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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Protective' Katie Couric left out RBG's criticisms of kneeling for anthem in 2016 interview
https://www.yahoo.com/now/protective-katie-couric-left-rbgs-190400974.htmlWhile the final cut included Ginsburg criticizing protesters such as Colin Kaepernick as dumb and disrespectful, it left out her comments calling the act of protest contempt for a government that has made it possible for their parents and grandparents to live a decent life.
Ginsburg allegedly continued, They probably could not have lived in the places they came from. ... As they became older, they realize that this was youthful folly. And that's why education is important.
The day after Couric interviewed Ginsburg, the Supreme Court's head of public affairs reportedly reached out to ask that some of the statements be excluded from the final product.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)Hamlette
(15,388 posts)I would like to have talked to RBG about it. Maybe a better journalist could have clarified her position to make it more tolerable/understandable.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)from" more tolerable?
Hamlette
(15,388 posts)and see if I could change her mind. I guess I just don't want to believe she was such an apparent racist based on just this.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)What exactly makes you say that?
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)She wrote Porter v. Nussle, which makes it harder for federal prisoners to assert their rights. She sided with the majority to uphold Overton v. Bazetta, which included a lifetime ban on prison visits for prisoners who violated substance-abuse rules. She did not take stands against solitary confinement. She wasn't that great on tribal issues. She had one Black clerk during her tenure.
Don't get me wrong, she was a force. And she was not perfect. Great collars, though. Beautiful collars.
Dorian Gray
(13,469 posts)If she said it, own it.
Why do we have to ignore/hide views that may challenge our own views?
nilram
(2,879 posts)Sometimes our heroes are flawed. I can disagree with her and still love her just as much as ever.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)nilram
(2,879 posts)I dont keep her record in my head.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)Patton French
(704 posts)..Ginsburg was elderly and probably didn't fully understand the question. What an insulting and ageist thing to say. Even a brilliant jurist like RBG can have opinions that some may disagree with; don't dismiss them with insults.
arlyellowdog
(866 posts)My husband had Ruth Ginsberg for 5 courses in law school. She was a brilliant legal mind. During his time at law school (and mine in college) students took over buildings, burned flags, and there was constant disruption. Ginsberg only saw the legality of the actions. Disruption was not her style. I know that right wingers want to discredit Justice Ginsberg, but her decisions and defense of gay marriage, rights of disabled citizens, and womens rights elevate her.
LiberalFighter
(50,477 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,704 posts)brush
(53,467 posts)Caliman73
(11,690 posts)I disagree strongly with RBG on this issue, especially given that the place where "they came from" was America and many in his generation, as well as their grandparents, were not afforded a "decent life".
Just because you yourself may have experienced discrimination and struggled for rights, doesn't automatically make you open to the rights of others. That is something that we all have to remember.