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38. I've never heard the saying ending

Wed Feb 2, 2022, 03:37 PM

Feb 2022

"luckily, that is not difficult'. Of course, the Kavanaugh bar is extremely low, but generally POC and women have to work twice as hard for most opportunities in life. and that 'is difficult' and disheartening just to have a chance at equal opportunity/consideration.

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Old white guy here. It seems to me that black people and female people have this in common: [View all] Atticus Feb 2022 OP

You make a very good point. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2022 #1

This old white guy has no concern at all. Seriously. nt abqtommy Feb 2022 #2

Same here. Aussie105 Feb 2022 #58

Spot on. The republicans know this but are doing their fake... brush Feb 2022 #3

Republicans are scared to death of well qualified judges. unblock Feb 2022 #4

plus being female & smart !! that against the republican grain ! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #12

Bingo on that DENVERPOPS Feb 2022 #23

women and POC have to be twice as good to be considered half as good Skittles Feb 2022 #5

A VERY long time. LoisB Feb 2022 #7

the saying used to end with, "LUCKILY, THAT IS NOT DIFFICULT" Skittles Feb 2022 #8

Heck, I think I'm more qualified than Kavanaugh. I think you hit the nail on the head. Why LoisB Feb 2022 #18

that's the thing Skittles Feb 2022 #26

Yep! Catherine Vincent Feb 2022 #28

not necessarily, they just want every one to be white and male. qualified or not. demigoddess Feb 2022 #33

Hell DENVERPOPS Feb 2022 #24

not to mention stage left Feb 2022 #29

Indeed. LoisB Feb 2022 #31

So true, so true. LoisB Feb 2022 #30

I've never heard the saying ending happy feet Feb 2022 #38

Seriously. The cries of "affirmative action" from republiQans also are ridiculous. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #6

THANK YOU!!!!! calimary Feb 2022 #40

Only in the minds of racists. ...nt 2naSalit Feb 2022 #9

The GOP concern comes from the fact... Cracklin Charlie Feb 2022 #10

And that's just too damn bad. calimary Feb 2022 #41

In my own frame of reference madaboutharry Feb 2022 #11

They are afraid that when whites become the minority, alfredo Feb 2022 #19

BINGO! They know they're racist POS and that the shit they do to POC is wrong. OMGWTF Feb 2022 #47

Fear motivates them alfredo Feb 2022 #60

"Take your licks like an adult." Jedi Guy Feb 2022 #56

Acknowledging a great wrong has been done is taking your licks. alfredo Feb 2022 #61

With respect, that's not at all how I interpreted your remark. Jedi Guy Feb 2022 #62

With acknowledgment you accept the consequences. alfredo Feb 2022 #63

Yes, which means working towards equality. Jedi Guy Feb 2022 #65

It is up to the individual going forward. Acknowledgment is a first step. alfredo Feb 2022 #67

For what it's worth, I did not find anything wrong with your comment. nt Atticus Feb 2022 #66

Negative Action. Marcuse Feb 2022 #13

Fair and Balanced czarjak Feb 2022 #15

Well, I sure would feel as though THIS high bench would give me a fair hearing as a women. calimary Feb 2022 #25

There is diversity in their ties IronLionZion Feb 2022 #50

Just remember Oldtimeralso Feb 2022 #14

Ooooh, like that one! "Mango moron"! calimary Feb 2022 #42

Well, I'm kinda liking the idea of a black female on the SC, especially if she is of the caliber alwaysinasnit Feb 2022 #16

THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Feb 2022 #46

Oh, you mean those 'nasty racists?' MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #53

lol alwaysinasnit Feb 2022 #55

It's the old racist Republican sleight of hand to fool the base. halfulglas Feb 2022 #17

Err...? JoeOtterbein Feb 2022 #20

👍 Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #21

Fake repug concern and racist outrage is what it's all about. RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2022 #22

President Kennedy insisted on a female doctor for that very reason. Greybnk48 Feb 2022 #27

Yep. You nailed it relayerbob Feb 2022 #32

I can name 6 old white guys who suck at that job. world wide wally Feb 2022 #34

you got that right Skittles Feb 2022 #54

They're scrambling for an excuse not to approve her wryter2000 Feb 2022 #35

The only people who can ascend to the upper levels. . . Collimator Feb 2022 #36

+1, there were more 25 - 29 yr old women who completed college degrees in 2000 than uponit7771 Feb 2022 #37

"Pale, male, and Yale"! calimary Feb 2022 #43

But appointing a Black woman is affirmative action! hay rick Feb 2022 #39

No. Nothing valid. Caliman73 Feb 2022 #44

Traitor Tot is skeeeeeeeeerd of strong black women, which is why is it so delicious that two AGs OMGWTF Feb 2022 #45

Oh, come ON. It's Kennedy who can't tell a law book from a JCrew catalog. Case closed. ancianita Feb 2022 #48

When America has never had a black woman on the Supreme Court IronLionZion Feb 2022 #49

I'm so goddamned sick of snippy remarks about any kind of promotion of black women being CTyankee Feb 2022 #51

I've known that for 50 years. Fla Dem Feb 2022 #52

Very much true. roamer65 Feb 2022 #57

It's been said that a woman has tobe twice as good in order to be considered soldierant Feb 2022 #59

The front runner Patton French Feb 2022 #64