,,iv #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ghi ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #aj1 #bjbj,mr4 ,king of ,iowa submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,house ,administration ,,resolution ,raising a question of the privileges of the ,house4 ,whereas in a quote attributed to him by the ,new ,york ,times1 ,congressman ,king is alleged to have wondered when the phrases ,white nationalist1 white supremacist1 ,western ,civilization became offensive1 suggesting to some that he does not view the first two terms as pejorative2 ,whereas ,congressman ,king has consistently disputed this interpretation1 maintaining that he was simply trying to ask when the phrase ,western ,civilization had gained a pejorative connotation1 an assertion that is supported by the remaining section of the ,times quote2 ,whereas ,congressman ,king says the conversation in which this quote is alleged to happen was about the left's use of weaponized language3 we discussed the changing use of language in political discourse4 ,we discussed the worn out label racist and my observation that other slanderous labels have been increasingly assigned to ,conservatives by the ,left1 who injected into our current political dialog such terms as ,nazi1 ,fascist1 ,white ,nationalist1 ,white ,supremacist1--,western ,civilization1 how did ,,that language become offensive8 ,why did ,i sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization8 ''' just to watch ,western ,civilization become a derogatory term in political discourse today42 ,whereas notably1 none of the context of the discussion which spawned the quote was included in the ,new ,york ,times story4 ,this context would have added greater clarity to ,king's reported remarks1 revealing that his intention was to question the inclusion of ,,western ,,civilization alone as a pejorative2 ,whereas no tape of the interview with the ,new ,york ,times exists and the paper refuses to release the reporter's notes of the conversation2 ,whereas the question that ,congressman ,king is purported to have been responding to has not been disclosed and neither the ,new ,york ,times nor the reporter has answered whether the question posed included the two odious ideologies that were then alleged in the response1 logically leading the ,congressman to repeat back the ideologies as they had been first posed by the reporter2 ,whereas the structure of the purported quote contextually only makes sense if the reporter did in fact refer to those odious ideologies in the question posed1 in so doing leading ,congressman ,king to repeat them back as he pondered the question that was asked of him2 ,whereas the content of the ,times quote makes it clear that ,king was ,,only talking about ,western ,civilization4 ,the quote3 ,white ,nationalist1 white ,supremacist1 ,western civilization--how did ,,that language become offensive8 ,why did ,i sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization82 ,whereas ,,nobody ,,in ,,america ,,ever ,,sat ,,in ,a ,,class about the merits of ,white nationalism or ,white supremacism4 ,the incorrect interpretation that has been given to this quote refutes itself based on the quoted sentence's own construction2 ,whereas1 on ,january #ahth1 #bjai1 ,mark ,steyn was quoted as saying ,he made a mistake1 ,steve ,king4 ,he agreed to give an interview on national immigration policy to the ,new ,york ,times4 ,that's not a good faith interview request4 ,they're only asking you1 and he should know this1 they're only asking you to stitch you up4 ,to talk to you for three hours and get you to use one phrase in there that they can lift out and kill you with ''' ,this guy1 ,steve ,king1 was trapped1 trapped6 ,the words he said about when did that become controversial1 he meant the phrase ,western ,civilization4 ,he's not a white supremacist4 ,he's not a white nationalist4 ,it's all stupid talk4 ,so you've just surrendered the phrase ,western ,civilization4 ,i don't get that4 ,i don't see what's in it for conservatism in surrendering that phrase1 in accepting the leftist's view that the term ,western ,civilization is beyond the pale42 ,whereas contemporaneous evidence supports ,king's version of the story3 ,in a ,christian ,science ,monitor 7,,csm7 article published on ,january #ae1 #bjai 7#e days after the ,times story broke71 ,king is quoted making a similar argument3 ,in a conversation with the ,monitor just before the holidays1 ,king defended himself against accusations of racism4 ,the left1 he says1 has weaponized terms like racist1 ,nazi and white nationalist using them against anyone who dares to defend ,american values or the ,constitution4 ,there are people that don't like ,america the way it is1 he says1 and there are people that don't like ,america when she was at her best4 ,they want to tear down the systems we have4 ,i don't believe that4 ,i think our ,founding ,fathers got it right442 ,whereas this ,,csm interview occurred prior to the release of the ,times article1 and shows how ,king had been making a variation of this argument at the approximate time he spoke to the ,times reporter4 ,in this case1 though1 the ,,csm actually published it in the context in which it was made4 ,it is clear that ,king was making a similar argument to the ,times2 ,whereas the quote in the ,,csm is the ,,first ,,documented ,,instance of ,steve ,king ever using the phrase white nationalist4 ,this is an important point1 because ,king has asserted ,that ideology never shows up in my head4 ,i don't know how it could possibly come out of my mouth44 ,a ,lexis-,nexis search dating back to #bjjj shows ,king has never used any of the following phrases3 white nationalism1 white nationalist1 white supremacist1 or white supremacy4 ,in the same time frame1 ,king is quoted #bgf times using the term ,western ,civilization2 ,whereas based on this data1 it appears unlikely that ,king spontaneously used the phrases white nationalist and white supremacist in his discussion with the ,times reporter1 as they were never common elements of his speech4 ,it suggests that ,king was repeating terms fed to him by the ,times2 ,whereas the contention that ,king reacted to the ,times reporter's use of the