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SomethingNew

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93. You can think that I guess but it is intellectually dishonest.

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 09:37 PM

Dec 2015

Don't try to paint me as not progressive enough just because I don't agree with your irrational hatred and jumping at the "racism" in what was really just an poorly worded statement with a clear context and underlying meaning.

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Justice Scalia Suggests Blacks Belong at "Slower" Colleges .........(Yes, he really said that.) [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 OP

a disgusting human being spanone Dec 2015 #1

"human" is too kind ananda Dec 2015 #19

Folks aren't even trying to hide it anymore... Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #2

Betting that yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #30

No and it is sickening n/t etherealtruth Dec 2015 #45

Well, Scalia never did try, actually... Scootaloo Dec 2015 #78

Nope.... daleanime Dec 2015 #88

He has obviously never met a woman who graduated from Spelman Warpy Dec 2015 #3

Neil deGrasse Tyson might object. longship Dec 2015 #4

For that matter, so might the Obamas hifiguy Dec 2015 #13

I was an A student at Brown University and Solomon Dec 2015 #18

Wow--that's an impressive resume for both of you. panader0 Dec 2015 #31

I know I am risking a hide here, but this is too funny not to share FrodosPet Dec 2015 #32

OMG. hifiguy Dec 2015 #43

Bob Rivers' Twisted Christmas is one of my favorite parts of the season. FrodosPet Dec 2015 #48

I also went to top tiered universities and currently work at one Number23 Dec 2015 #50

Scalia is a vile and disgusting puke fuck of a human being, I am surprised he knows randys1 Dec 2015 #61

And uncle tom Clarence Thomas kisses up to him, looks to him on how to vote brush Dec 2015 #66

UT is the Defendant in this case. AngryAmish Dec 2015 #72

Ah, thanks. I read only the snippet in the OP Number23 Dec 2015 #83

I can explain JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #82

and you sir are full of shit. Solomon Dec 2015 #100

Thank you for the kind words. JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #101

I blame Trump . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #5

Scalia was like this way before Trump ever got into politics. yardwork Dec 2015 #7

Yep. Scaila has been a pompous, fascist shitbag for decades. hifiguy Dec 2015 #14

Trump, the Republicans and our MSM! eom Duval Dec 2015 #57

It sounds like very good grounds for impeachment. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #6

Like Harvard? KamaAina Dec 2015 #8

+1 Johonny Dec 2015 #64

Why is a racist piece of shit allowed to sit on the Supreme Court ? octoberlib Dec 2015 #9

Justice Campanis DefenseLawyer Dec 2015 #10

Wasn't he friends with Jimmy the Greek? madinmaryland Dec 2015 #73

How many times has he proven his inability for fairness and impartial judicial decisions ..... AuntPatsy Dec 2015 #11

It should be a national embarrassment to this country every day justhanginon Dec 2015 #12

A veep for Trump! oldandhappy Dec 2015 #15

I disagree with Scalia's textualist approach to the Constitution, SomethingNew Dec 2015 #16

you are misquoting his blatantly racist remarks why exactly? bettyellen Dec 2015 #20

I'm not and you know that. Context is important. SomethingNew Dec 2015 #22

Scalia's statements are racist precisely because he denies there is any context of racism. You seem bettyellen Dec 2015 #29

Agreed. It's a potentially valid argument, in some cases, hifiguy Dec 2015 #54

I have noticed that people who argue against the existence of racism or sexism often bettyellen Dec 2015 #70

Scalia was quoting from one of the amicus briefs gratuitous Dec 2015 #24

He used a specious argument to conclude that Affirmative Action was bad. Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #27

All valid arguments that are worth making. SomethingNew Dec 2015 #33

Who in the world is doing that? Ft stomping & accusing him of being the devil? uppityperson Dec 2015 #34

Anyone who wears this hat non-ironically Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #35

I vaguely recognize that hat hifiguy Dec 2015 #47

I believe the Benedictine Monks referred to it as a "go shit in your hat, hat" Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #51

