Vox, Newsweek sound alarm bells over President Trump’s praise of gasp Western Civilization
Strange, isn’t it, that while journalists at some of America’s most high-profile networks and newspapers seem to think they’re battling the Trump administration not just for their own lives, but to preserve democracy itself lest it “die in darkness,” others are sounding alarm bells over the president’s defense of Western Civilization during his speech in Poland.
Twitchy has already covered Zack Beauchamp’s hot take, interpreting Trump’s speech as a warning against “non-white immigration.” Maybe he and anti-racism strategist Tariq Nasheed can get together and have a long talk about it.
Trump did a speech in Poland and spoke about Western values. Now we all know what "Western" is a code word for, don't we?
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) July 6, 2017
It should be no surprise whatsoever to see writers enclosing terms like “values” and “civilization” in scare quotes; look, for example, atSeattle University’Matteo Ricci College, where a humanities dean was put on leave following a student protest demanding the school “scrap its Eurocentric curriculum, decentralize whiteness, and instead ‘focus on the evolution of systems of oppression such as racism, capitalism, [and] colonialism.’” Around the same time, students atSan Francisco State University calling themselves the “Third World Liberation Front 2016” held a hunger strike to demand the schoolallocate $8 million to the College of Ethnic Studies. What is it all of these universities think they have in common with the Western tradition, anyway?
Beauchamp wasn’t the only Voxxer triggered by Trump’s Poland speech.Sarah Wildman too likened it to an “alt-right manifesto.”
Trumps speech in Poland sounded like an alt-right manifesto https://t.co/wuPqZPusZi
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 6, 2017
When patriotism and "Western Civilization" are "alt-right" dog whistles to you @voxdotcom it's time to sue your college for a tuition refund https://t.co/3kk5WXyApl
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) July 6, 2017
Check out this chilling excerpt given as an example:
In his address, Trump cast the West, including the United States and Europe, on the side of civilization. With an undercurrent of bellicosity, he spoke of protecting borders, casting himself as a defender not just of territory but of Western values. And, using the phrase he had avoided on his trip to Saudi Arabia, he insisted that in the fight against radical Islamic terrorism, the West will prevail.
Civilization, values, borders are good; terrorism is bad. Give us a little more time to grasp the danger here.
i just can't believe this was written and published. https://t.co/fX5UAptLae via @voxdotcom
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) July 6, 2017
How so? It's from Vox.
— Jason Epstein (@Southfive) July 6, 2017
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