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In reply to the discussion: Thomas asks question for second time in a decade at Supreme Court [View all]MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)25. Objection
Opinion without foundation.
Note also, I am not "defending" Thomas. I am objecting to a calling a black man "stupid" for having legal reasoning with which you and I disagree.
Do you consider Adolf Eichmann stupid? No, he was evil and wrong. But not stupid. Quite an evil genius who killed basically all of my extended family.
People don't call vile white people "stupid." People do call vile black people "stupid."
Thomas is very wrong-headed. He also was a cum laude graduate of Holy Cross, got into Yale (better than me, I went to NYU) and graduated in the top half. He's not stupid. He's just wrong.
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We are calling a man who is a justice on the SCOTUS stupid because he is stupid
Gothmog
Mar 2019
#27
The other four bad SCOTUS justices made this list because they were racists or corrupt
Gothmog
Mar 2019
#35
For those who don't recall, Anita Hill swore that one of Clarence's attempts to sexually
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2019
#8
I an't forget any of the testimony that was too bizarre to make up. He is scum.
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2019
#26
Al Franken had to resign but Clarence Thomas gets to determine the way we all live.
yardwork
Mar 2019
#31