Trump's Supreme Court pick founded and led club called 'Fascism Forever' at his elite all-boys schoo
Source: Daily Mail
Gorsuch founded the Fascism Forever Club during his freshman year at Georgetown Preparatory, a now-$30,000-a-year private Jesuit school that is one of the most selective in the United States.
He served as president until he graduated in 1985, according to his senior yearbook.
The club was set up to rally against the left-wing tendencies of his professors while attending a Jesuit all-boys preparatory high school near Washington D.C.
The name may be inconvenient for a Supreme Court nominee facing a tough confirmation battle. However it also shows the depth of Gorscuchs right-wing credentials and his penchant for mischief while attending his exclusive prep school in the 1980s.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4182852/Trump-s-SCOTUS-pick-founded-club-called-Fascism-Forever.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,610 posts)which is not a very credible source. Until I see it verified elsewhere I'm not buying it.
Maraya1969
(22,464 posts)won a lot of awards. It is the second largest newspaper in the UK
oberliner
(58,724 posts)They just take information from other sources and repackage it with a clickbait style headline.
pnwmom
(108,959 posts)Both are clearly identified in the bottom left hand corner as coming from Seth Poppel's Yearbook library, an accepted media source.
And on his Facebook page E. Randal Schoenberg, the Holocaust lawyer who filed (and won) a lawsuit to obtain the warrant used to search Weiner's computer for Hillary's emails, posted this article with the comment, "This is the Neil Gorsuch I met in 1984."
RandySF
(58,511 posts)According to his yearbook, the Fascism Forever Club was set up to oppose the "liberal" views of the school's administration, reported the Daily Mail.
A description in the yearbook added: "In political circles, our tireless President Gorsuch's 'Fascism Forever Club' happily jerked its knees against the increasingly 'left-wing' tendencies of the faculty."
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-neil-gorsuch-founded-fascism-forever-club-school-1604426?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=/donald-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-neil-gorsuch-founded-fascism-forever-club-school-1604426
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)This guy has lived his whole life in a right-wing bubble. The perfect successor to Fascist Fat Tony - the most destructive Supreme Court Justice in history!
McTurtle's going to look even more corrupt than usual if he uses the nuclear option to push this asshole through!!
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)a very reputable source either, BUT in this case, this appears to be true IN SPITE of this source.
As another poster said, it's in his school yearbook.
Tactical Peek
(1,207 posts)And though I'm no photoshop expert, I don't think this looks "fixed". I think it's probably on the level.
jmbar2
(4,865 posts)The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer.
-- Henry Kissinger
For a Supreme Court justice??? WTF?
mahina
(17,623 posts)Aloha~
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)Sounds like a typical Trump pick.
Mc Mike
(9,111 posts)JI7
(89,241 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)RandySF
(58,511 posts)cstanleytech
(26,244 posts)wishstar
(5,268 posts)He is beloved by Steve Bannon and Ralph Reid etc. since he defends their rightwing values while having the veneer of a polished privileged background and legal expertise that can lend "credibility" to their deplorable philosophies.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Georgetown Prep. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
wishstar
(5,268 posts)Just like elite snob William F Buckley jr.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Not the students, so Georgetown and the Jesuits own it at least as much as Gorsuch. It was after all an official school club. Time to find out who was in charge.
wishstar
(5,268 posts)Kind of like the way Trumpsters love calling themselves Deplorables (although "Fascists" is more accurate!)
Several of the Shriver and Kennedy kids attended Georgetown Prep at same time as Gorsuch.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Were the Kennedys and Shrivers also Georgetown Fascists? Or did they merely stand by and enable it giving them plausible deniability?
Mc Mike
(9,111 posts)They're not known for strongly opposing fascism, fighting to defend fascists' victims, being hated by fascists, and getting threatened and bumped off.
You really should think before you type. If you don't know about something, learn about it before expounding on it.
onenote
(42,602 posts)sweeping with a rather broad brush, aren't we?
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,063 posts)Satanic. Not to be trusted with anything.
Paladin
(28,243 posts)Unfortunately, we no longer live in a sane country.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)In a sane America, we wouldn't judge a 50 year old man by his actions in high school.
There are numerous reasons to oppose his nomination based on his decisions as a judge (and as an adult).
Paladin
(28,243 posts)He posted the following Kissinger quote by his student picture while at Columbia:
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."
Snopes confirmed this. But again, maybe you just don't give a shit.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)In the case of Gorsuch, I would judge him by his 25 year legal career, in particular, the rulings and opinions he expressed as a judge on the 10th Circuit.
dchill
(38,450 posts)But it won't be.
Retrograde
(10,130 posts)His stance in the Hobby Lobby ruling is enough to disqualify him for me.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Sounds like he comes by his political leanings from his mom:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Gorsuch_Burford
Reagan's 1st EPA chief and tried her best to minimize if not kill the agency.
malthaussen
(17,175 posts)At least the pictures are good.
-- Mal
Turbineguy
(37,295 posts)Sounds like he's qualified. In trumphump land.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)This is a stupid article from a ridiculous British tabloid.
Plenty of actual reasons to oppose this nomination that are unrelated to what he did in high school.
Paladin
(28,243 posts)Very much including an originalist SCOTUS pick, a guy who thinks being the new Antonin Scalia is a good thing?
You utilize the weapons put at your disposal against your enemies---high school fascism remarks are fair game......
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,610 posts)I don't want him on the Supreme Court but objections to him should be based on actual facts, not alternative facts.