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frogstar0

(284 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 07:34 AM 8 hrs ago

The dehumanizing language is getting worse

Last edited Sat Jul 18, 2026, 11:49 AM - Edit history (1)

Miller told the State Department attendees: “It’s notlanguage a coincidence that when you look at these violent antifa demonstrations, you see any photograph of those who are assembled, to be blunt, not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person, not one looks normal. They’re all deformed in some way, in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism. Why is that?... You look at two photographs, and you see, you know, a normal American street, you see an antifa protest. Why did the people that are violently demonstrating, why is there not one normal looking person among them? Every one of them, through the course of their life and their decisions, has scarred their body and their appearance in many different ways, to the point in which their outer appearance becomes a manifestation of their inner hatred.”

As Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich recalled today, two years ago, far-right influencer Jack Posobiec and co-author Joshua Lisec wrote a bestselling book called Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them). Trump ally and media guru Stephen Bannon wrote the introduction. Donald Trump Jr. blurbed the book, saying that it provided a playbook to deploy “immediately to save the West.” Then–Ohio senator J.D. Vance also blurbed the book, saying: “In the past, communists marched in the streets waving red flags. Today, they march through HR, college campuses, and courtrooms to wage lawfare against good, honest people. In Unhumans, Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec reveal their plans and show us what to do to fight back.”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-17-2026 The dehumanizing is getting worse

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The dehumanizing language is getting worse (Original Post) frogstar0 8 hrs ago OP
Herr Miller The Wizard 8 hrs ago #1
He'd disappear. House of Roberts 4 hrs ago #21
Straight (ironically 🤫) out of the 1937 Playbook. ColoringFool 8 hrs ago #2
Remember when even people here proclaimed "dOn't cALl tHEm nAzIS!"? Hassin Bin Sober 6 hrs ago #6
If I read those posts, I'm grateful for amnesia now. ColoringFool 5 hrs ago #20
There's no nice way to say Nazi. The Wizard 4 hrs ago #24
When has there ever been an Antifa demonstration, much less a violent one? Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #3
Right before that paragraph, Miller was defending ICE muriel_volestrangler 6 hrs ago #5
Post removed Post removed 5 hrs ago #12
THERE'S ONE UNDER YOUR BED!!!! Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #13
Speaking of Antifa.... SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #18
Between that and our George Soros paychecks, we'll be cleaning up! Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #19
And with all the Red-Chinese Antifa aid coming in..... SergeStorms 4 hrs ago #23
I know. And they don't mind that their stance makes them pro-fascist. Scrivener7 4 hrs ago #25
Yes, because Bannon looks totally normal, straight out of Central casting Walleye 7 hrs ago #4
Mirror mirror on the wall... Nanjeanne 6 hrs ago #7
Keep in mind, Miller's baseline for "normal" Bettie 6 hrs ago #8
Oooohhh, like those 1940's anti-commie John Birchercartoons... haele 6 hrs ago #9
Maybe Miller needs to take a test to determine if he's suffering from dementia? Baitball Blogger 6 hrs ago #10
You know, he's the last one that should be talking about "deformed people" ashredux 5 hrs ago #11
The oldest trick in the book lonely bird 5 hrs ago #14
Honestly, sometimes when you read stuff like this... infullview 5 hrs ago #15
They take no pains... SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #16
What Does THis Mean? OhioTim 5 hrs ago #17
I see this as just a continuation of the hatred and dehumanization of individuals from back in the 1960's... slightlv 4 hrs ago #22
It's extrmely disturbing when a sitting cabinet member uses the word "libtard" in a speech. Initech 4 hrs ago #26
I need to fix that last sentence UpInArms 4 hrs ago #27
Hey, Stephen...you wanna see deformed, abnormal people whose outer appearance is a manifestation of their inner hate? sop 4 hrs ago #28
"violent antifa demonstrations" The Blue Flower 4 hrs ago #29
Sounds like he is describing the J6 Insurrectionists to me MagickMuffin 3 hrs ago #30
Hi bias is not fact so who gives a fuck purr-rat beauty 3 hrs ago #31
Post removed Post removed 3 hrs ago #32

The Wizard

(14,013 posts)
1. Herr Miller
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 07:37 AM
8 hrs ago

would benefit greatly from one of the wonderful Fleet products available at supermarkets and drugstores everywhere.

Scrivener7

(60,525 posts)
3. When has there ever been an Antifa demonstration, much less a violent one?
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 08:29 AM
7 hrs ago

Once again, Antifa doesn't exist, assholes.

muriel_volestrangler

(107,121 posts)
5. Right before that paragraph, Miller was defending ICE
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 09:07 AM
6 hrs ago

So they want any demonstration against ICE to be "violent antifa" and to dehumanize those taking part.

Response to Scrivener7 (Reply #3)

Scrivener7

(60,525 posts)
13. THERE'S ONE UNDER YOUR BED!!!!
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 10:13 AM
5 hrs ago

Honestly, you assholes believe anything that failed game show host tells you.

