Because the comment would seem racist and no one would have cared what he meant or given any thought to the context of his life. There would only be uncompromising calls for his dismissal that no one would contest.

I said from the beginning that I thought Sotomayor should be confirmed. She’s brilliant. She is not a racist.

But, the Latino Woman comment highlights the double standard when it comes to racial sensitivity.

Don’t be upset with me, these are Sotomayor’s words:

JUDGE SOTOMAYOR: It does. And I would hope that we come in America to the place where we can look at a statement that could be misunderstood and consider it in the context of the person’s life and the work they have done.

After mindless calls of racism being hurled at her, she gets it.

I understand you’re upset. You’ve lost your favorite tool.

If someone you don’t like says says something you don’t like about a racial issue, you (and the left in general) would only effortlessly hurl charges of racism to tamp them down.

But, Sotomayor’s nomination has changed that. The right still has a problem with racism. But, it no longer has a monopoly with that problem.

This experience has shown us that we all need to watch what we say. And we all need to consider objectionable comments in the context of a person’s life and not just on the basis of one poorly chosen phrase or comment.

I don’t oppose Sotomayor. I think she’s smart. I think it’s good to have diversity on the court. And in every other aspect of society, for that matter.

You and many, many others here have called me a racist, not because I believe one race is superior to any other (the real definition), but because I question the double standard that has evolved where the comments or actions of whites are more heavily scrutinized than the comments or actions of others.

Holding one group to a different standard or requiring different expectations is real racism. My goal is not to upset you. It is to get you to see the wrongheadedness of your position.

The Old Testament records something similar. The OT records that when Isaac married Rachel, he took her into his tent. No ceremony is recorded, just a simple remark about going into his tent to have sex with his wife.

Well, this certainly IS good news, bitbit! That means in the eyes of the Lord any homosexual that takes another homosexual into their “tent” (or home presumably) to have sex actually have a legal marriage. You found it! The Biblical passage that allows for same sex marriage.

Good for you!

What’s so racist about this:

I disagree with the sentiment that someone is better or more capable due to their gender or race.

Even more generally, which post(s) of mine connote my ‘flavor racism’?

I believe instead of racism, what many here find more objectionable is the questioning of favored dogma.

After the latest infestations of the lamest trolls, I was starting to have a new appreciation for you, but why are you still here trying to convince the TP community that your flavor racism is better than racism in another form? Your comment at 5:04 is just sad.

Give it up. You’re embarrassing yourself!

PEACE

I am going to have to pick the Latino Woman’s experience as being the richer of the two.

Reggie. you are missing the point and making my point at the same time.

You are making generalizations about a person based on race or gender.

stereotype
a characterization based on conscious or unconscious assumptions that some one aspect—such as gender, age, ethnic or national identity, religion, occupation, marital status, and so on—is predictably accompanied by certain character traits, actions, even values.

I don’t think Sotomayor is a racist. But, I agree with her that the ‘Latino woman’ comment was a poor choice. I also would disagree with the sentiment of the comment if it was delivered as the white male.

I disagree with the sentiment that someone is better or more capable due to their gender or race.

Don’t you?

The Progresive New School Republican Party

by Sarah Palin, Almost Former Governor of a State

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Makes a great title, pete.

Maybe the trolls are sent here to inspire us.

Troll muse.

Have you asked yourself why we import shrimp, bitty? It’s because we scoured our own coastal regions bare and then sterilized them with toxins and run off.

Then we got Nixon. One can argue whether he was nuts before the Presidency or not but he certainly left in a shambles.

Raygun consulted televangelists and psychics then conveniently forgot his entire Presidency, seemingly, overnight.

Bush 41 was mostly sane but detached with zero charisma and just not likable.

Bush 41’s idiot man-child is purely delusional. I’ve waited, in growing horror, for the punchline since the first time I heard the Chimp speak.

Thankfully, bitty, your side is shrinking each day.

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dietrich says:

so is Daryll back as bitbit?

Nope. Two separate entities. One crock of crap.

July 15th, 2009 at 5:38 pm Vote Up | Vote Down | (0) | Report
Thanks, but every time I see a holy roller screed I automatically think of Darnell.
tony and lido

so is Daryll back as bitbit?

Nope. Two separate entities. One crock of crap.

And, in the context of Judge Sotomayor’s statement, it is crystal clear that she was speaking to critics and other Latina women that her upbringing makes her a person with the advantages of a diverse mix of experiences.

Frankly, it wouldn’t make much sense for a white guy to make the exact same statement because, outside of extremist circles, the notion wouldn’t be entertained. A more plausible analogy is a white guy who was born into a military family who says his military upbringing gives him advantages, in some scenarios, over a civilian. Or having the experience of actually living in another country and learning it’s culture provides advantages, in some scenarios, over someone who’s never left their home state.

As stated and as endlessly dissected I can only reach the conclusion that her statement was no more worrying than saying she was a lawyer, a diplomat, a kindergarten teacher, or a mountain climber.

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Sorry, b-kup, I find your arguments to be disingenuous. If you think that Judge Sotomayor could be seen as a racist for noting her heritage, that many would see as a disadvantage, as a strength? I can’t follow you there. I’ve seen the comment so many times, in context and otherwise, and I still don’t see it.

July 15th, 2009 at 4:56 pm Vote Up | Vote Down | (0) | Report Abuse
I agree, but I’d like to think of it more as a crock of shite.
Mixed with arrogance.
Add a touch of racism.
And you have the recipe for a b-cup.
tony and lido

bit
dbadass has to go sell the shellfish and eat some too. dbadass looks forward to next and wishes you well. dbadass hopes their are no menstruating women in your tent…
July 15th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Try not to get it from China. They may not have clean up the shrimp raising environments, yet, and shrimp will pick up stuff from the water.

I would hope that a wise White Man with the richness of his experiences…

Richness as in the case of George W Bush, born with a silver coke spoon under his nose? Being able to attend Yale only because he was a legacy admission, rather than based on academic achievement, is that the richness you describe?
Growing up amongst the white country club elite and the only interaction with ethnic Americans was with servants or service sector workers?
Is that what you describe as richness?

Or in Judge Sotomayor case, richness from growing up lower middle class and having to work hard and to understand discrimination first hand.
Earning scholarships and graduating second in her class at law school.
Growing up amongst people of varied ethnic backgrounds and understanding the daily struggle to clothe, feed and provide shelter for your family?

I am going to have to pick the Latino Woman’s experience as being the richer of the two.

Abraham’s wife Sarah gave her husband Hagar, the Egyptian. Why don’t you tell the rest of the story?

What happen to Hagar?
What became of her son?
Where the results of Sarah’s action positive?
What people came from Hagar’s son, Ishmael?

Don’t believe God condones adultery.

It’s worth noting that God told the Kings of Israel not to take more that one wife. Well, they didn’t listen. The Kings took more that one wife because the neighboring Kings had more that one wife. (The big guy – the King – is always going to have the most and the best.)

All the Kings suffered for having more that one wife, some grievously like King David.