Victor Davis Hanson: Canceling vs. Deplatforming—Tucker Carlson’s Misstep

The Daily Signal
Nov 17, 2025
Victor Davis Hanson: Canceling vs. Deplatforming—Tucker Carlson’s Misstep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMcV82VL6Cg
Tucker Carlson’s interview with right-wing provocateur podcaster Nick Fuentes has the conservative movement fighting over what the definition of “canceling” is and struggling to determine if there are cases in which it is called for. If so, was the Fuentes interview one of them?

Victor Davis Hanson states there is a fine line between “canceling” and “deplatforming,” and it all has to do with how the platformer handles the issue they’re amplifying. He breaks down this dichotomy and explains where he believes Carlson went wrong on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

“ When you don't invite Nick Fuentes on your program, it doesn't mean that you're canceling him. It doesn't mean that you're deplatforming him because he's beyond the pale. And you say, ‘Well, who are you to say that, Victor?’ Well, I'm not Victor saying that. There are accepted norms—that you don't use the N-word, or you don't call for people to go back to Israel, if they're Jewish, or you don't make fun of people's race in the public sphere, the way he did. You can do that, of course, under the First Amendment, but you're not invited into acceptable venues to vent those views and to spread hate.”

(0:00) Platforming vs. Canceling(2:15) Debating Extremists(3:54) Tucker Carlson's Skills(4:27) Norms and Boundaries in Media(5:42) Tucker Carlson's Recent Controversies(6:54) Conclusion

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