i think what we need to focus on, whether it is black or white or or straight, making sure that we have hate crime laws like this throughout the country, that protect people like this individual that was brutalized by those four maniacs. to be when i don t believe in hate crimes laws. i don t think we should prosecute people based on their thoughts. you don t think is a hate crime? tucker: i think hate is involved, i m merely saying it is a separate category. i m also opposed to lying and downplaying something that is obvious. it is clear that this man s race and political position played a role. absolutely. tucker: that is not all clear from the accounts that were prevalent today. the associated press, and the first account, didn t measure tl angles. i wonder why that was. i don t know. what i can say here, the charges came down from the prosecutor, the final arbiter, there is no arbiter of the case.
know exactly what they are doing. i have kept the staff from the old central delta argus-sun, they have proven to be fantastic. i just this transition. but i don t really until i m experienced and until it is all set in stone and everything is moving along smoothly, i d rather not write my own editorial column. i d rather cover the news and allow people to write an editorial column because i am 19. my input, we can live without it. tucker: boy, you are a self-aware young man. i read one account who said it was amazing you are not running a paper because you only took one journalism class. i thought that is so much better. you haven t been destroyed by taking journalism classes. you are still a normal person. [laughs] well, i don t know about that entirely. but i am doing my best to learn this as fast as i can. i really think this is trial by fire. i am ready to move and learn.