"We're hateful because you want us to not be." is such a dumb, lazy retort. It's not even an argument, just childish "Nu uh, you are" echoing of criticism. It somehow makes their bigotry worse than if they would actually put some effort into defending it.

"Look what you made me do" is an abuser's refrain.

The justice also bemoaned the “unfair criticism and attacks” that he and other tellers of truths must withstand as the price for courageously “not budging” on their principles.

I guess if you can't defend yourself for obvious corruption you misrepresent their argument and act like the victim. Judges sure love punishing folks in criminal court who act that way, I guess no criticism is left for the top corrupt judges who do it.

That guy will say anything for more RV money.

Reminder that Clarence hates liberalism and thinks it ruined his life. Best I can think is that he's annoyed that people think he was hired under affirmative action.

This some Clayton Bigsby level bullshit.

I'm honestly not super clear on what "progressivism" means for him, but even so it's pretty bad.

The speech is ostensibly bemoaning the progressive movement of the early 20th century, but the New Republic’s Matt Ford has a fantastic piece about how his history is completely wrong. Thomas claims that the American progressive movement was founded by Wilson and imported from Germany, neither of which is true. It was a reaction to corporate abuses and corrupt governance and horrific things like child labor and environmental destruction. It was an organic, grassroots movement, but Thomas says it was a top-down push to suppress individual liberties and put the government in charge of everything. That is a false, libertarian counterhistory that has no basis in reality. The justice also asserts that progressivism led to the worst atrocities of the 20th century, including Nazi Germany, Stalinism, and Mao, and draws a straight line from that to progressivism today.

I think I've been listening too much to a certain type of podcast recently. I distinctly remember hearing about Thomas' early years and how he was a bastard basically from the start, but no detail.

I think he was elated that he was allowed to join the club of rich white assholes and once that happened, there was no more discrimination in the US, systemic or otherwise 🪄

This dude has been compromised for decades now.

"mostly just sad"? We are way past the point of "I'm not angry, I'm disappointed" with these people. Call it what it was - a disgusting, dangerous escalation on the road to jailing political opponents.

So Clarence, what exactly did you not like about Hitler? You seem to be on the same page on most things.

I’m glad these lunatics have gone fully mask-off. We can see how fucking stupid they are.

This is why good education is paramount. Not that it prevents evil, but that is more easily identifiable.

Progressive thinking led to him becoming a judge and to this mess.

Maybe he's onto something.

If Clarence Thomas was made a freeman in the 1800's, he would have become a slave owner.

Well you see the nazis were national socialists 🤓

Can he choke on his spit in his sleep and go to hell already? Oh wait, I actually want him to live for at least two more years. He can die a miserable death in 2028.

Funny thing is, in Weimar politics it was the centrists joining with the far right fascist conservatives against progressives who effed their way into electing an infirm, dementia ridden, incompetent Von Hindenberg, who then appointed Hitler chancellor. Elevating the fascists to power.

The centrists always allow the conservatives to eff the world, every time, and its always because they are afraid of progressives getting power and doing something good for the filthy damned peasants.

I suppose from a very twisted, "look what you made me do" perspective, you could blame progressives, but its abuser logic.

Into the trash heap of history with ye

Well, go back to being a slave then, since you seem to hate progressivism so much. We’ll see how you like it then.

Good to see people are learning that when they finally elect the stupid, they finally learn what was -really- going through those stupid heads for all those years. What they get is marinated in stupid... proud stupid ... EPIC stupid. (Compated to today's crowd, Reagan was a genius.)

Remember that stupid book just about every conservative bonehead was telling everyone to read? Liberal Fascism?

I wonder if this dumbfuck read that stupid book, too.

I would so fucking hate to be stuck with this guy's psychology.

Wait what did he say? All I hear is fart noises

If I wrote a fictional black character with the exact characteristics of Thomas, I would be bashed for claiming I was taking racist stereotypes to an extreme. Basically having an asskissing Uncle Tom who's all about 'where dah white women at!' and being extremely easily mesmerized by nice things (bribery... my god the bribery!), and completely lacking in any sense of morality.

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