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Rhiannon12866

(244,050 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:45 PM 6 hrs ago

'An unhinged nerd': Michael Fanone blasts Stephen Miller for violent speech in Memphis - The Weeknight - MSNBC

Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told Memphis police they are “unleashed” to fight crime by order of the president. Retired D.C. police officer Michael Fanone and MSNBC political analyst Tim Miller join The Weeknight to respond to the Trump administration’s escalating violent rhetoric. - Aired on 10/01/2025.

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'An unhinged nerd': Michael Fanone blasts Stephen Miller for violent speech in Memphis - The Weeknight - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago OP

Please don't insult nerds. I am one. Miller is an unhinged tyrant wannabe, but he can't be so he settles for Bernardo de La Paz 5 hrs ago #1

Does Miller qualify for the moniker of "Lex Loser" and would his origin story be related to being stuffed in a locker xocetaceans 2 hrs ago #2

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,143 posts)

1. Please don't insult nerds. I am one. Miller is an unhinged tyrant wannabe, but he can't be so he settles for

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:30 PM

5 hrs ago

Miller settles for being the "eminence grise" (the gray eminence) ... the power behind the throne, the Toddler Tyrant's whisperer. Haven't watched, but recommending because it is MSNBC evenings.

xocetaceans

(4,280 posts)

2. Does Miller qualify for the moniker of "Lex Loser" and would his origin story be related to being stuffed in a locker

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:40 AM

2 hrs ago

... frequently during junior high?

Some people don't appreciate the terms nerd and geek to be semi-complimentary. I think that Fanone's remark in the video is the source of the derogatory usage of the term "nerd". (That sort of speech is semi-anti-intellectual in its origin, I think.)

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