> ... to be choked with hate
May well be of all evil chances chief.
If there's no hatred in a mind
Assault and battery of the wind
Can never tear the linnet from the leaf.> An intellectual hatred is the worst,
So let her think opinions are accursed.
- poetryfoundation.org/poetrymag…
#JeffreyStClair's FB post on #TerryMoran's honest depiction of #StephenMiller as hate-motivated kept these parts of the poem #PrayerForMyDaughter by #WBYeats in mind.
A quick search got me to some background without the need to sift through FB..
- axios.com/2025/06/08/abc-terry…
- https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1931728449497858066/photo/1
ABC suspends correspondent for calling Stephen Miller a "world-class hater"
"It's not brains. It's bile," he said. "Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater."www.axios.com
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in reply to Brian Small • • •🧵
> ... this crackdown is personal for Stephen Miller. As I report in my book, Hatemonger, when he was a high school student in Los Angeles, he frequently antagonized his Latino and immigrant classmates, telling them to, quote, “speak English” and to go back to their home countries. Back then, he was criticized for his views, and he has spent his career trying to punish the communities that rejected him.
democracynow.org/2025/6/10/los…
#DefendLA #JeanGuerrero #HateMongers #DefendPeople
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Chaos & Cruelty: Trump Deploys Thousands of Soldiers to Put Down Anti-ICE Protests in Los Angeles
Democracy Now!bsmall2
in reply to bsmall2 • • •🧵
> This is a vision of America where you are American only if you choose hate. And if you choose love or compassion, you are part of what is poisoning the blood of this country... not surprised to see the president coming after innocent people who are not just the immigrants in our communities, but the people who are defending them.. white.. Black..Brown.. all different colors,.. expressing their humanity.. compassion for the other.
#USAHate #AmericanHate #USACompassion
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