MSNBC: DeSantis, Youngkin Just Like Russians Who ‘Rape Children’ in Ukraine

Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC’s host, proved how perverse she is on Wednesday’s MSNBC Live! Deadline: White House when she whined about Republicans supposedly using the “tactic of war” known as “dehumanization” in pursuing parental rights legislation. And to get the point across, she viciously declared that Republican Governors Ron DeSantis (FL) and Glenn Youngkin (VA) are just like the Russian invaders of Ukraine who “rape children.”

Wallace lashed out at Republican efforts to defend students against gender ideology and Critical Race Theory within the classroom. Youngkin was compared to Russian hoards pillaging and raping their way through Ukraine in an attack segment.

Truth is that dehumanization used as a strategy for political purposes is an example of war. Dehumanization is a tactic that’s being used right now. Russians dehumanize children to get soldiers to commit rape.The tactic of war is to use dehumanization. It’s being deployed in politics and people like you and I sometimes lose the plot and admire its effectiveness.

Wallace was upset that “all the focus was on how well” Youngkin’s appeal to parental rights worked in getting him elected, even to the point of using air quotes around “parental rights.” “And even in our conversations about DeSantis; it’s about how well they’re serving him,” she griped.

 

 

Her statement continued: “kids will die” “right now” if DeSantis and Youngkin’s deployment of “dehumanization” weren’t stopped:

It’s not acceptance but even the analysis of these tactics loses sight of what this speech brings us back to which is that dehumanization has a cost right now! It’s happening right now! As it’s deployed, there are children – And Chasten Buttigieg made this point when don’t ask don’t tell was introduced: kids will die.

Having listened to and refused to pushback on this, Tim Miller of the faux conservative outlet The Bulwark took a hair-on-fire approach instead of talking lucidly about the topic. “Their cruelty, their Inhuman Behavior is inexcusable,” he sneered as he dehumanized them.

It was not possible to see the context of what he was talking about and which networks he was speaking on. Miller opined about the “hateful people” “in this country” who enjoy “that harm is done to their enemies”:

And while there are hateful people in this world and in this country – and no doubt there are people who are going to like that harm is done to their enemies, there are a lot of people to be reached by this in Florida who are going along with what DeSantis is doing because they’re hearing about the wrong things and they need to hear about the harm caused.

Aside from this segment here, Wallace herself has a history of using dehumanizing language to stoke hate of Republicans. In 2019, she claimed then-President Trump was “talking about exterminating Latinos.” And in 2020, she called Justice Amy Coney Barrett a “real right-wing lunatic.”

Joy Reid is a presenter on the network, which also dehumanizes. On her show last year, she described Republicans as “Nazi-curious” who want to end democracy and “torture” black voters.

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You can find the transcript below. To read it, please click on “expand”.

MSNBC’s Deadline: White House
April 20, 2022
Eastern, 4:11:31

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NICOLLE WALKACE: Tim, I’ll just continue to follow up. You and I both fall under the same tradition, or profession, of focusing only on the good. Recently, I believe we had a discussion about Mitch McConnell. What is the secret to his success? It works. Because it’s the reality of politics.

And I worry that in covering Glenn Youngkin and his politics of “parental choice” [uses air quotes]All the attention was placed on how effective it was. And even in our conversations about DeSantis; it’s about how well they’re serving him.

Truth is that dehumanization used as a strategy for political purposes is an example of war. Dehumanization is a tactic that’s being used right now. Russians dehumanize children to get soldiers to commit rape. It is an act of war tactic to dehumanize. It’s being deployed in politics and people like you and I sometimes lose the plot and admire its effectiveness.

It’s not acceptance but even the analysis of these tactics loses sight of what this speech brings us back to which is that dehumanization has a cost right now! It’s happening right now! As it’s deployed, there are children – And Chasten Buttigieg made this point when don’t ask don’t tell was introduced: kids will die.

Is it possible to return the truth of the harm done by dehumanizing strategies in war?

TIM MILLER, The Bulwark: Yes. It’s true. And I bring up their strategy because it’s important come up with, what is a counter-strategy that works? Right?

WALLACE: Yeah.

MILLER: They are inhumane and cruel. Right?

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Eastern Time: 4:14 pm

MILLER – We need to be humane about the situations where these things are happening. And while there are hateful people in this world and in this country – and no doubt there are people who are going to like that harm is done to their enemies, there are a lot of people to be reached by this in Florida who are going along with what DeSantis is doing because they’re hearing about the wrong things and they need to hear about the harm caused.

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