It goes against your color blind society, people will forever see the justice as a token

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It goes against your color blind society, people will forever see the justice as a token

Author: holybull101 (10227 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 7:31 pm on Jan 29, 2022

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Replies to: "It goes against your color blind society, people will forever see the justice as a token"

Can anyone make a coherent argument why announcing you will nominate a black woman to SC is smart? - Iggle - 6:49pm 1/29/22 (31) [View All]
- You know he had said while campaigning his choice for a jurist would be a woman of color, yes? - jimbasil - 12:47am 1/30/22
- Because Biden pledged to do so when he ran for President. [LINK] - conorlarkin - 8:52pm 1/29/22
  - Also because he had poor records on black at SCOTUS: opposing C Thomas, mistreating A Hill, - Eli - 10:39pm 1/29/22
  - He pledged to erase some student debt too.. - cubsfanin16 - 9:20pm 1/29/22
- Focus people on the characteristic rather than the political leanings - LanceManion - 8:50pm 1/29/22
- By doing so, i.e. the race, any opposition from R to his nominee is going to be painted as racism. - Eli - 8:46pm 1/29/22
  - Don't think the Pubs will kavanaugh her? - Stark Raving Dad - 9:00pm 1/29/22
    - Anyone who dare to kavanaugh her will be racist. [NT] - Eli - 10:23pm 1/29/22
      - They're already saying it. Might as well make a show of it. [NT] - Stark Raving Dad - 10:32pm 1/29/22
- Biden's poll numbers were plunging with AA's and this staunched the hemmorhage. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:05pm 1/29/22
- It's a desperate attempt by Biden to secure the black vote in the mid-terms. He knows the Dems are - Domer From Hell - 7:46pm 1/29/22
  - I get the nomination being a positive, but not the pre-announcement. - Iggle - 7:50pm 1/29/22
    - Why is the nomination a positive? [NT] - ELP - 7:52pm 1/29/22
      - Speaking of Biden’s view of what is important to his base. - Iggle - 7:54pm 1/29/22
- No. Joe’s VP called him a racist in the first democrat debate - MuskyTommy - 7:40pm 1/29/22
- I’m in favor of this move. - Curly1918 - 7:13pm 1/29/22
  - Fine. Then nominate a black woman without saying that’s the only qualification that matters. - Iggle - 7:17pm 1/29/22
    - You are correct. [NT] - notredame678 - 7:31pm 1/29/22
    - I guarantee that none of these women will feel insulted. - Curly1918 - 7:25pm 1/29/22
      - It goes against your color blind society, people will forever see the justice as a token [NT] - holybull101 - 7:31pm 1/29/22
      - Drinking heavily? [NT] - notredame678 - 7:30pm 1/29/22
- Well he's keeping a campaign promise, so good on Joe for that. [LINK] - Stark Raving Dad - 7:04pm 1/29/22
- I’ll venture. There has never been a black women on the Court. So there’s that. If - PBHangingChad - 6:58pm 1/29/22
  - There's never been a dwarf. An Asian. A transgender. A pole vaulter. [NT] - ELP - 7:55pm 1/29/22
    - One day. Thank God we won’t be alive to see it. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 8:12pm 1/29/22
  - Why not just nominate a black woman, rather than pre-announcing it? - Iggle - 7:00pm 1/29/22
    - Then they lose another opportunity to virtue signal [NT] - holybull101 - 7:13pm 1/29/22
    - Yep it makes her merely a token. Unfortunately for her. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 7:02pm 1/29/22
      - I disagree. She will not be a token in her own mind. - Curly1918 - 7:20pm 1/29/22
        Will this emboldened her to be more of an activist than she likely already will be? - Stark Raving Dad - 7:41pm 1/29/22
      - * [NT] - PBHangingChad - 7:02pm 1/29/22