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Right, its the Progressives at the "Unite the Right" ralley, that chant "Jews will not replace us" here, and who waive Nazi flags.
"We're hateful because you want us to not be." is such a dumb, lazy retort. It's not even an argument - just childish "Nu uh, you are" echoing of criticism. It somehow makes their bigotry worse than if they would actually put some effort into defending it.
The GOP when an innocent person gets gunned down on some lunatic's driveway in claimed "self-defense": "But muh rights. The only way to stop bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. The homeowners are innocent victims."
The GOP when their hatred is met with self-defensive hatred: "Um, actually, self-proclaimed 'good guys' using hatred to tell 'bad guys' who target their hatred at 'innocent victims' to stop being hateful is woke moralism. But also we're obviously the good guys here anyway since we aren't woke moralists. And we're telling you to stop your hatred of innocent conservative victims and uhhhhhh... Fuck you, libcucks!"
"Look what you made me do" is an abuser's refrain.
The justice also bemoaned the “unfair criticism and attacks” that he and other tellers of truths must withstand as the price for courageously “not budging” on their principles.
I guess if you can't defend yourself for obvious corruption you misrepresent their argument and act like the victim. Judges sure love punishing folks in criminal court who act that way, I guess no criticism is left for the top corrupt judges who do it.
It's like a core belief of conservatism. Being criticized for being evil is somehow a worse fate than being a victim of evil. Because:
They not only lack empathy, they fucking despise it. They seriously view it as a sin, which tells me all I need to know about their god.
*church
That guy will say anything for more RV money.
I really wish he took it.
Theres something extra sad about that. If you are going to stoop to corruption and payola at that level of government, at least have the self respect to get paid better for it.
Reminder that Clarence hates liberalism and thinks it ruined his life. Best I can think is that he's annoyed that people think he was hired under affirmative action.
which is really weird because without liberals, he never would have been able to marry his wife. given his wifes looks, I'm not saying that's necessarily a good thing, but do we really think conservatives would have repealed the miscegenation laws?
Or get his job. Or his education. Or vote. Or....
"The only acceptable affirmative actions are affirmative actions that benefit me."
very typical conservative behavior - pull the ladder up behind you and castigate the people you harm for daring to want the same
Surely they won't come after my rights. - Conservatives and conservative voters.
A reoccurring thing is them experiencing just that, be it rights or whatever else, but so many don't change their views even then. Seen so many posts here for new articles where some persons wife, other family etc. got deported or beaten because they're anything other than chalk white and the partner just goes "it sucks that this happened but I won't change my views and don't regret my voting choices".
It’s funny that the people who say that are the people he’s so desperately floundering to defend here
Progressive thinking led to him becoming a judge and to this mess.
Maybe he's onto something.
.....Hol'up
Couldn't find it with a blue arrow on Google, so I stole the old one where Reddit's upvotes were orange
How about this?
Fixed!
Thank you. I am on my phone, and making changes like that is difficult.
I'm honestly not super clear on what "progressivism" means for him, but even so it's pretty bad.
The speech is ostensibly bemoaning the progressive movement of the early 20th century, but the New Republic’s Matt Ford has a fantastic piece about how his history is completely wrong. Thomas claims that the American progressive movement was founded by Wilson and imported from Germany, neither of which is true. It was a reaction to corporate abuses and corrupt governance and horrific things like child labor and environmental destruction. It was an organic, grassroots movement, but Thomas says it was a top-down push to suppress individual liberties and put the government in charge of everything. That is a false, libertarian counterhistory that has no basis in reality. The justice also asserts that progressivism led to the worst atrocities of the 20th century, including Nazi Germany, Stalinism, and Mao, and draws a straight line from that to progressivism today.
I think I've been listening too much to a certain type of podcast recently. I distinctly remember hearing about Thomas' early years and how he was a bastard basically from the start, but no detail.
I think he was elated that he was allowed to join the club of rich white assholes and once that happened, there was no more discrimination in the US, systemic or otherwise 🪄
His definition of progressivism is "anyone who disagrees with me and wants me to face consequences for my corruption."
This dude has been compromised for decades now.
"mostly just sad"? We are way past the point of "I'm not angry, I'm disappointed" with these people. Call it what it was - a disgusting, dangerous escalation on the road to jailing political opponents.
Nobodys gonna kick the scum out of office, though.
So Clarence, what exactly did you not like about Hitler? You seem to be on the same page on most things.
He didn't like that Hitler looks better than him. which isn't saying much since they are both hideous inside and out.
I’m glad these lunatics have gone fully mask-off. We can see how fucking stupid they are.
This is why good education is paramount. Not that it prevents evil, but that is more easily identifiable.
If Clarence Thomas was made a freeman in the 1800's, he would have become a slave owner.
Well you see the nazis were national socialists 🤓
Can he choke on his spit in his sleep and go to hell already? Oh wait, I actually want him to live for at least two more years. He can die a miserable death in 2028.
Funny thing is, in Weimar politics it was the centrists joining with the far right fascist conservatives against progressives who effed their way into electing an infirm, dementia ridden, incompetent Von Hindenberg, who then appointed Hitler chancellor. Elevating the fascists to power.
The centrists always allow the conservatives to eff the world, every time, and its always because they are afraid of progressives getting power and doing something good for the filthy damned peasants.
I suppose from a very twisted, "look what you made me do" perspective, you could blame progressives, but its abuser logic.
Into the trash heap of history with ye
Well, go back to being a slave then, since you seem to hate progressivism so much. We’ll see how you like it then.
Remember that stupid book just about every conservative bonehead was telling everyone to read? Liberal Fascism?
I wonder if this dumbfuck read that stupid book, too.
Good to see people are learning that when they finally elect the stupid, they finally learn what was -really- going through those stupid heads for all those years. What they get is marinated in stupid... proud stupid ... EPIC stupid. (Compated to today's crowd, Reagan was a genius.)
I would so fucking hate to be stuck with this guy's psychology.
Wait what did he say? All I hear is fart noises
If I wrote a fictional black character with the exact characteristics of Thomas, I would be bashed for claiming I was taking racist stereotypes to an extreme. Basically having an asskissing Uncle Tom who's all about 'where dah white women at!' and being extremely easily mesmerized by nice things (bribery... my god the bribery!), and completely lacking in any sense of morality.
Hey so why is nobody asking for the whole article.
I can only assume that very few people in this thread actually clicked the fucking link.
Fuck.
I have links set to open in a private firefox tab, then reader mode or whatever it's called generally avoids all of the popups, paywalls & spaces where ads would be without ad blockers while letting you read the whole thing.
I don't have any problem reading it?