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In reply to the discussion: Thomas asks question for second time in a decade at Supreme Court [View all]MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)About him being a terrible Justice. I said that in my original post.
He's just not a stupid man. That was the sole objection I made.
There are lots of very intelligent people with whom I've disagreed over the decades. For example:
William F. Buckley, being the first to come to mind. (He was also a gentleman and very nice.)
Charles Krauthammer (same)
Bush, Sr.
The elder Koch brother
Martin Luther (the theologian)
Adolf Eichman (the Nazi who put the Final Solution into effect)
Etc.
All these people are (in obviously varying ways) people with whom I disagree on almost everything. (As do you, I hope.)
They are not, however, stupid. I doubt anyone here things any of the people on that list are (or were) not intelligent.
On both the left and the right, there is a specific tendency to belittle the intelligence of minorities and women with whom they disagree -- for example AOC is constantly mocked by the right as "stupid". No, she's quite bright.
It's bigotry, regardless of which side does it.
As is claiming Thomas is an idiot and falling into (subconsciously, I hope) racist attacks on his intelligence.
No, he's quite smart. He's just wrong.
Just like the white guys on the list I wrote -- none of whom are called "stupid".