SergeStorms

(21,193 posts)
18. Speaking of Antifa....
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 10:31 AM
5 hrs ago

have you received your new membership card? I'll have to contact Antifa headquarters and determine if they've sent them out yet.

SergeStorms

(21,193 posts)
23. And with all the Red-Chinese Antifa aid coming in.....
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 10:59 AM
4 hrs ago

it appears it's going to be a banner year for organized Antifa operations.

Honestly, we can joke about this stuff, but those tRump numbnuts think it's true! What a bunch of moroons.

haele

(15,778 posts)
9. Oooohhh, like those 1940's anti-commie John Birchercartoons...
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 09:25 AM
6 hrs ago

Where the protagonist and a buddy are walking and talking all patriotic down a normal city street and suddenly, all the tired, ethnic looking people around them starts becoming shadowy and twisty and turning into anthropomorphic beasts to threaten their rights as Real American Heros.

Because we all know Real Americans look like they stepped out of a 1960's J.C. Penney's Catalogue (Sears would sneak the occasional ethnic person in their regular annual catalogue, just not their seasonal or holiday ones).

ashredux

(3,037 posts)
11. You know, he's the last one that should be talking about "deformed people"
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 10:07 AM
5 hrs ago

He looks like “Dracula’s illegitimate, son“

infullview

(1,174 posts)
15. Honestly, sometimes when you read stuff like this...
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 10:24 AM
5 hrs ago

It’s hard to determine if it’s satire or if they are really serious.

SergeStorms

(21,193 posts)
16. They take no pains...
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 10:28 AM
5 hrs ago

to hide their neo-Nazi tendencies, do they. 🙄 Everything is straight from Hitler's playbook.

Apparently, they're not aware of how the Third Reich ended, and how they're going to wind up? Morons.

slightlv

(8,351 posts)
22. I see this as just a continuation of the hatred and dehumanization of individuals from back in the 1960's...
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 10:54 AM
4 hrs ago

styles and an entire generation took a different path and abhorred the suit, tie, and pressed seam slacks of their fathers and grandfathers. Women even wore culottes! And everywhere you look, there were half naked people scampering around. This is what the birchers saw, and they made sure to pass those values on to their kids and grandkids... the people we're dealing with now. If you're not in a blue/black suit and tie, you're just demonstrating your worthlessness to society. They hated us from the beginning, they've hated us thru the 70's, 80's, 90's, and onward. Until trump, that's really all they could do was hate... and try to get some censorship laws passed that kept being adjudicated against. Trump let these haters out without their leashes and said "sic 'em"... and here we are. Thing is, WE look normal. You want a group of people who don't look "normal"... who look deformed, unenlightened, stupid, and without a bit of shame to them? Go into WalMart. You'll see dozens upon dozens of them!

Had to go yesterday to pickup some Fancy Feast. Got out the door when I realized my T-Shirt had a hole in the bottom hem and my pants were pretty dirty. So I ran back inside to change into something "decent" enough to wear. While at WalMart, I pointed a woman out to my husband... she was probably in her mid 20's... her belly was too large for her blue jean shorts to zip up, so she was just parading around the store with her jeans unzipped to her vagina and her belly hiding anything that really shouldn't have been seen. THESE are not normal people; but they are maga republicans. Not an ounce of shame or empathy in any of them. This one exuded "get away from me" vibes from 2 aisles away. And I thought I was bonkers for changing into a t-shirt without holes!

Initech

(109,871 posts)
26. It's extrmely disturbing when a sitting cabinet member uses the word "libtard" in a speech.
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 11:19 AM
4 hrs ago

UpInArms

(55,778 posts)
27. I need to fix that last sentence
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 11:28 AM
4 hrs ago

In Unhumans, Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec reveal their plans and show us their unmitigated bigotry and fascism.

sop

(20,259 posts)
28. Hey, Stephen...you wanna see deformed, abnormal people whose outer appearance is a manifestation of their inner hate?
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 11:30 AM
4 hrs ago

Got to a Trump Bund Rally. Better yet, watch yourself on tv, spewing vitriol, lies and racism.

The Blue Flower

(6,716 posts)
29. "violent antifa demonstrations"
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 11:35 AM
4 hrs ago

All who have died violently have died at the hands of the rightwingers.

MagickMuffin

(18,406 posts)
30. Sounds like he is describing the J6 Insurrectionists to me
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 11:58 AM
3 hrs ago


I remember the violence they committed against the United States of America. Using the USA's flag as weapons. And did ya get a look at their tats and the way they were dressed.

Poor little old Steven Miller shouldn't compare Patriots exercising their right to protest, yet loves the unpatriotic thugs that he worships.


purr-rat beauty

(1,814 posts)
31. Hi bias is not fact so who gives a fuck
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 12:05 PM
3 hrs ago

He sounds like a juvenile judgmental jack-off

Hopefully even the bottom feeders can see this is all stupid childish "isms" from a low IQ ugly ass shit eating trump humper who is a traitor

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