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Summary

Trump adviser Stephen Miller erupted on Fox News after MSNBC analyst Andrew Weissmann criticized Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants as possibly unconstitutional.

Miller called Weissmann "an absolute moron," "a fool," and "a degenerate," claiming he "shills for people who rape and murder Americans."

When host Martha MacCallum noted both could express opinions, Miller shouted that he'd "defend American lives" while Weissmann "can defend illegal alien rapists, terrorists and predators."

This continues Miller's pattern of televised outbursts, including previous incidents on CNN and reactions to SNL jokes about Trump.

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[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This little dick incel nazi needs to pay for his crimes against humanity.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unless it’s plumber vigilantism, I don’t see it happening.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

That's fine.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When they run out of arguments, they just start to scream.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reminded of that Sartre quote again https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7870768-never-believe-that-anti-semites-are-completely-unaware-of-the-absurdity

Except instead of fall silent I guess it's have a tantrum now?

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Either way, they're saying nothing.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

https://youtu.be/xlGyu-W7C7E

Probably my favorite Steven Miller piece to watch. Gives you those feel good vibes. Props to that reporter making him look like a petulant child.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is this guy on Ketamine too? Slurred speech, sagging eyes, exaggerated facial expressions...

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The sad, scary news here is that Miller represents an actual segment of the population.

Those nutcases who scream incel nonsense out of nowhere on a reddit post? Those facebook messages where a complete stranger starts cussing you out for being a woman, being dark-skinned? For posting a picture of yourself smiling? These are the people who are Stephen Miller. He's an archetype right now, and yes this is revolting to think about, but we've nurtured or allowed the nurturing of communities of these broken, sad messes of humans. They are deeply wrecked by lifetimes of self-hate and shame and sexual insecurity and there are far, far more of them than any of us realize and yeah, we should be worried.

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[–] PDFuego@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I knew I recognised this guy. Is having tantrums like a fuckin toddler his only strategy?

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What a great journalist. Need more like him.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

"I have been very respectful, why are you yelling?"

10/10

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[–] odelik@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

I see you've met my mother.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 64 points 1 week ago (2 children)

hmmm there's something about the word "degenerate" that just gives me a bad feeling here!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_art oh, its association with nazis! i remember!

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 week ago

They've seized the Kennedy Center for the arts in Washington DC. We can expect ~~Hitler~~ Trump Youth displays and campaigns against degenerate art, starting here and spreading across the country.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

THANK YOU. I've been sounding this alarm for years and I've felt like a lone crazy person a lot of the time when doing it.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 9 points 1 week ago

It makes me nervous that people use the word degenerate casually without knowing the history of the word, so people like this guy using it the nazi way can just sneak in with it

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...people who rape and murder Americans

I can think of a certain POTUS that raped a woman, was charged with sexual assault , and is culpable for the deaths of countless Americans.

Is Stephen arguing for or against migrants? His arguments are the top criteria for the Trump admin, morons, fools, rapists, murderers, rapists, terrorists, and predators. I assume he said "rapists" twice because that's his favorite.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

It's okay when rich white people do it.

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago
[–] BlurryBits@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Platform a clown - expect a circus

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

He is not a clown joking around, he is a dangerous sociopath who is a chief architect of our budding anti-immigrant apparatus. Our Heinrich Himmler analogue.

He is threatening a member of the press on live TV. There is nothing funny or boorish about it.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pee Wee Himmler is such a little bitch

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I prefer Great Value Goebbels.

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[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Miller called Weissmann “an absolute moron,” “a fool,” and “a degenerate,” claiming he “shills for people who rape and murder Americans.”

Well, that sounds wilfully defamatory. Let's hope his sorry ass gets dragged into court.

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[–] Polderviking@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Miller called Weissmann “an absolute moron,” “a fool,” and “a degenerate,” claiming he “shills for people who rape and murder Americans.”

MAGA appears fundamentally unable to have a civilized discussion on a subject.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago

It's projection, like always.

[–] PeteZa@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 week ago

Kapo isn't strong enough to describe this bastard.

Shouting and screaming like this is his go-to move whenever he gets put in a corner. Someone should just mute his mic and slap him when he starts his Nazi fits.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

this the guy that dyed his bald scalp to look like he had a full head of hair.

[–] deathbysnusnu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I thought "no way, no-one is that stupid" so I googled it. Turns out, he is.

[–] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

This is the guy who joined the last stretch of a women's long distance foot race to prove men are better.

This is the guy who littered on purpose in high school to make the janitors clean it up.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This guy is always throwing tantrums when people ask questions. He must imagine it means he's in control. He clearly has no life skills, unless being a bitter little Nazi counts as a life skill. Look at him throwing around accusations of being "a degenerate": he even borrows his vocabulary from his hero Goebbels.

[–] zib@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

It's uncanny to me how this little nazi has such a punchable face.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Nothing new, Stephen Miller uses fake outrage to dodge questions where the obvious answers are either because he's scared of everything or he's a white supremacist.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

AKA Kapo Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller.

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[–] unlogic@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If I get angry enough they will back down and say I'm right.

That's the playbook right?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The fun part about fascist takeovers is when they take power, they stop trying to hide what they really are.

The thing that makes fascism self-destruct in every instance in history is that they never actually had a "playbook." They had one trick, one narrative to get them to the top and they leave a wake of ruin behind them to get there, then they consume the host like botflies in the skin of the nation. This is why they're going to try to stop elections and mettle with democracy broadly, because they know they will never be able to maintain a playbook narrative with this wild pack of ravenous orcs pillaging the countryside.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

This is true, even their playbook is just a ghoulish wish list of the worst people in the country and has approval rating below 10%

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Everytime I see this guy, this is all I can think of.

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