I mean, the whole “they were actually talking about bedbugs” thing is pretty irrelevant. Nazis did use dehumanizing language to describe Jews and other enemies, even if that specific example is wrong. As a budding woke snowflake, I wrote my senior thesis in college on how the language surrounding immigration on RedState was alarmingly similar to the language used by nazis to describe Jews.
But, of course, LOL Bret Stephens
You’re a bit slow on this Trolly, but I’ll allow it.
Also Bret Stephens (2004):
JERUSALEM – Are Palestinians weeds? It would seem many people think they are. Following Israel’s assassination early yesterday morning of Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of Hamas, the gist of international reaction was that the strike would bring new converts to the Islamist cause and incite a fresh wave of terrorist violence against Israel. In other words, Palestinians are weeds: Mowing them down, as it were, only has the effect of making them grow back stronger and faster.
There are moments (Monday morning was one of them) when I find myself tempted by the metaphor.
Happily, Stephens is not tempted by the metaphor for long:
But of course Palestinians aren’t weeds. They’re human.
Phew. I guess that deals with that. Unless he continues with something awful?
They think in terms of costs and benefits, they calculate the odds, they respond more or less rationally to incentives and disincentives. And what makes us afraid can also make them afraid.
Oh I guess by “human” he meant “animals that we can cow into submission”. You know, because weeds are plants, and incentives don’t work on them.
Bonus Also Bret Stephens, wherein comparing an entire people to insects isn’t a big deal after all:
I just fucking hate the guy. An abject coward and sook who has never written an insightful or even enjoyable sentence in his pointless life, yet he somehow gets paid to write. There is no God.
https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1169604696086106112
FoxNews and the MSM are equal and opposite!
This is beyond parody. Who the fuck is letting the Times publish this?
https://twitter.com/dougjballoon/status/1169424080963022848?s=21
https://mobile.twitter.com/JHWeissmann/status/1168881896463503361
https://mobile.twitter.com/JHWeissmann/status/1168882193046937600
huge if true
I accuse her and most MSM for taking their eye off the ball. While she spent 2 years railing about Russiagate there were so many actionable crimes that could’ve and should’ve received much more coverage and focus imo
Always nice to hear from former anchor baby Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin is the human embodiment of a lamprey.
FoxNews: Welcome new analyst John Bolton who we think has been on a retreat in Tibet for the last few years. We’re not sure but no point dwelling on it. Hi John!
https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1171579141008871427
“The Left” has lost all meaning - it’s become and abstract pejorative for anything bad - like asshole.
Nah, Bolton is a total lefty. He only wants to go to war with like 85% of the non-white world. A principled centrist wants war with 90-95% of the non-white world, and a proper conservative wants to nuke 'em all.