> ... 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