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Topic Title: Clarence Thomas
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Created On: 05/23/2016 12:40 PM
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 05/23/2016 12:40 PM
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johnnyboy

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http://www.npr.org/sections/th...onvicted-by-all-white

One lone dissent. I wish this guy could be on a panel for a jury on a murder only to be struck off the panel solely because he is black, whether he thinks he is or not.

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 05/23/2016 12:54 PM
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"Why are blacks not allowed in the jury pool?"

"Because they cant swim!"

sorry couldnt resist


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 05/23/2016 01:05 PM
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 05/24/2016 05:27 AM
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Originally posted by: johnnyboy

http://www.npr.org/sections/th...ed-by-all-white



One lone dissent. I wish this guy could be on a panel for a jury on a murder only to be struck off the panel solely because he is black, whether he thinks he is or not.


So counselor; in your estimation he is a racist?
 05/24/2016 05:49 AM
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Yes, he is.

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 05/24/2016 06:06 AM
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Clarence "The Worthless" Thomas had done it before:

"......... In an employment discrimination case, the court made it easier for federal employees to file employment discrimination claims. The postmaster of Englewood, Colo., filed a lawsuit claiming that he was the victim of illegal retaliation after he complained about being denied a promotion based on his race. He claimed that he was transferred to Wyoming as punishment for his discrimination complaint. Because the new job was 300 miles away and paid less, he retired.

He claimed, in essence, that the reassignment was so severe that it left him little choice and that he had been, in legalese, "constructively discharged." The Postal Service said he had waited too long to sue, but the Supreme Court ruled in his favor by a 7-to-1 vote, declaring that his suit was filed in a timely fashion. The court said the clock on such lawsuits does not start ticking until the employee resigns. Again, Justice Thomas was the lone dissenter.
 05/24/2016 07:00 AM
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He is trying so hard to overcompensate for his skin color that he is harder on blacks the similarly situated white people. It reminds me of a line in "f@&$ the police:"

But don't let it be a black and a white one
Cause they'll slam ya down to the street top
Black police showing out for the white cop

His wife is white, his friends are white, his political affiliation is white and his contempt of black people is pretty clear. This case is yet another prime example. The conservatives love to point out a black man saying and doing racist things because they believe that a black man cannot be called a racist simply because he is black. They loudly repeat what this racist black man says because they know that if they had the courage or stupidity, depending on your perspective, to say those racist things, they would be called out and held accountable. This is an old and tired tactic.

It only works if you believe that a black person is incapable of racism. I can't believe that simply because this black man had no problem with prosecutors singling out black jurors on a murder case for no other reason than they were black. Justice Thomas pays lots of lips serivice to the sanctity and clarity of the Constitution but when he reads the part that guarantees a jury trial by your peers, he completely disregarded it and wrote a lengthy bullshit dissent. This is a problem in our justice system. Some jurisdictions used to teach their prosecutors to always exclude black people. Black people on juries knew it too. They were scrutinized about things in detail when the white members of the panel were waved through. Many prosecutors even wrote manuals on how to avoid appeals when you exclude all blacks. When they were questioned about these practices they lied. They were exposed and they sought to conceal their actions further and continue. They are dishonest about what they are doing, it's illegal and it's a clear cut case of believing that black people cannot be trusted to reach a just and lawful verdict solely because black people will always sympathize with their own despite the evidence.

Clarence Thomas is the only justice on the highest court in the land that thinks this is just fine.

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 05/24/2016 07:04 AM
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 05/24/2016 07:18 AM
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Originally posted by: RustyTruck

Same thing I was thinking. That was classic.



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Epilogue:  Mr. Bigsby had to divorce his wife...

 05/24/2016 07:43 AM
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"Nobody apparently told him he was black..." Funniest show ever.

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 05/24/2016 07:54 AM
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"Show us your face!"

 05/24/2016 07:57 AM
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"They think they're the best dancers!"

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 05/24/2016 08:15 AM
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"Did that guy just call us ___________?" "Awesome"

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

 05/24/2016 09:35 AM
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RustyTruck

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"Cunnilingus Rice!"

Ah, I see that our enjoyment of Chappelle is bipartisan. He did some edgy stuff. Time haters was another of my favorites.

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In biology, such behavior of cells is called "cancer".

Edited: 05/24/2016 at 09:45 AM by RustyTruck
 05/24/2016 09:59 AM
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I was disappointed that no one posted the shirts vs. blouses when Prince died.

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 05/24/2016 10:36 AM
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Greensleeves

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It was all over FB though...

 05/24/2016 01:02 PM
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"game, blouses"

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