by dethsky January 12, 2018
(1) A person who has immigrated from one of the African countries or Haiti, countries President Donald Trump allegedly referred to contemptuously as "shithole countries" or shitholes, at a White House meeting on January 11, 2018. Usually it is asserted either pejoratively about another person (sometimes as a vicious slur) or proudly about oneself.
(2) More widely, usually a self-assertion expressing pride or claiming a badge of honor: a person who has immigrated from, or claims to be a descendent of immigrants from, any country that has been the butt of contemptuous criticism for its impoverishment or for the moral inferiority of its inhabitants.
(2) More widely, usually a self-assertion expressing pride or claiming a badge of honor: a person who has immigrated from, or claims to be a descendent of immigrants from, any country that has been the butt of contemptuous criticism for its impoverishment or for the moral inferiority of its inhabitants.
Sense (2): I am a proud 'shitholer.' My family was called wops and mackerel eaters. I'm proud of that. We came when people from Ireland and Italy were seen as dirty people. Dirty Catholics who didn't belong in a Protestant country. (Philip Mudd on CNN TV, Jan. 11, 2018 )
by qariwa January 14, 2018
by pixilatedly May 4, 2020
by Jon K January 1, 2004
"Shithole" is an adjective that President Trump use to describe specific countries that have protected immigrants in the United States that he and the Republican Party no longer want to protect. On Thursday January 11, 2018, it was reported that while discussing protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries in the Oval Office, President Trump remarked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that while discussing protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries in the Oval Office, Trump remarked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” He suggested that the U.S. should be bringing in more immigrants from Norway, and singled out Haiti for special criticism. President Trump made these derogatory comments in front of multiple members of Congress, including Senators Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, David Perdue, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Representatives Bob Goodlatte and Mario Díaz-Balart.
by EmpressSquad January 12, 2018
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by Ignatz TC January 12, 2018