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Is the Supreme Court turning the Constitution into a homicide pact? (Original Post) GenXer47 Nov 2022 OP
Thomas would have been a keen mind on George III's Privy Council in 1700s. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #1
Not really atreides1 Nov 2022 #3
I wrote "mind" carefully, to avoid that leap to 1700s racism, but I failed. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #5
Ok Clarence..then you are property JT45242 Nov 2022 #2
FINE -- then ALL GUNS have to go back to that technology standard too. TigressDem Nov 2022 #4
Ugh, what these nutbag conservatve injustices are doing to this country is appalling. ShazzieB Nov 2022 #6

atreides1

(16,072 posts)
3. Not really
Wed Nov 30, 2022, 12:00 PM
Nov 2022

He would have been a servant...that George III regarded as less intelligent then his hunting dogs!!!

JT45242

(2,262 posts)
2. Ok Clarence..then you are property
Wed Nov 30, 2022, 11:50 AM
Nov 2022

If you want to go back to 1803. Clarence you are 3/5 of a person for the census and can be sold by your owner.

ShazzieB

(16,362 posts)
6. Ugh, what these nutbag conservatve injustices are doing to this country is appalling.
Wed Nov 30, 2022, 04:15 PM
Nov 2022

Last edited Wed Nov 30, 2022, 07:16 PM - Edit history (2)

I guess Clarence has conveniently forgotten that a lot of the founders were enslavers who owned people like him as their property and wouldn't even have regarded him as a U.S. citizen, much less as their intellectual or social equal.

It's lucky for him that his ancestors were awarded the rights of citizenship via actual constitutional amendments, so he doesn't have to worry that they'll be snatched away from him by a rogue SCOTUS decision. Lucky, and also convenient. He can just keep merrily snatching away other people's rights without having to worry about his. The only thing that's possibly at risk for him is his marriage, and congress is in the process of fixing that.

It's a great time to be Clarence Thomas.

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