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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
I'm not gunna give you the quote again. If you look at that quote objectively, she's talking about her sex, her race, the male sex, and the white race. She said someone of her sex n' race would be better at something than a male member of a specific race. Yes, we normally do tolerate a sexist-racist statement like this from some members of our society. You choose to continue to do that, and I think people who want an important public service position (like this one) should not be given the pass(unless you want all members of society to get the same pass.) Oh, and yes, I do think she was stupid to say it. Like I said before, I think the statement shows enough subtle sexism, and racism to make her inappropriate for this(mainy because we don't have to settle.) If she is allowed to get on that court, a message will be sent to people of her community (and other ones) that it's o.k. to make a sexist-racist statement if you're a member of a minority group. It's 2009, and it's time to stop giving out that message. Unlike other Liberals, I am not being a hypocrite about this.
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And she obviously misspoke....which while we're going in circles here, is incredibly important. And that's where the entire CONTEXT of the speech comes in. It was still a bonehead statement, but it's not like that was her point.
If you're unwilling to take the entire speech in context, just say that. Say that all you care about is the quote you've provided, and you care nothing about its context. Then I can stop arguing it, because if you're being willfully ignorant about what she actually means, then I can't carry on. Trust me, you don't want people to start cherry picking things of yours out and taking them out of context. It'd be awfully easy.
And if she was such a terrible racist, why would she be the dissenting (I repeat,
DISSENTING...as in, in the minority) opinion in a case in which doing so meant she had to defend a white man who was dismissed from his job for being a racist.
So if you want to argue about that exact quote as in only the words in it, then we're done discussing it because you refuse to look at the big picture...which is why I call it a scare quote, regardless of who falls for it.
The big picture is that she's not a racist, and she's not a sexist, and this quote has zero to do with her judicial philosophy, and repeating this quote over and over won't change that a bit. It'll rile some people up, but it won't prove a single thing and it still won't matter one iota when she's confirmed, as she rightfully should be.
Her confirmation won't do any of the things you're saying it will, and won't create a groundswell of secret racists who think they can get away with saying anything because Sonia Sotomayor apparently got sneaky and put one over on the country. Please.
If this is all they've got on her, and it is, and it's all anyone falls for in grabbing for straws for a reason to oppose her...then she's a pretty impeccable nominee.