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.
Corrupt hack should eat shit.
Clarence wants another new RV.
Nazi daddy just bought him an RV. He stops and he gets cut off. Poor dude.
Take the camper bribe Clarence and then never leave the woods again.
The entire US justice system is the enemy of the people.
He sees the threat every day in the morning when he looks in the mirror.
Is this man aware he is black?
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?
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.
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
Black people can be conservative, even Trumpists, and stupid, too.
They’re not a hivemind.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.
He what? Blasted his head off? He… oh. Never mind 😞
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
Blatantly corrupt judges are the real threat
Well if he is so against progress, we can get him to start picking cotton again
Yeah Thomas has done about as much harm to black people as anybody living. He’s incompetent and undeserving of his appointment.
And strikingly corrupt as well.
His last name is Tom. I wonder if he has any nieces or nephews.
I will now forever refer to him as Justice Uncle Tom. Thank you.
Maybe only count his rulings as 3/5 of a justice.
Came here to express the exact same sentiment. The ol’ boy can start tomorrow if he means it.
He always reminds me of the head servant dude there in ‘Django Unchained’ who told on them.
So black people only deserve freedom from slavery if they’re progressive?
do you warm up before twisting your logic so hard?
They are indeed a threat to his supply of free yachts
Nothing more pathetic than a man who hates himself so much that he’s willing to take his whole race and country back four centuries just to feel superior. Fuck you, Clarence.
Fuck off and die already
Supposedly I’m not allowed to condone these things I’m not willing to condemn, so we can’t talk about how he ought to die.
You do realize who would appoint his replacement, right??
Amended sentiment: Wait for Dems to retake Congress in the midterms and then fuck off and die.
MAGAts are a threat to the whole world.
A spirit of “cynicism, rejection, hostility and animus” toward America – by Americans – has taken hold, Thomas said in remarks carried live on CSPAN.
Progressivism means Americans criticize America because they are interested in making it better. Conservativism refuses to criticize America because it has no interest in making it better.
And that’s why conservativism is ultimately so pathetic. To fix flaws you have to admit to them, and put in work to change your own habits and the world around you, both of which are hard. To refuse to acknowledge flaws is easy, and you don’t have to fix anything about yourself or the world. It’s a fundamentally infantile, weak way of existing.
When I see people with Thomas’ opinions, I think, “Well, there’s a child whose mind just got older, but never grew up.” It’s incredible to realize, as an adult, just how many of the “adults” around us fit that model, and how much power they often end up having.
Conservativism refuses to criticize America
Convservatism criticizes America all the fucking time. Anytime anybody in America gets a little too “woke” for them.
Small but very important distinction:
They criticize Americans. They think (or act that way for the cameras) that America is perfect and everything is preordained. That is a point of faith, not-coincidentally - criticizing America elicits the same defensiveness as criticizing their religion. Any issues are with flawed Americans misinterpreting the grand plan of the Founders (as if they didn’t also disagree with each other) or God, but nobody gets away with trashing “America,” except Trump whose believers instantly recompile it to mean “America-as-long-as-it’s-run-by-democrats-and-women-and-non-whites-and-woke-ideology.”
This is why conservatives routinely separate people into “real Americans” versus everyone else.
Progressivism means Americans criticize America because they are interested in making it better. Conservativism refuses to criticize America because it has no interest in making it better.
I’d just like to add that freely and openly criticizing your country, its government, and its leadership is the founding ideal of America. It’s rich that he brings up “the premise of the declaration of independence and hence our form of government” as if exercising freedom of speech is not the cornerstone of both.
retire faster
