; Whereas NOBODY IN AMERICA EVER SAT IN A CLASS about the merits of White nationalism or White supremacism. The incorrect interpretation that has been given to this quote refutes itself based on the quoted sentence’s own construction; Whereas, on January 18th, 2019, Mark Steyn was quoted as saying He made a mistake, Steve King. He agreed to give an interview on national immigration policy to the New York Times. That’s not a good faith interview request. They’re only asking you, and he should know this, they're only asking you to stitch you up. 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 guy, Steve King, was trapped, trapped! The words he said about when did that become controversial , he meant the phrase Western Civilization . He’s not a white supremacist. He’s not a white nationalist. It’s all stupid talk. So you’ve just surrendered the phrase Western Civilization . I don’t get that. I don’t see what’s in it for conservatism in surrendering that phrase, in accepting the leftist’s view that the term Western Civilization is beyond the pale. ; Whereas contemporaneous evidence supports King’s version of the story: In a Christian Science Monitor (CSM) article published on January 15, 2019 (5 days after the Times story broke), King is quoted making a similar argument: In a conversation with the Monitor just before the holidays, King defended himself against accusations of racism. The left, he says, has weaponized terms like racist , Nazi and white nationalist using them against anyone who dares to defend American values or the Constitution. There are people that don’t like America the way it is , he says, and there are people that don’t like America when she was at her best. They want to tear down the systems we have. I don’t believe that. I think our Founding Fathers got it right. .