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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 12:46 PM Jul 2019

Miller Defends Trump's Criticism Of US As Boosting 'Principles Of Western Civilization'

Source: Talking Points Memo


By Cristina Cabrera
July 21, 2019 11:02 am

White House immigration advisor and speechwriter Stephen Miller went full dog whistle on Sunday, saying that President Donald Trump was merely upholding the “principles of Western civilization” when he criticized the US in the past.

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Yet, as Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out to Miller, Trump’s complained about the US plenty of times, particularly during his 2016 campaign. “I think President Obama has been the most ignorant president in our history,” Trump said in a clip Wallace pulled up. “Nobody respects us, they are laughing at us, we don’t know what we’re doing.”

“Why is what those congresswomen have said any worse than what you just heard Donald Trump say?” the Fox reporter asked Miller.

“Anybody who’s running for office, right, left, or center, always points out with they think America can do better and where America needs to go,” Miller responded. “But there’s a fundamental distinction between people who think that we need to lean into and strengthen America’s core values, whether it be our constitutional values, the rule of law, the principles of Western civilization, or people who think it would basically need to turn America into Venezuela.”

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Miller Defends Trump's Criticism Of US As Boosting 'Principles Of Western Civilization' (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2019 OP
Yeah. "Western civilization - how did that language become offensive?" - Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) dalton99a Jul 2019 #1
Western civilization is just code for white, Euro-centric populations. Lonestarblue Jul 2019 #17
Miller's a loser duforsure Jul 2019 #2
When is this hemorrhoid's 15 minutes over? paleotn Jul 2019 #3
Stephen "Mentored By A Nazi" Miller Bradical79 Jul 2019 #4
Trump apologist talking about "constitutional values" and "the rule of law" William Seger Jul 2019 #13
The quesion is, using TV's platform, does he convince the electorate by using such lofty language. ancianita Jul 2019 #5
Miller Reverts To Strawman DallasNE Jul 2019 #6
This evil, sick, twisted crazy bastard is dangerous. Hulk Jul 2019 #7
Yeah....Miller's definition of "Western civilization" Berlin Expat Jul 2019 #8
Stephen Miller and civilization do not belong in the same sentance. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 #9
Their perverted view: hate and fake are strengthening core values MarcA Jul 2019 #10
No more spray-on hair? Polybius Jul 2019 #11
The most punchable person in the union. Bob Loblaw Jul 2019 #12
What his ilk is too stupid and uneducated to realize Mr.Bill Jul 2019 #14
Miller rawhideal Jul 2019 #15
I notice that the people who blather on about "Western civilization" understand it the least flyingfysh Jul 2019 #16
Dog Whistle Racist Bullshit BlueIdaho Jul 2019 #18
As a 1st Gen American/2nd Gen of Holocaust Survivors txbruin Jul 2019 #19
Yawn truthisfreedom Jul 2019 #20
What is it about Duke alumni?... WhoWoodaKnew Jul 2019 #21
This racists POS has never read a book on the principles of Western Civilization turbinetree Jul 2019 #22

dalton99a

(81,062 posts)
1. Yeah. "Western civilization - how did that language become offensive?" - Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 12:54 PM
Jul 2019
"I'd ask you to go back through history and figure out, where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you're talking about, where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?"

"White nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization - how did that language become offensive?"

Lonestarblue

(9,874 posts)
17. Western civilization is just code for white, Euro-centric populations.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:44 PM
Jul 2019

Just another dog whistle to the racists in the Republican Party, which is most of them today. Other then being elected, I have to ask what the Republicans have as their end goal. Another race war. Street fighting as in the 60s but with assault weapons that kill lots more people. What is it they’re pushing their supporters to do? I can’t see anything but violence coming out of this.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
2. Miller's a loser
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:07 PM
Jul 2019

Feeding racist ways to hurt and divide people with. That the type of people trump surrounds himself with.

paleotn

(17,778 posts)
3. When is this hemorrhoid's 15 minutes over?
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:24 PM
Jul 2019

Sorry, dude, but western civ. isn't the end all be all. It's merely a passing fad in the long course of history.

Reminds me of the old Sting song, All This Time....

Teachers told the Romans built this place. They built a wall and a temple and an edge of the empire garrison town. They lived and they died. They prayed to their gods, but their stone gods did not make a sound. And their empire crumbled 'till all that was left were the stones the workmen found.

The river is still flowing, hemorrhoid.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
5. The quesion is, using TV's platform, does he convince the electorate by using such lofty language.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 02:02 PM
Jul 2019

We know he's behind racist policies and practices of his big boss, but do the viewers.

DallasNE

(7,392 posts)
6. Miller Reverts To Strawman
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 02:04 PM
Jul 2019

Claiming the 4 Congresswomen of color want to "turn America into Venezuela". You can't get any more intellectually horrendous than with made up charges like this. Indeed, how is this any different than McCarthyism but with a dollop of racism - it isn't. And Chris Wallace let him get away with it. Where was the pushback?

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
7. This evil, sick, twisted crazy bastard is dangerous.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 02:07 PM
Jul 2019

He’s a lunatic on a leash. Watching and listening to him is scary. He looks like he’s ready to break into laughter at the thought of locking up infants and takes pleasure in ripping families apart and putting them in cages...smoke emits from his ears at odd moments in the interview when he gets on a roll spewing his garbage in front of the cameras. This evil son-of-a-bitch needs to be watched carefully, and hopefully taken out of society sooner than later.

MarcA

(2,195 posts)
10. Their perverted view: hate and fake are strengthening core values
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 02:59 PM
Jul 2019

and the corollary: strengthening core values is hate and fake.

Mr.Bill

(24,103 posts)
14. What his ilk is too stupid and uneducated to realize
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 04:27 PM
Jul 2019

is that civilization existed all over the world at different times in history. They act like "western" people invented it a few hundred years ago.

flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)
16. I notice that the people who blather on about "Western civilization" understand it the least
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:53 PM
Jul 2019

I suspect that they don't know much about the ancient Greeks, history, philosophy, the European Enlightenment, etc.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
18. Dog Whistle Racist Bullshit
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:17 PM
Jul 2019

From a true fascist. This piece of shit is the poster boy for White Supremacy in the White (and I do mean WHITE) House.

txbruin

(3 posts)
19. As a 1st Gen American/2nd Gen of Holocaust Survivors
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 09:00 PM
Jul 2019

Miller is a disgrace to the American Jewish community, and does he not realize that if the fascists ever take over, he'll be the first to go?

WhoWoodaKnew

(847 posts)
21. What is it about Duke alumni?...
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:57 AM
Jul 2019

Richard Nixon
Stephen Miller
Rand Paul
Kenneth Starr
Elizabeth Dole
Ron Paul

turbinetree

(24,631 posts)
22. This racists POS has never read a book on the principles of Western Civilization
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 01:10 PM
Jul 2019

.......................fuck him....................his ass should be in jail..................I keep thinking of his fucking racists policy and this...................................

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/06/26/mexico-video-father-and-daughter-border-drowning-rio-grande-vpx.cnn


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