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Trump DHS appointee attended "judenfrei" dinner party (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2018 OP
Are you Effin' serious? malaise Aug 2018 #1
Gack Solly Mack Aug 2018 #2
The entire city of DC is going to need an exorcism. nolabear Aug 2018 #3
Yep malaise Aug 2018 #5
What is WRONG with these people? tanyev Aug 2018 #4
Sounds like he should be heading up ICE MattP Aug 2018 #6
Ignorant central scrutinizer Aug 2018 #7
Washington Post Reporter who wrote this should be fired, though kennetha Aug 2018 #8
I like MAGAtfrei dinner parties. roamer65 Aug 2018 #9
Kick dalton99a Aug 2018 #10
smells like genocide 0rganism Aug 2018 #11
Chris Hayes covered this during his show. nt BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #12

nolabear

(41,932 posts)
3. The entire city of DC is going to need an exorcism.
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 06:48 PM
Aug 2018

Someday the depths of this deprived shit will be a source of wonder and shame.

central scrutinizer

(11,637 posts)
7. Ignorant
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 07:34 PM
Aug 2018

Freitag comes from Freya’s Tag (Day) like Wednesday comes from Wodin’s Tag (Day).
Freya was a goddess from mythology.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
8. Washington Post Reporter who wrote this should be fired, though
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 07:35 PM
Aug 2018

ASTOUNDINGLY, the Post reporter sort of bends over backwards to try to absolve the Trump people of any direct blame for this, saying, for example:

"Miller did not respond to requests for comment, and there is no indication he worked closely with Smith or was aware of his associations with white supremacists."

And I've got this lovely bridge in San Francisco that I can sell you for a song and a dance, my friend.
But okay, maybe just maybe a little journalistic caution is required in attributing knowledge of this all to Miller and his boss Donald, especially if you want to preserve your access to said miscreants.

But then there is this strange refusal to even directly attribute antisemitic attitudes toward the Nazi asshole himself. The reporter says, for example:

"The emails cited by the Atlantic do not include any explicitly racist statements made by Smith, but they do suggest he was comfortable enough within the milieu of American white nationalism to refer to its leading figures on a first-name basis."

Seriously? Saying "they don't call it Freitag for nothing" in response to the claim that the party will be "judenfrei" is not enough of an explicitly racial statement for the Washington Post? You have got to be kidding me.

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