202

Samuel Alito accepted concert tickets from conservative German aristocrat (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 10 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I support the name and shame, but don’t expect this to go anywhere. These fuckers have been getting away with this garbage for far too long.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Whom amongst us hasn’t accepted concert tickets from a conservative German aristocrat?

Also, a technicality but once a country abolishes nobility, the noun becomes “pretender” not “aristocrat.” I know keeping track of titles is complicated but it’s only polite to use the correct terms.

[-] celeste@kbin.earth 15 points 2 months ago

After he[r] reinvention as a conservative Catholic activist, she drew criticism in 2001 after saying on a television talkshow that the high rate of Aids in Africa was due, not to a lack of safe sex, but because “the Blacks like to copulate a lot”. She later tried to amend her remarks, saying Africans had a lot of sex due to the continent’s hot climate.

Wow!

[-] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Black must be an error in translation. She's known for using Neger instead.

[-] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago

Can we please stop calling reactionary right wing extremists "conservative". There is nothing these people want to conserve.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

They want to conserve attitudes towards minority groups that were prevalent in the 1950s. They want to conserve the power of the wealthy ruling class. They want to conserve corporation's ability to ruin the planet for short term gain.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

He did check first to make sure this was ethically appalling before accepting those tickets

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

There are no German aristocrats. There are people with inheritable, but meaningless titles, though.

this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2024

202 points (99.0% liked)

politics

19104 readers

2158 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News