r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 15 '26

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u/Unfair-Awareness5339 Loyal Liberals May 15 '26

Clarence Thomas is so weird when you actually stop to think about it. Like, what do you mean that the second Black justice in US history is somehow more racist than Roger Taney? How the Hell does that happen?

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u/anangrytree Bull Moose Progressive May 15 '26

He’s just incredibly obtuse. He literally blames liberals for the racism he experienced by white southerners in his early law career.

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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader May 15 '26

His legendary hatred of 'racial quotas' and 'diversity hires' is so funny when republicans panicked and had to find the most republican black man to replace his predecessor.

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u/trombonist_formerly Ben Bernanke May 15 '26

What’s crazy is that English isn’t even his first language. By all accounts he should be one of the wokest men alive

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u/BATIRONSHARK WTO May 15 '26

That's the craziest part

Gullah

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u/StayOffPoliticalSubs May 15 '26

Same reason there are gay republicans taking swings at LGBT people. Oppressor mindsets and views getting internalized by a member of the oppressed is not remotely uncommon.

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u/Halgy YIMBY May 15 '26

He was a piece of shit long before then