That sounds right, especially for Fat Tony. hifiguy Dec 2015 #53

He's a thoroughly unpleasant man, isn't he? Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #55

To quote underground cartoonist S. Clay Wilson's character hifiguy Dec 2015 #60

Stay classy, Warren.. whathehell Dec 2015 #79

No one did that JustAnotherGen Dec 2015 #63

You don't have to foot stomp to state what Scalia is brush Dec 2015 #74

"What he meant was . . ." your words . . . "and people here know it" brush Dec 2015 #68

You can think that I guess but it is intellectually dishonest. SomethingNew Dec 2015 #93

"just a poorly worded statement" Skittles Dec 2015 #94

Homophobic, yes. SomethingNew Dec 2015 #95

I would say you're the intellectually dishonest one brush Dec 2015 #96

Sounds like Scalia edhopper Dec 2015 #17

I see Scalia, as I saw Rehnquist, as a guy hifiguy Dec 2015 #21

Because his personal experience is Clarence Thomas n/t IllinoisBirdWatcher Dec 2015 #23

And Silent Clarence was, as usual, silent gratuitous Dec 2015 #26

Hey, Uncle Ruckus climbed the ladder. hifiguy Dec 2015 #49

Not exactly JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #84

My point, perhaps unclear, is that he was undoubtedly a beneficiary of affirmative action hifiguy Dec 2015 #85

Ah yes. I did miss your point. JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #91

Yeah, there's only one thing to say ... historylovr Dec 2015 #25

Since the only black person he knows is Clarence Thomas BillZBubb Dec 2015 #28

Don't think he would have said that about Thurgood Marshall. Downwinder Dec 2015 #62

Heehee! Yep. Thurgood Marshall probably would've invited him outside. brush Dec 2015 #77

he should be impeached/removed from the scotus stupidicus Dec 2015 #36

Scalia has Trump fever. TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #37

K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #38

WHAAAAT retrowire Dec 2015 #39

Imagine a SCOTUS with more justices like Scalia. But there's no diff between the parties... Hekate Dec 2015 #40

I was a teaching assistant at Harvard... Mustellus Dec 2015 #41

great story annabanana Dec 2015 #58

Yeah, they just wouldn't be able to keep up at a prestigious school like the University of Texas. tanyev Dec 2015 #42

Yeah, because nobody shotguns beer at every other school... linuxman Dec 2015 #69

Yeah, right? Respectfully, but since when did UT become top tier? brush Dec 2015 #80

Can we finally impeach that wanker? paleotn Dec 2015 #44

RESIGN NOW. What an embarrassment for Americans. L. Coyote Dec 2015 #46

Holy fuckin' shit! It's hard to believe SKKKalia is an actual Supreme Court justice. valerief Dec 2015 #52

Yeah, I can believe that jerk said that. Grrrrrrr Duval Dec 2015 #56

How exciting that a GOP White House means more Scalia's randys1 Dec 2015 #59

I don't know whether to JustAnotherGen Dec 2015 #65

"We're all living in Hooverville but we've got the SCOTUS" hifiguy Dec 2015 #87

Who submitted the amicus brief Scalia cited? procon Dec 2015 #67

Link to the brief ncdem01 Dec 2015 #97

Thanks! procon Dec 2015 #99

Unbelievable lunamagica Dec 2015 #71

Holy fuck. SMH. Did wake up back in the 50's? Photographer Dec 2015 #75

Does Scalia live in a bunker olddots Dec 2015 #76

OMG.. whathehell Dec 2015 #81

So tell me Scalia, was Clarence Thomas too slow for Holy Cross and Yale muntrv Dec 2015 #86

And people wonder who puts E1 into the BFEE. Octafish Dec 2015 #89

Worst Supreme Court Justice ever? Initech Dec 2015 #90

He makes that fucking segregationist that preceded him on the SC bullwinkle428 Dec 2015 #92

So,when in the gd hell,is wendylaroux Dec 2015 #98