About a week ago I did a post in which I suggested half-seriously that the extreme right in this country would find inspiration in the Taliban’s victory. As it turns out, according to Michelle Goldberg, I was more right than I knew. Not only is the alt-right crowing on social media; Tucker Carlson was speaking approvingly about the Taliban’s combination of swagger, violence, and religiosity.
What do you expect from a party whose absolute bedrock principle is toxic masculinity? Praying for divine approval, and then blowing stuff up—that’s the Republican way.