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Clarence Thomas on Wednesday delivered a televised broadside against progressivism, a political philosophy he described as an existential threat to America and the principles that founded it 250 years ago.
“Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence and hence our form of government,” Thomas said in a speech at the University of Texas Austin Law School pegged to the nation’s upcoming milestone birthday.
A spirit of “cynicism, rejection, hostility and animus” toward America – by Americans – has taken hold, Thomas said in remarks carried live on CSPAN.
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How nakedly partisan of him. Completely unbecoming of a judge. What an embarrassment.
Man who 100% benefitted from progressive policies in his youth seeks to pull ladderup behind him. Tale as old as time. Hell, he said he used a Carnegie library before desegregation.
Progressivism is why he’s allowed to be married to a white woman
Uncle Clarence taking up for his masters again I see.
The biggest piece of trash to ever disgrace the Supreme Court and a failure of a human being.
All of these right wingers are so fucking weird. Apparently, Thomas likes to talk about the porn he watches with other people.
This fucking hump belongs in prison, and so does his treasonous bulldog wife.
“America is the land of opportunity for one thing and one thing only: capital. Its why we believe in Capitalism. Communism? No, Community is evil. Socialism? No, Socializing is evil. Progressivism? No, Progress is evil. Environmentalism? No, the Environment is evil. Welfare? No, Wellness is evil.”
Is this man aware he is black?
Back in the day, certain slaves were “house slaves” who were still treated like shit and beat. But were “allowed” to do work in the plantation house instead of the fields.
They were often more racist then the slave owners. The only way they could build themselves up was by tearing their brothers and sisters down.
The worst the slave owner consider them, the better the ones in the house seemed by default.
While Thomas should be aware of all that as a “legal scholar” who would have had to study shit like this for years…
The mentality isn’t relegated to just slavery.
Pick any random minority, and you can find a member who does similar.
So he probably wouldn’t mind if slavery came back, because in his head he’d still be one of the “valuable exceptions” and has done the mental gymnastics to think he’d even hold onto his position.
Understanding how they think is important to stop them.
See Latinos for Trump.
Their
leader/founderprominent cameraman/journalist(?) got deported this past week.Leopards eating good.
He should ask the Jews for Hitler how it went for them
This unfortunately, too real, truth nuke. It’s really unfortunate that people who have mentality exists no matter their skin color or ethnicity
He is aware that he wants to pull the ladder up on other POC right the fuck last year.
It’s worth listening to the More Perfect podcast episode on wtf Clarance Thomas’s ideological deal is.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/clarence-x
Any chance of a TL;DL?
He’s a corrupt sexual assaulter who thinks black people shouldn’t receive any assistance despite the lack of civil rights they’ve historically had, and feels liberals are the cause of all his problems and intends to piss them off every chance he gets.
Pretty much the MAGA political platform.
Black people can be conservative, even Trumpists, and stupid, too.
They’re not a hivemind.There are always collaborators
They’re a cult, so there’s not really that much of a difference.
Thomas has been a weird and terrible person for decades, long before MAGA.
He was one of the main pushers of Citizens United, for example. He really believes that wealth should provide more political influence.
Fred Hampton once said (paraphrasing from memory) “a pig is a pig is a pig. No matter black, white, yellow, or polka dot”.
I think this applies here in the sense that race can be ignored as a factor in the corrupt, the same way you can rule out a coherent doctrine. The only academic question about Thomas is has he received a bribe, or is he angling for a gratuity?
I’m saying this as someone who’s tried to comprehend his political/ legal philosophy for years. Observers have often said that Thomas believes that black Americans can find more equality in capital than they can with the franchise. The reasoning goes that black Americans can never rely on voting because they’re a permanent minority and therefore perpetually dependent on the good will of white America; good will that can never be trusted. Valid point IMO. But nah… Justice Thomas was just corrupt.
He had nephew he had been the legal guardian of he cut contact with when was 19 and Harlan Crowe stopped paying for his tuition.
He’s literally an Uncle Tom.
Black man resents equal rights, news at 11. Clarence Thomas is the epitome of “fuck you I got mine”
Don’t you got cotton to pick, house slave?
If he doesn’t understand the definition of “progressive”, he is not mentally competent to be a judge at any level.
Corrupt hack should eat shit.
Nazi daddy just bought him an RV. He stops and he gets cut off. Poor dude.
Clarence wants another new RV.
Seems fair, as progressives would describe Thomas as a threat to America.
When they say America they mean me.
As in: “Me first” or “democrats are the biggest threat to me”
As a pragmatic pro gun progressive, I can confirm this
Biden ran the Senate judiciary committee for approving Thomas and buried Anita hills testimony on Thomas’s sexual harassment, after promising Hill time to speak. Yet another win for the centrists that keeps on giving all these years later. That fiasco alone should have sunk that aipac idiot’s chances at the vp and then president spots. And it is one of innumerable outright idiotic fuckups of Biden’s career.
This right here, this Clarence Thomas BS, is the inevitable result of centrists philosophies.
Using science including research and facts to direct social policy is a threat to White Nationalism, Neocons, and Neoliberals. Not so much for everyone else.
Kind of funny though, because I was just thinking a week ago about when they are going to start actively demonizing progressives again.
