Stephen Miller is one creepy creepy dude. He's one of those guys that if you see him around a kids playground you move your kids.

And notice how they've kept Miller out of the public eye, since every time he gives an interview he freaks people out with his dead, soulless stare and scary demeanor.

I had the same thought. Miller does not "present well," to say the least.

journalists if they report the truth about his behavour.

The PRESIDENT said THAT, not something LIKE that, THAT



When I think of nose holding, email complaints, server complaints, well it is all I can do NOT to lose my FUCKING MIND

If they showed only a fraction of the creativity and imagination they devote to their prejudices to something constructive, well, they probably wouldn't be bigots anymore.

Albert Speer then, one of Hitler's inner circle. During the Nuremberg trials, he was known as the "good Nazi."

"Some of his best friends" will be his defense. It is sickening, and as sickening, those blaming his use of the term on a Jew, Miller, via speculation. While Miller is a disgusting POS, i find it equally disgusting that a revelation of anti-Semitism is partially deferred from the user and blame (partial) is placed on a Jew; though I can't say I am surprised.

I was not aware of that. He certainly doesn't seem very tolerant toward... anybody.

Nice to see you make the same "guess" as to the origin of this slur.

Although I guess Spanky still talks to Bannon, so maybe he got it from him. Since I didn't even know Miller was Jewish, speculating that he was the origin of the slur wouldn't be a slam on Miller, would it?

Why the need to speculate the origin of the anti-Semitic slur is a Jew?! FYI: Donald Trump 'kept book of Adolf Hitler's speeches in his bedside cabinet'

"Since I didn't even know Miller was Jewish, speculating that he was the origin of the slur wouldn't be a slam on Miller, would it?" And, now you do. Ignorance is not a justification. Why speculate about it at all? Why not just deal with the known, an anti-Semitic slur used by the "president" of the United States against a Jew?

that Trump is too damn stupid to have come up with it himself. But I will accept your criticism and offer my apology.

Sincerely, I thank you for listening to me, and understanding why I am finding the initial use insulting, as well as the blaming of a Jew for it. I agree, he is too damn stupid. Frankly, I doubt many are even familiar with the term, even other Jews, but it is big on Stormfront and National Vanguard, which is how I learned it years ago. I have never actually heard it in person.

The Untold Story: Trump's 'Sleepy Eyes' Insult A Jewish Slur Of Nazi Origin

Today, the "sleepy eyes" description is a common dog-whistle for the white nationalist movement.

For instance, there are countless articles published online by hate websites about how to spot someone who is Jewish.

These articles point to the person's eyes, and they often describe them as "sleepy." Examples can be easily found on sites like Stormfront; however, as a policy, we will not link to hate sites.

---snip---

Like a 5 year old in school, Trump may have picked up the term "sleepy eyes" in the halls of the White House -- and used it without knowing what he's saying.

source

I don't believe that Miller considers himself to be a Jew, he was born into a Jewish family, but I think that's where it ends for him.

He was not without a Jewish upbringing and culture around him growing up .

At The Santa Monica Synagogue, members skew liberal, especially when it comes to immigration, said Rabbi Jeffrey Marx, the temple’s longtime rabbi. The confirmation course itself — taught by Marx once a week on Tuesday evenings — sought to instill empathy and respect for the other, the rabbi said.

“We certainly did our best here to teach him the ethical standards of Judaism,” Marx said. “He certainly didn’t grow up not having that knowledge base.”

http://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/216608/hebrew-school-halls-power-stephen-millers-unlikely-journey/

Or is this speculation on your part?

Link to tweet

I have a hard time understanding how someone - anyone, really - who is a member of any group who the asshat-in-chief and all his diehard fangurls want to basically wipe them off the planet or segregate them into a ghetto somewhere and render them inferiors. How could they literally have their heads up tRump's ass so far they'd essentially be asking that they be persecuted and murdered by the neo-nazis and KKKers?

from the likes of Steve Miller and used it intentionally (I didn't know Chuck Todd was Jewish, either; but Trump surely did). Just when you think they've reached the bottom of the barrel they just dig through it and keep going.

Paul Ryan (widow's peak) and Donnie Jr. (weak chin) are Jewish.

Do i have that right?

And then they have to improvise.

The improvising can be as dangerous as the original policy.

If the Drumpf’s did not have Jewish blood? They came from Germany.

I never knew but someone in the White House did.

