Gorka got powerful because he got a Virginia court to find his bringing a concealed weapon to an airport security line was not a crume.
He gets to be the strident martinet browbeating security experts to browbeat our Middle East allies to abandon Islam in favor of Franklin Grahan once and for all time 
The great dehumanizer-in-chief has to fill his posse up with equally minded degenerates, like attracts like.
Look, there are plenty of highly educated, even politically liberal Westerners who are skeptical about letting in vast numbers of immigrants with a religion which seems to conflict with their values.
I personally tend a bit towards this feeling myself, especially over issues such as gay rights and womenâs rights. There are also the amazing sensitivities towards criticism of Islam. Some years ago, a young woman in Seattleâyes, SEATTLE----had to go into hiding for proposing the âEveryone Draw Mohammedâ day. I would never associate myself with someone like Gurka or some of the notorious Danish and Dutch politicians, because those people are racist extremists. On the other hand, I donât see that the answer is to scold people into holding to some abstract ideal of Western values. The answer is to have honest discussions over the full range of issues.
Point #1: what about bans of burqas in some public places, esp. schools, and for ID. I think this is something which can be discussed.
In reviewing his on line biographies two things strike me about Gorka. He does not appear to speak arabic. He has never spent any part of his life in the Middle East, either in a policy role, a national security role, or in any way that would allow him to acquire cultural and local dynamic insights. He is, like Gaffney and Flynn, an insular thinker who is into the Clash of Civilization myth. In addition, Gorka, a second generation anti communist exile, is clearly over-influenced by his anti-USSR ideology and mistakenly believes that the dynamics that ended the USSR can be applied to the challenges of Al Qaida and ISIL.
âFrankly it is not only embarrassing, it is dangerous that someone like this has the ear of the President."
âFrankly it is not only embarrassing, it is dangerous that (pick a name of anyone Trump has working for him) has the ear of the President."
FIFYthese quacks dont need their work to be scholarly or accepted by the mainstream since they speak to/incite the fringe far right and are not concerned how others view them or their made up work.
as far as the title of the article " How Did Sebastian Gorka Go From The Anti-Muslim Fringe To White House Aide?"
the answer is simpleâŚthe puppets regime IS anti-muslim fringeâŚIS white supremacistâŚIS racist⌠IS anti-womenâŚIS anti-semeticâŚ
Yes, that and no one with a good reputation in the field of foreign policy, or anything else for that matter, will sully themselves to serve in a Trump administration.
Imagine how many turned down good jobs for the over 600 yet un-filled positions in Trumps executive branch.
A guy who is bottom of the barrel has only to pick from others who are at the bottom of their respective fields and these in this case will necessarily be from the far right fringe. Even Gaffney probably turned them down!
First, let me say that Western political values are the bestest, kick-assingest values to ever hit this planet. Just about everything shameful in our history has stemmed from a failure to live up to these values, not from a failure in the values themselves. Any definition of multicultural tolerance that allows for or excuses misogyny or homophobia is bullshit from the get-go.
That said, what problem does a ban on burqas solve in the U.S.?
Only if you also ban Yarmulkes, and Catholic women from wearing head-scarves in church, and Orthodox Jews from wearing their funny hats.
Your latent-racism is showing in the fact that you ONLY focus on one kind of headgear, and not the others.
Bigotry is Bigotry, and we ALL have our blind-spots. You need to examine yours more carefully.
ALL Religions promote conformity via dress (one way or the other. Men in Suits and Women in Dresses on Sunday anyone?) and what you find âNormalâ is only what you are used to and were brought up with.
âJihadâ has itâs âOnward Christian Soldiersâ equivalent, so does the âBurkaâ and Catholic Head-Scarves. The KKK hood is no different than the ISIS Headscarf. Both are symbols of intolerance and hatred designed to elicit fear and demand obedience to their tyranny while concealing the identity of the wearer, thus making them more frightening.
In my view, fuck all organized religion, it is âthe opiate of the massesâ and the single most destructive thing in human history.
If you allow them in the public square, Tax them all equally.
His book âis like reading a bad high school studentâs paper that has been cribbed together from Wikipedia, and thatâs with all due respect to Wikipedia,â Safi said.
I predict that Chiselinâ Trump is going to appoint Gorka to the federal bench shortly. He appears to be just what Chiselinâ Trump is looking for:
âThe President declared that even a âbad high school studentâ could understand the language [of his order banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries] and find in his favor.â
The headline answers its own question.
inaccurate, sloppy, superficial, bigoted and ideological
But he has a killer cavier moisturizerâŚ
Heard an interview with him - just a slimy as the rest of the Trump group.
Like Bannon, Gorka has gone from the âfringeâ to a high level WH aid. The GOP has merged with the crackpots and become an un American fringe hate group.
How? Easy. Nazis love other Nazis.
Also like Trump. Not even a serious candidate himself until he won. Tiny hands and all.
And this guy is the dust on the stains on the bottom of the barrel. Okay, so maybe just the stains.
So here we are. Good honest Muslims are being denied entry to our country becasue the left cannot differentiate between Muslim and Islam.
Since in office I really think Donald, like a lot of folks that have wild youths, swing way to the right when they get older and he even seems to be full bore wacko right wing fringe. Makes me wish I believed in a god that could help us, but the fact that heâs in office actually makes be believe less.