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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:39 PM Original message |
Sotomayor Speeches Woven With Ethnicity |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've noted that most SC Justices... |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Regretting the wording in hindsight. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. why is saying 'my Christianity' five thousand times by a white male not ethnic? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. I don't think ethnicity is the issue. The issue is bias. And a WASP or WASC male in America |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. the article IS about ethnicity..not bias..sorry! n/t |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. and why should she deny her ethnicity? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "and a belief that she has an obligation to lift up fellow people of color." |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I don't think that she has taken her ethnicity to court |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You also have to keep in mind that the SC Justices have the lowest burden for Impeachment. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. If you're saying that removing a SCOTUS Justice from the bench would be easy, you are mistaken. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Who said she should deny her ethnicity? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. She's a veteran in this, having been through the confirmation process twice before. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. I disagree. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. She says she's being stereo typed. But isn't that what she did to white males in her speech? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. No, that's not what she did. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Okay so she believes that whites can't be discriminated against. That's part of the stereo type. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. She didn't say that either. Why is this so difficult? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That's what she was implying. Lets try it like this. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'm not wiggling at all. She said that as someone who has experience with discrimination |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That personal experience could form an appearance of bias. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. What utter cr@p. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Not everyone thinks Ethics is utter crap. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You have no idea what La Raza even is, let alone |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Okay I screwed up. I used Sotomayors own representation of La Raza to Congress. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. That was only part of what she said, though. The other part was that the |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. LOL |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Rethugs never complained about Scalia's ethnic comments |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not enough dog whistles in that piece. WaHo can do better than that. |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why do I have the feeling that.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Your feeling is wrong. The very reason that RWers have been so busy dissecting her |
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mr_liberal (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thats as a lower court judge though, |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. What about "woven with" CHOICE?!1 n/t |
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mr_liberal (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. I don't think this helps at all. |
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