Words matter. If you’ve been raised in the pro-life movement, you’re likely familiar w/ the US’s disturbing eugenics history. Trump’s racehorse theory is the precursor to eugenics and Holocaust. Article makes clear he actually believes it. Evil. latimes.com/politics/story…
"Rob Eshman, the former editor of the Jewish Journal who is now the national editor of the influential Jewish American online newspaper the Forward, said Trump’s language was a clear signal to his supporters who harbor racist or anti-Semitic views...."
"Racehorse theory “is basically like a forerunner to eugenics theory, which led to the Nazis’ ‘final solution,’” Eshman said after Trump’s Minnesota comments. “It’s one of the least coded messages he has sent.”" 3/4
Pro-life Repub. & Conservatives - you have a moral obligation to condemn this language. Educate your community about the disgusting history of eugenics. Lack of knowledge of history + the President's language are leading to unwitting recruitment to white nationalism.
adding to thread at request for def of Eugenics: "the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable." It was used to "rid society of the unfit so society would be more efficient..."5/
Eugenics "encouraged people of so-called healthy, superior stock to reproduce and discouraged reproduction of the mentally challenged or anyone who fell outside the social norm." history.com/topics/germany…
Often assoc. w/ white supremacy, which argues whites are genetically superior to other race, and used to justify sterilizations, forced abortions, & in Nazi Germany - the systematic killing of those deemed inferior (i.e., Jews, Gypsies, people of color, mentally ill & disabled.)
Hitler referred to American eugenics in Mein Kampf...used it as justification for creating a superior Aryan race. I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau last year. The scale and systematic nature of the operation floored me. This wasn't that long ago. Unspeakable evil can emerge quickly.
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National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country. Notable insights: 1/ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
@NicholasRasmu15: “I see weakness & division & above all else distractedness...Any problem anywhere else is just a 3rd-or 4th-order problem right now because we are so self-absorbed, inward looking & consumed with our own toxicity. & when you’re distracted, you make mistakes.” 2/
☝️@NicholasRasmu15 is right. Sadly this is an accurate description of not just the last few days, but the last 3 1/2 years.
Thread. As others have said, we can both wish Trump well & hold him accountable for his negligent and reckless behavior that has led to 100K unnecessarily dying and even more millions getting ill. 1/
I pray for the President’s recovery. I also pray (though I think it unlikely) that this experience would humble him & cause him to recognize the mistakes he has made in handling this national emergency. Despite what he has implied, we are still in the middle of this pandemic.2/
Please stop the political tinkering; allow the health and emergency management experts to do their jobs. 3/
Someone asked for info on Proud Boys...see link from ADL. Highlights: “unconventional strain of American right-wing extremism. While the group can be described as violent, nationalistic, Islamophobic, transphobic and misogynistic, ... /1 adl.org/resources/back…
...its members represent a range of ethnic backgrounds, & its leaders vehemently protest any allegations of racism. Their founder, McInnes, went so far as to file a defamation lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center when they designated the Proud Boys a hate group. /2
...In McInnes’ own words, the Proud Boys are a “pro-western fraternity,” essentially a drinking club dedicated to male bonding, socializing and the celebration all things related to western culture. In reality, the Proud Boys bear many of the hallmarks of a gang... 3/
/1 - It's late. I'd love to put this debacle of a debate behind me, but I feel compelled to underscore the danger we're facing. As a Mom, I struggle w/ explaining to my children they should respect the President & pray for him as God instructs us, but not imitate his behavior.
/2 - I have limited my public commentary to those things which I have first hand knowledge, and those things which pose a danger to our country. (Sure there are other stories of the chaos & craziness, but that's not my purpose in speaking out.)
/3 - POTUS' comments tonight fall into both the 'first-hand' and 'dangerous' category. I served at DHS as the Asst Secretary for Counterterrorism from 2018-2020. The surge of violent white nationalism happened on my watch.
1/ There are many reasons to be disturbed by the NYT story on Trump’s taxes. The national security implications, however deserve to be deeply examined. I have no doubt journalists and commentators are working on those stories right now. To get you started, how about facts:
2/ if you hold a clearance, you must take annual counterintelligence training. One of the reportable behavioral indicators is excessive debt. If you become aware of a colleague that has significant debt, you must report it to your security officer. cdse.edu/catalog/counte…
Well said @MJGerson : "Cultivating fear of the coming melanin invasion is now the defining theme of the Trump campaign. It is also the rawest recourse to bigotry on the national stage since Alabama Gov. George Wallace in the 1960s and ’70s... /1 washingtonpost.com/opinions/white…
"...And it puts White evangelicals and Catholics in a bind. The protection of nascent life remains a deep commitment of most moral conservatives, and Trump has been an antiabortion president. Yet supporting Trump involves the affirmation that blatant racial prejudice... /2
"...is not disqualifying in an American president. Publicly identifying [w/ Trump] scandalously associates the Christian faith itself w/ brazen bigotry. This creates soul-rending ethical complexities... / 3