colonization. Just because his success might support the same goal as progressives doesn’t mean he’s doing something progressive.
It’s like praising someone who opposes the Proud Boys because they have a Hispanic figurehead. Anti-racists might seek to use them to achieve a positive result, but that doesn’t mean the person is practicing anti-racism even on a very limited scale.
There are some people who are conservative on a lot of things but legitimately progressive on a few others, but that’s not what’s happening here with Carlson.