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Yes, you did.

I wasn't seeing race or political party. I was seeing someone contradict himself with his own statement(s).

In one breath, he claims to be tired of the 'victim' culture.

In the next breath, he cries about how hard life has been for him, then blames the crucible of public attention on peoples' unwillingness to participate. He's the perfect example of what wears him out.
Pffft.

The entire article just irritated me.
Dude's almost never heard from, and this is what he chooses to say when he gets an "open mic moment?"

Makes me wish he'd kept his mouth shut.
I had more respect for him when he was mute.

Ok

I don't seem him being all that contradictory.

The premise of the victim culture that runs amok is that the person's lack of success in life, however defined, is a direct result of someone else's actions, some system of oppression, their skin color, what is or isn't between their legs, etc. Someone or something has created a barrier between them and success and it's not their fault (and to a greater extent not their responsibility to solve).

In his lamenting about the conduct of the nomination processes, he isn't blaming them for a lack of his success in life at all.

In fact, upon re-reading the original post, he's talking about 2 different subjects entirely.

If farting, burping, or saying "Here hold my beer" is uplifting and positive" Then so am I

Well, I guess we know what side he's likely to come down on if he hears any of these cases... He's already made it clear.

Guess impartiality is out the window even in the supreme court. What a shame

Why do you think they blocked Obama's nominee to push their own?

By that standard, how does one complain about ANYTHING without being labeled a whiner?

What is the difference Clem? You are a smart dude... What is the difference between making a critical observation and whining?

I will tell you MY answer... the difference is in the person who hears it. If you agree with Thomas, he's making a valid point, if you don't, he's whining. If you like Kaepernick, he's making a protest statement, if you don't, he's whining. If you like Trump, he's speaking out against a biased media, if you don't, he's whining...

So the next time you think somebody is whining... check yourself and your own beliefs... almost guarantee you will disagree with the underlying sentiment of the "whining"...

You've made a point worthy of consideration.

So has Devil.

The dude has ruled on 3 Monsanto cases despite starting his career there and the obvious conflict of interest. He never even gave the court an appearance of impartiality.

A known womanizer, doubles down with another version of victim blaming. How novel.

Nothing new here. No surprises. Moving on.

The Supremes shouldn't make statements like that.

This article is too long to paste.
Quite worth the read.

The Case For a Thomas Impeachment

I have a question for you bro? Why was Jill fired from her job?

I certainly agree with your thought process yet that hasn't stopped anyone from using the whiner or snowflake label against anyone who complains or questions people they agree with yet.

From what I understand, compensation and personality conflicts.

And this impacts her op-ed how?


Just trying to understand your line of thought here.

It impacts her op-ed just as much as her op-ed effects Clarence Thomas.

If you want to understand just where I am coming from I will make it easy. I have always liked and respected the man. I tend to believe him when it comes to a he said/she said situation. I believe his side of the story while it looks like you believe her side of the story. Since we agree 95 percent of the time I wonder why this time we don't?

If we were in the same room, I'd shake on it.

Not sure why we see this one differently.
It might just be one of those rare but inevitable occurrences.

So would I.

Man we need to be in the same room some day and have a few hours to talk. :)I would enjoy it very much.

next time I'm planning to be on your side of the state, I'll PM you.

I will make plans and reservations, as it will be an honor bud.

I don't really care what other people do. I can choose to be a part of it or not.

There's no denying that. Yet at the same time, maybe people will see the stupidity in it all when they see their own tactics pointed back at them.

But I doubt it.