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brush

(53,764 posts)
Fri May 6, 2022, 01:16 AM May 2022

Justice Alito's apparently a 17th century man, a man of his time, a time...

when men were men and women were their property, and/or witches to be burned at the stake when appropriate.

Tell me he's kidding us with this 17th century bullshit in the abortion brief. Somebody tell me quick that this can't possibly be true here in the 21st century—that a SCOTUS justice, someone purported to be a serious thinker worthy of sitting on the highest court in the land, is citing a witchcraft-believing misogynist from the 1600s.

It can't possibly be true.

I repeat, he cites a 17th century misogynist, a 17th century misogynist who believed in witches.

He and his clerk, or whoever wrote that claptrap of the highest order and thought it was an appropriate preference reference to back up a claim that women should be denied autonomy over their own bodies, should be laughed and ridiculed out of the Supreme Court building and never be allowed to return (and preferably tarred and feathered if we were somehow transported back to the 17th century, as they apparently have been).

I mean he cited a witchcraft believer. God! What kind of antiquated creatures have been put on the Supreme Court?

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Justice Alito's apparently a 17th century man, a man of his time, a time... (Original Post) brush May 2022 OP
Tarred, feathered.... The Unmitigated Gall May 2022 #1
Been reading about that today. Very scary stuff. Deuxcents May 2022 #2
This is a really bad opinion LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #3
I need to vomit now. sheshe2 May 2022 #5
Will any hierarchical... sprinkleeninow May 2022 #4
Just remind the bastard... Hekate May 2022 #6
+++ brer cat May 2022 #9
The misogyny speaks for itself. madaboutharry May 2022 #7
'Witch Burner' empedocles May 2022 #8

Deuxcents

(16,185 posts)
2. Been reading about that today. Very scary stuff.
Fri May 6, 2022, 01:31 AM
May 2022

Sometimes I can hardly believe what is happening. This is religion gone berserk and religion behind the whole pro life mission. . If they don’t like it, no one can. They are in the minority, for god sake. This just can’t happen.

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,129 posts)
3. This is a really bad opinion
Fri May 6, 2022, 01:31 AM
May 2022

It is never a good sign when you have to rely on law that predates the US Constitution



There are a good number of issues in this draft. It is really poorly drafted opinion.

madaboutharry

(40,207 posts)
7. The misogyny speaks for itself.
Fri May 6, 2022, 06:44 AM
May 2022

“A 17th Century man.” That is what he needs to be called from now on.

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