TRIGGERED: Trump dragged for calling Ancient Greece the birthplace of Western Civilization

Uh oh … what’s he done now?

We’re used to seeing President Trump being dragged for everything he says and does, but it was a bit of a surprise to find out that he was in hot water with an assistant professor of classics at the University of Iowa for calling Ancient Greece the birthplace of democracy and Western Civilization.

Trump made the “controversial remarks” in the East Room of the White House on March 22 at the White House’s official Greek Independence Day celebration, triggering Professor Sarah Bond.

https://twitter.com/SarahEBond/status/977893595490504704

Her tweet slowly caught on, and a lot of people aren’t seeing the problem, particularly as the president was speaking at an event celebrating Greek independence and Greece’s influence on America’s politics, philosophy, architecture, and more.

https://twitter.com/notwokieleaks/status/978641204932939778

https://twitter.com/notwokieleaks/status/978642938040340480

Yep. Let's avoid saying nice things about someone at their birthday party unless we do the same for every other person in the family. https://t.co/JEYohBtm1g

— COLLECT ROCKS, PLANT FLAG (@deanriehm) March 27, 2018

From the department of You Can't Praise Anybody If You Won't Praise Everybody: https://t.co/JEhSUVKCEo

— The Don Lachlan (@brightlancer) March 27, 2018

You're absolutely right. Trump should have just said that the Greeks's contributions aren't worth dick compared to others on their independence day. https://t.co/PXqWcFKtJD

— I Don't Sniff Bath Salts, I Sniff Bath Bombs (@DryChrisVII) March 27, 2018

Come on. He was at event about Greece and said something nice about Greece.

I mean OK the nuances and contradictions of civilizational development are incalculable & "civilization" itself is a reifying construct always already embedded in formations of power & etc.

But come on. https://t.co/Pb0rFU1ijk

— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) March 27, 2018

Those places aren't part of the west and in fact are highly easternized philosophies in terms of culture, religion, and human development. No one said those places didn't contribute to the world, just not as much to Western Civ as they did to overall human advancement. https://t.co/BzsqaBTzbh

— The Ghost Who Walks (@patr_brown) March 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/CryptykAlt/status/978647836727357446

It's an accurate tweet — all cultures are result of imagination & post hoc curation. Sadly, as with most leftist contributions to academia, these insights are rarely applied to non-western cultures, which, instead are lauded as "authentic". https://t.co/vRtLYSJrEQ

— Byzantine Ambassador (@byzantinepower) March 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/formerleft/status/978336159117053953

Of course it's true that the Greek achievement didn't happen in isolation, and western civilization developed in a multicultural setting, but to describe Greece as "the birthplace of Western Civilization" is perfectly sensible and meaningful. A bit precious to pretend otherwise https://t.co/rOdrezSSDQ

— JerryS01 (@JerryS01) March 26, 2018