phrases white nationalist1 white supremacist1 and western civilization as pejoratives is supported by the body of the ,times article itself2 ,whereas the article contains the following passage1 likely written prior to the ,king interview3 ,elected to ,congress in #bjjb1 ,mr4 ,king attracted the attention of hate-watch groups like the ,anti-,defamation ,league as he spoke increasingly about preserving ,western ,culture or ,western ,civilization4 ,the groups consider those buzzwords that signal support to white nationalists1 along with an obsession with birthrates and abortion rates among different ethnic groups4 ,doesn't it make more sense that the reporter asked a question in which ,western ,civilization was linked with the offensive epithets1 and ,king responded by wondering how it came to be that the meritorious phrase ,western ,civilization became a similar pejorative8 ,certainly1 the answer he is alleged to have given fits with this belief2 ,whereas the point ,king was attempting to make about the left's use of labels to smear conservatives1 labels which now include even the concept of ,western ,civilization itself1 is supported by ,lexis-,nexis data4 ,beginning in #bjaf there has been an explosive increase in the use of the labels ,white ,supremacist1 ,white ,supremacy1 ,white ,nationalist1 and ,white ,nationalism4 ,this squares closely with what ,congressman ,king told ,dave ,price of ,,who-,,tv regarding the phrase ,white ,nationalist3 ,it is a derogatory term today4 ,i wouldn't have thought so maybe a year or two or three ago4 ,today they use it as a derogatory term1 and it implies that you are a racist42 ,whereas in his statement1 ,king was trying to put into words his entirely accurate observation that the term white nationalist has been weaponized by the left against conservatives1 and that its use in this form has markedly increased over the past several years2 ,whereas ,king's point about the increased frequency with which the weaponized term white nationalist has been injected into modern political dialogue is evident when data from a ,lexis-,nexis ,news ,database search is analyzed and we learn that ,white nationalist was virtually an unused term prior to #bjaf1 and quickly surged to #ca1jeg usages in the year #bjag2 ,whereas as ,king told ,price1 it has only been in the last year or two or three that the pejorative phrase white nationalist has gained purchase in the political debate as a weaponized term2 ,whereas a follow up ,new ,york ,times story about ,steve ,king entitled ,a ,timeline of ,steve ,king's ,racist ,remarks and ,divisive ,actions was criticized by legendary journalist ,brit ,hume as being completely bogus4 ,this completely bogus story was written the next day by the same writer1 in the same paper1 on the same general topic1 and could possibly be revealing of a bias regarding ,congressman ,king2 ,whereas the ,congressional ,record made the exact same error as the ,new ,york ,times in transcribing ,king's ,january #ae1 #bjai1 floor statement1 when the transcriptionist left out a break between the words white supremacist and western civilization4 ,video shows ,king intentionally inserting a break between those words1 but the transcript does not reflect this2 ,whereas no one believes the ,congressional ,record was acting with animus4 ,but their error did reveal how either a similar error1 or an intentional misplacement of punctuation1 could have led to a botched quote in the ,times4 ,remember1 ,king has always disputed the quote as it was portrayed in the ,times2 ,whereas ,king is insisting upon a correction in the ,congressional ,record so that it reflects the quote as he intentionally delivered it on the ,house floor4 ,king's correction reveals that he was attempting to separate ,western ,civilization from the other two pejorative terms2 ,whereas this is the ,new ,york ,times_/,congressional ,record's mistaken quote3 ,white ,nationalist1 ,white ,supremacist1 ,western ,civilization--how did ,,that language become offensive8 ,why did ,i sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization82 ,whereas this is the corrected quote3 ,white ,nationalist1 ,white ,supremacist1--,western ,civilization1 how did ,,that language become offensive8 ,why did ,i sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization82 ,whereas one misplaced hyphen in the ,new ,york ,times story gave birth to a meritless controversy1 by falsely implying that ,congressman ,king did not differentiate between the three phrases2 ,whereas ,congressman ,king was railroaded over a false quote4 ,to believe the version of events relied upon by ,kevin ,mc,carthy to strip ,king of committee assignments1 one must believe that an unreasonable but sensational interpretation1 for which no evidence exists1 is more likely to be accurate than a reasonable1 noncontroversial interpretation which is internally supported by context clues and externally supported by data and other contemporaneous1 published accounts4 ,one must also believe that the ,new ,york ,times1 a hostile1 liberal paper which has had other articles about ,congressman ,steve ,king written by the same author thoroughly debunked as completely bogus1 set aside its animus in this particular case2 ,whereas clause #a of rule ,,ix defines questions of privileges of the ,house as those affecting the rights of the ,house collectively1 its safety1 dignity1 and the integrity of its proceedings44 ,subjects giving rise to questions of the privileges of the ,house include the integrity of the ,journal1 the protection of ,house records and files1 and the accuracy of ,house documents and records2 and ,whereas the mistaken quote1 as also mistakenly recorded in the ,congressional ,record1 reflects directly on both the ,house's dignity and integrity3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,clerk of the ,house of ,representatives shall correct the ,congressional ,record from ,january #ae1 #bjai1 online and in print1 to reflect what was originally stated and then reiterated on the ,house floor3 ,white ,nationalist1 ,white ,supremacist1--,western ,civilization1 how did ,,that language become offensive8 ,why did ,i sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization84