Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Kaepernick Comments Spell the End of the Notorious RBG Myth

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Im mad that Katie Couric, who conducted the interview, didnt ask any follow-up on WHY a woman who has historically been very liberal and in favor of civil rights, etc, would have that opinion on the protest. No question on her thoughts on BLM, no straight-up asking her about the state of police and black civilians, or if she's even aware of the reason Kaep is protesting in the first place.

Nope, none of that. Because she asked none of these painfully necessary follow-up questions, we dont know if RBG is simply ignorant of the actual situation, or she has actually become :mjpls: in her old age and doesnt get it. Without the knowledge, we can only assume the worst, and the fact that Couric didnt think to look for clarification makes me only assume the same about her as well.

Worst of all, Couric's failure to do her journalistic duty resulted in the entire exchange being framed in the same clueless conservative light as it has all too often been in media reporting and discussions: all focus on the anthem itself, the flag, the absurd pivot to "respecting the troops", without so much as even acknowledging the actual, critical cause behind the protest. So frustrating.
 

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The only reason liberal media started slobbering over Ginsburg is because they wanted to build her up as the anti-Scalia; a talismanic "SCOTUS liberal" to rally around. It was always incredibly inauthentic and I'll be glad when she moves on so that people can stop talking about her.
 

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Im mad that Katie Couric, who conducted the interview, didnt ask any follow-up on WHY a woman who has historically been very liberal and in favor of civil rights, etc, would have that opinion on the protest. No question on her thoughts on BLM, no straight-up asking her about the state of police and black civilians, or if she's even aware of the reason Kaep is protesting in the first place.

Nope, none of that. Because she asked none of these painfully necessary follow-up questions, we dont know if RBG is simply ignorant of the actual situation, or she has actually become :mjpls: in her old age and doesnt get it. Without the knowledge, we can only assume the worst, and the fact that Couric didnt think to look for clarification makes me only assume the same about her as well.

Worst of all, Couric's failure to do her journalistic duty resulted in the entire exchange being framed in the same clueless conservative light as it has all too often been in media reporting and discussions: all focus on the anthem itself, the flag, the absurd pivot to "respecting the troops", without so much as even acknowledging the actual, critical cause behind the protest. So frustrating.
Katie has been a bum for awhile as a journalist she so busy wanting to be a white Oprah over the last decade or so.
 

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If a crazy loon liberal like RBG says it's stupid it means it's stupid. I've been stated that protesting the flag is a stupid ineffective way to protest police brutality. Mainly because it's more a police authoritarian issue than just a racial issue. Racial biases will exist unfortunately but the underlying issue is police training,tactics, and monetary motives for harassment
 

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When I saw this shyt I was fukkin heated.. The nerve of this old bag :what: Then I gotta hear about her "struggle" with being shytted in her youth for being a woman and being a jew :pacspit:

I need this bag a dust to take a dirtnap.
 

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:mjlol: Think white liberals aren't racist, brehs.
Of course most of them are. Malcolm, Neely Fuller and others have explained this in great detail. But is our alternative a white conservative? One will build you a house on the other side of town so you don't live next to them. The other will burn your house down, no matter where it is. I'll stick with the one who does not leave me homeless.
 

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But the economy crashing with Trump as the face is better for a ground up revolution..if the economy crashes under Clinton I'm convinced people would just blame Bush and give her a pass
And they won't blame Obama if it happens under Trump? :what: Man...you are trolling your ass off. Ground up revolution. :usure: :stopitslime: The only revolution cacs want is a return to overt bigotry and the further strengthening of, an already strong, white supremacist country. Ground up revolution....:wtb: :camby:
 
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:mjlol:RBG just voted that way to lay the groundwork for gay and womens rights issues, not really out of moral conviction. And Trump ain't appointing no Scalia's, I believe hed appoint someone more inline with Roberts which wouldn't get approved by a Republican controlled Senate who hate his guts anyway
you really are stupid if you think a republican senate wouldn't absolutely cream themselves to appoint more scalias. to republicans scalia isn't some scum bag out of the mainstream, he is a hero to them so why would trump appointing more like him offend them? they want to win elections too and they would all get primaried if they went against a scalia like appointment. the religious right is only riding with trump BECAUSE of the supreme court.
 

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If only Scalia was still here to give us his thoughts :ohlawd:

Trump will give us three more baby Scalias so hopefully they can keep another Kaepernick from ever happening again :noah:
 

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you really are stupid if you think a republican senate wouldn't absolutely cream themselves to appoint more scalias. to republicans scalia isn't some scum bag out of the mainstream, he is a hero to them so why would trump appointing more like him offend them? they want to win elections too and they would all get primaried if they went against a scalia like appointment. the religious right is only riding with trump BECAUSE of the supreme court.

Trump aint appointing no scalias is my point:outtahere:
 

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And they won't blame Obama if it happens under Trump? :what: Man...you are trolling your ass off. Ground up revolution. :usure: :stopitslime: The only revolution cacs want is a return to overt bigotry and the further strengthening of, a already strong, white supremacist country. Ground up revolution....:wtb: :camby:

I dont give a fukk about who racists crackers blame..My point is that black people will blame Trump and with Clinton, black people would blame Bush to not make Obama "look bad"
 

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Trump aint appointing no scalias is my point:outtahere:
so he's lying then and anyone who is supporting him because of his clearly expressed views on the kind of justices he would appoint is an idiot for believing a liar? so is anything he says the truth and how do you know as a trump supporter what is what?
 

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so he's lying then and anyone who is supporting him because of his clearly expressed views on the kind of justices he would appoint is an idiot for believing a liar? so is anything he says the truth and how do you know as a trump supporter what is what?

Yes I believe he's lying when he says he would appoint someone as conservative as scalia..Its red meat to his base..He's hinted at several rallies he reserves the right to change his mind on how he does his appointments which I why I said he would probably go with someone more inline with John Roberts which isnt necessarily good if you looking for some gong ho liberal, but it aint scalia
 
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