...but this Twitter thread was bullshit. Note that the writer didn't link to a single example of someone actually using "sleepy-eyed" as an antisemitic slur. I've never heard it, and I've encountered plenty of antisemitism and know my history. The fact that it was one of many elements in a Nazi typology doesn't mean that it became salient as a slur; it's not like "hook-nosed." If it wasn't recognized by other antisemites as a slur, and there's no reason to think it was -- the writer gave no links to deplorables high-fiving over it -- then it wasn't a dog-whistle.

and clearly intending it as an insult, that you have to wonder where it came from. I don't even get how Todd could be described as "sleepy-eyed" in the first place, since that's not a characteristic I've ever noticed or that anyone else I'm aware of has ever pointed out. I'm not crazy about the guy but he's always looked pretty alert to me. Maybe somebody came up with this explanation for the insult just because there doesn't seem to be anything else that makes sense. (I have also never heard of it as an anti-Semitic insult.)

Granted, the ONLY places I have ever seen it are Stormfront and the National Vanguard. All the other anti-Semitic sites, I have visited over the years, I can't recall ever seeing that "slur" before. So, just because you are unaware, doesn't mean the white supremacists lurking in the WH don't know it.

Is this a case of "I haven't seen it, so it must not exist"? In the general lexicon of run-of-the-mill anti-Semites, this is a rare term. Frankly, before I was exposed to it as an anti-Semitic term a few years back by a now deceased DU'er who used to track Stormfront, I had only heard "sleepy-eyed" as a derogatory term for Japanese people. Keep in mind, unless you are running in Neo-Nazis/White supremacists circles, the likelihood of hearing, much less knowing this term, are slim. That is why it is a dog-whistle. Some, it appears, seem to think "dog whistles" mean they have to have heard it themselves; that's not how dog-whistles work. There are many archaic terms out there, used only in small groups, that's why they are dog-whistles.

Did the "president" know or mean it in an anti-Semitic way? Probably not. My money is that he heard in the halls of the WH, probably from Bannon, or, IMO, Gorka.

I haven't been recently, and I think they changed the format, and most forums can't be "searched" anymore. I just did a quick check, and yep, that feature is gone...I am guessing "members only".

Knows exactly what it means. $20 says that Trump was told this in a private conversation by one of his deplorable friends and ran with it.

Your entire premise is wholly predicated on your own lack of experience in regards to this word... which itself seems a rather flawed manner of thought from the beginning, lacking research, lacking outside perspectives, lacking objective insight into different mores, etc.

It's also based on the fact that the person who wrote the Twitter thread gave absolutely no evidence for it's use as a slur.

If it's a now-to common slur, you'd think there'd be many examples.

It had to come from somewhere.

unless someone suggested he use the term. Stephen Miller the self-hating Jewish Nazi might know about it.

Who would've thought - No wonder I listen to Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand music-

All those years of Catholic school and college, were they a waste?? oy vey iz mir

Someone in my family married a person of Jewish heritage. My mom's apartment had a mezuzah attached to the doorpost left from the last tenant. I would touch it upon entering and leaving always! When she landed in skilled nursing, it was a facility founded by a Jewish family. She had a mezuzah on the door of her room, and I loved that.

Where the hub attended HS in a heavily Jewish populated area, when there was a high holy day, classes were 75% empty! He always said they shoulda given ever'body the day off! 🕎

Bagels, cream cheese and lox. What's not to love?!

I have two lovely candle holders and an inscribed, porcelain Challah bread dish. Purchased from a local Temple gift shop.

In addition I make a mean Cherry Kugel. 🤗

And I've been immersed in Christ and His Church since 40 days old....

Ya learn sometin' new every day.. I never knew that term...
Tnx...
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That self hating Svengali puke...is probably always whispering in Trump's ear, and Yosemite Sam Bolton is egging him on!!!

Link to tweet

No telling what lil Donnie learned at his daddy's knee.

Now with context I get it. There is no way Cheeto came up with that on his own.
Trumps father was a kkk member in New York City and just like the founder of the Koch family, the apple did not fall far from the tree.
Thanks for posting!

I knew there had to be a reason why he kept calling Chuck such a seemingly random name. I had never heard this one before.

And it has never occurred to me to wonder what religion Chuck Todd might practice.

Resign, racist imposter!

To say nothing if he meant it in an anti-Semitic way (but I guess that's the new normal with GOP figures).

I vote for converting Mar a Lago into a prison camp / courthouse / execution chamber or gallows...

Where would I keep detached earlobes?

much as I despise Trump, i think you are giving him way too much credit for this obscure insult to people of Jewish descent.

and made references to him in the PRESENT tense.🤔
Such a stable jeanius.

Paul Ryan!!!!!!!!!!!!!bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

tendencies.