I really loathe feeling inclined to make any... any remark concerning politics; especially considering the current climate. Now, if you make a remark against the right or the country or Bush, you are just a stinkin' liberal. I liked it better when Clinton was in charge. If you made a remark against him, you were just "level-headed." Now, we have some version of mass-hysteria, peer-enforced sedition acts.
several years ago...
Person: Clinton just fired cruise missles into Afghanistan. That does not necessarily seem right...
Public: You are a well-thought out person with moderate views.
fast forward...
Person: Bush just publicly threatened Syria. That does not seem necessarily right...
Public: You Leftist scum! Why do you hate America?!?! Go back to livin' in your hippie commune with the other colored queers!
For instance, this interview that I stumbled upon An Interview With Ann Coulter:
There's always a conflict of interest when people [Democrats] who don't really like America are called upon to defend it.
*knock* *knock* *knock*
"Yes."
"Son, this is the SS... errr... Homeland Security. Please open up the door."
"But... but... I am a moderate. I supported the war in Iraq. I think affirmative action is just another form of racism."
"We know, son. It's okay. We just want to take you to one of our 'Friend Centers' for some re-education."
"Uhhh... can I bring my cigarettes?"
"No, there is no need. The full name is 'Marlboro Presents the Friendly Re-Education Center' -- cigarettes are provided."
But, enough of the build-up. (And, that was all a preface to my main reason for blogging.) The meat of this post concerns a ruling the Supreme Court once passed. It involved a black man accused of robbery. The Supreme Court overturned the man's conviction 8-1. The one dissent was quoted as publicly stating:
The man clearly looked guilty. This ruling opens the door for more and more "uppity" behavior from negroes everywhere.
So, what time frame would you place that quote -- 1889?... 1907?... maybe even as late as 1933? Nope. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made that statement in the last year. And, yes, I know that Clarence Thomas is black. Maybe someone out there would have liked to point that out as if that makes comments like that "okay." Some kind of unspoken rule that it is not an invalid and racial statement if the person is of the race he is biased against. If that's the case, all Native Americans are friggin' alcoholics!
(The Supreme Court ruling info was pointed out to me via Fanatical Apathy, by the way.)
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There's another quote from that Ann Coulter interview that I wanted to mention for gnubbs.
"Communism is like vegetarianism in that it's actually not very healthy for most people but leftists continue to defend it because it seems like the thing to do."
Heheh.
But, having to scoop down to the level of pulling Ann Coulter quotes (who, admittedly, is on the far side of any spectrum), I did not want to throw more than one in.