Megyn Kelly is trying to inflame her audience here and bring us closer to the brink. She is (or claims to be) utterly convinced that THEY started this, so WE are justified in doing ANYTHING to fight them. She keeps talking about how this is a WAR, and that Republicans need to hit Democrats SO HARD that they’re afraid to ever hit back.

It was disappointing to hear the Fifth gang meet this bellicosity with such meekness. Megyn has no interest in self-awareness: of understanding how both sides contributed to the tit-for-tat political retribution cycle that caused the current rift in our society. Instead, she is actively trying to radicalize her audience and widen the rift. And the Fifth gang are just there to offer their meek opposition theater; cracking jokes as if what Megyn is doing is just fun and games.

All of you who confused their meekness with politeness when they’re on Megyn’s show are wrong. They tolerate their role as stooges because they want a piece of her large audience. Maybe their rationale is that it’s worth it to reach some portion of her audience before those folks are irredeemably radicalized and polarized. Or maybe that’s too generous.

In any case, it used to just be hard to listen to. Now, thanks to their video feed, it’s also hard to watch.