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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthis is terrifying.....ex-white-supremacist, ex-christian-nationalist decodes stephen miller's speech at...
...kirk's funeral:
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,990 posts)I will watch it later! Got some serious catching up to do today!
Maru Kitteh
(32,010 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,990 posts)chowder66
(12,515 posts)Gato Moteado
(10,198 posts)....it's so great that she was able to see the light and break free from it. so many are not.
Wiz Imp
(10,426 posts)I think this is perfect:
posted by @dukedynasty
This woman is the meaning of WOKE..meaning she woke up from the BS teachings she learned in her past
CivicGrief
(299 posts)Listen to everything they (MAGA for lack of a better term) say carefully. I brushed the memorial aside thinking I got the gist of it, but it is more horrifying than I ever could have imagined. The reason there is an us and a them is because of them. They are preparing to do battle with no intention of doing good.
Gato Moteado
(10,198 posts)....hearing her break it down is fascinating. is MAGA literal nazis? stephen miller is jewish, so it's hard to make that case. what is obvious, though, is that they are using every nazi tactic there is, as well as nazi rhetoric, because their audience (white nationalists, christian nationalists, new confederates, white supremacists, KKKers, etc) responds to it.
Crunchy Frog
(28,299 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,426 posts)It's effectively the same speech
https://www.parrott.ink/comparing-goebbels-and-miller/
Conclusion: Structural Parallels and Historical Echoes
The structural similarities between these speeches are striking and deeply concerning. Both employ:
1. Apocalyptic crisis narratives that frame the current moment as decisive
2. Complete dehumanization of political opponents
3. Exclusive claims to civilizational legitimacy and historical inheritance
4. Martyrdom themes that transform violence into motivation
5. Messianic destiny rhetoric suggesting inevitable triumph
6. Military and warrior metaphors that frame politics as warfare
Miller's speech additionally incorporates several well-documented themes from contemporary white nationalist rhetoric, including "Great Replacement" civilizational claims, apocalyptic "final battle" framing, and accelerationist martyrdom themes.
Maru Kitteh
(32,010 posts)Thanks.
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