Duke Wy Lin
It's been a good run. Wish y'all the best ✊🏿
Corey Robin is a distinguished professor of political science.. i haven't read the book myself but I plan to.
Billy Porter calls out Clarence Thomas
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Corey Robin is a distinguished professor of political science.. i haven't read the book myself but I plan to.
I still want a response to that decision...
But I just had a laugh at the thought of Thomas voting to strike down reparations and those fools still being like "
He did it to help black people find their own way!", that on top of all his other decisions makes this position hilarious to me. 
I can't imagine anyone paying attention to SCOTUS decisions and coming to the conclusion that Thomas is for black people. And even with a charitable approach to what people have provided as simple "libertarianism", I can promise you are far out of your depth if you champion that as means of improving the wellbeing of black people in this country, that is beyond fukking stupid and white supremacists dream of that scenario.
Best case for black people in this country is to improve voter turnout, control the blocs, and put candidates in office that will actually have our best interest in mind and produce results through legislation or they get the boot. From there, we can eventually pickup seats in the SCOTUS, or hell, we could have the numbers to expand it and go from there. Stuff like that has to be tried before anything nearing the stupid shyt some of you fools suggest. That is the responsible approach by anyone that has put considerable time into thinking about the matter.
Problem with the internet is assuming all opinions are equal and worthy of consideration. In reality, if we could have the hours of reading, time spent with philosophy, time spent flushing out axioms, and time spent critically thinking, you would see who was ranked bronze, and who is acting like that are gold or platinum ranked. We need some kind of protected online test for a ranking system on the internet at this point, with annual retests.
I'm joking but not really.
But I just had a laugh at the thought of Thomas voting to strike down reparations and those fools still being like "
I can't imagine anyone paying attention to SCOTUS decisions and coming to the conclusion that Thomas is for black people. And even with a charitable approach to what people have provided as simple "libertarianism", I can promise you are far out of your depth if you champion that as means of improving the wellbeing of black people in this country, that is beyond fukking stupid and white supremacists dream of that scenario.Best case for black people in this country is to improve voter turnout, control the blocs, and put candidates in office that will actually have our best interest in mind and produce results through legislation or they get the boot. From there, we can eventually pickup seats in the SCOTUS, or hell, we could have the numbers to expand it and go from there. Stuff like that has to be tried before anything nearing the stupid shyt some of you fools suggest. That is the responsible approach by anyone that has put considerable time into thinking about the matter.
Problem with the internet is assuming all opinions are equal and worthy of consideration. In reality, if we could have the hours of reading, time spent with philosophy, time spent flushing out axioms, and time spent critically thinking, you would see who was ranked bronze, and who is acting like that are gold or platinum ranked. We need some kind of protected online test for a ranking system on the internet at this point, with annual retests.
I'm joking but not really.
get these nets
Veteran
End Domination is a newly minted attorney, and a Black man whose life is directly impacted by rulings of the Supreme Court. As all of our lives are.
Didn't think that I'd have to spell it out.
Are you going to respond to that decision above?
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas is a groundbreaking revis…
I will throw the book in rotation, it isn't even long. Problem is, I will likely spend a majority of the time arguing with the book and then upon completing it, find that you still haven't read it, and the only benefit from reading the book will be me using it against anyone that quotes it in the future, which also won't matter because the people I typically have odds with wouldn't know reason if it slapped them in the face.
Duke Wy Lin
It's been a good run. Wish y'all the best ✊🏿
From the libertarian side of things, can someone from the "for Thomas"camp explain to me how voting to allow the weakening of the black vote is libertarian? And can you explain how that helps black people?
In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower courts ruling that it dilutes Black votes
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Alabama to implement a redistricting plan that is being challenged as illegal racial gerrymandering. A lower court ruled last month that the states new […]www.scotusblog.com
Just those three quotes, you can read the rest if you want. How does this decision help black people?
@Duke Wy Lin
@Pimp
@Negative.Gate
I have other very recent rulings too, of a similar light. But I want your honest takes on this matter.
More info on the decision:
Supreme Court lets Alabama use GOP-backed map of the state's congressional districts
The court's action came on an emergency appeal from Alabama, which challenged a decision by a three-judge federal court panel that included two Trump appointees.www.npr.org
His conception of what "benefit" looks like for black ppl is very different from yours and mine breh. From what I've gathered, he sees no hope for black Americans in terms of being a political force. He probably sees "voting rights" as ultimately harmful to the black man because they delude him into not fully realizing his status in America or some shyt like that.
Like I said, he believes that he is furthering the rights of black ppl by voting the way he does. As delusional as that might seem to you and I, there is an internal logic to his actions if you understand his beliefs.
I think writing him off as just another c00n misses the mark.
Ps. What I'm trying to understand is his logic for undermining civil rights in this instance yet he himself has clearly benefited from said civil rights. He wouldn't have become a supreme court judge if his vision for black America were to be made a reality. Clearly there's some hypocrisy here.
Bro, I have a general understanding of what has been put forth as the position of Clarence Thomas. The amount of time I put into understanding philosophy, without majoring in it, is probably lame as fukk. But understand, his view is not completely lost on me, I'm a hard determinist, my view of the world would be interpreted as being significantly more cynical than Thomas and most people could ever dream of.
My point is, in the current America, as things typically play out, the decisions of Clarence Thomas are net-negative on the lives of black people in this country, whether he sees a completely different system as being beneficial for black people is beyond the point, because white people in this country will continue to take any inch of ground given to them over black people, while maintaining the system. I'm not writing him off as "just another c00n" you won't find that anywhere in my posts. In fact, you will even find me fighting back against the notion of levying such terms towards him.
I'm only pointing out that from my point of view, his decisions cause harm to black people, and I think that will be the position of most black people, including those that think they agree with them, unless they can provide proof that their grounding is similar, which I highly doubt most can as I can imagine, or I would hope, that Thomas has flushed out his positions to most reasonable ends. I wouldn't be shocked if he hasn't though, given as you have also put it, the contradictions on civil rights and where he is today. Although, it isn't rare for libertarians to also hold to a libertarian view of free will, which would alleviate him of most things you think he could be a hypocrite on, while also annoying they hell out of me as I don't really bat for compatibilism, let alone libertarian free will.
Amerikan Melanin
Veteran
AIDSSSSSSS!!!
richaveli83
Veteran
Both of them can go to hell.
shyts completely laughable…crackas know who to let grab the mike (Billy and don lemon are so confusing to me as well and Wanda skykes
They love talking about WS but they with ….
) with this hollow bullshyt about fighting WS. Bunch of lib fagget puppets. Wont let a real one speak out….
i support c00n on c00n violence
GPBear
The Tape Crusader
More smoke for Billy Taylor just because he’s gay than a far-right Supreme Court justice whose wife was directly involved with an insurrection.
You fukkin conservatives are insane
Kill yourself homo
What does having a son by a Black woman prior to spending decades of your life solidifying legal inequality for Black people mean?
Only one them has turned "fukking with cacs" into an ideological weapon used to skewer civil rights.
What does HIV have to do with his opinions concerning Thomas?
Has nothing to do with Thomas.This dude is an entire BedBuck to a white man though.
Got this grown ass man out here with Box Braids and an entire grey Goatee, looking like a complete fool.
No issue with him being gay, but it seems that he’s the bytch of the relationship and is completely emasculated. You don’t see his cac husband out here looking like a flamboyant clown.
Not a chance in hell is he "for Black people."
