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Did Amazon Pull Clarence Thomas Documentary Off Their Site in Order to Pull Him Off Their Case?
American Thinker ^ | 27 Apr, 2021 | Paul C. Binotto

Posted on 04/27/2021 4:30:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber

For Amazon, a recusal of Thomas in some court cases would be convenient.

“The job of a judge is to figure out what the law says, not what he wants it to say. There is a difference between the role of a judge and that of a policy maker... Judging requires a certain impartiality.”

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reported to have made this comment in “’in the Wall Street Journal,’ Conversation with Dinesh D'Souza, July 2, 1991.”

SNIP

Paoletta, “served as a lawyer in the Bush 41 White House Counsel’s Office and worked on the confirmation of Justice Clarence Thomas. He served as General Counsel of the White House Office of Management and Budget in the Trump administration, and worked on the confirmations of Justices [Neal] Gorsuch and [Brett] Kavanaugh.”

So when he speculates as to why Amazon would suppress Thomas’s documentary from its Amazon Prime platform, as he did in a recent Daily Caller opinion piece, he does so with a great deal of professional authority and insight.

Paoletta offers two possible motives behind Amazon’s action against “Created Equal.” Both make very good sense.

Firstly, he believes, “every factor points to the ideological cancellation of one of the most important voices in America – simply because he is a black conservative voice.” This might sound like a cynical and incredible explanation to assign to a corporate decision, after all, corporations, even Amazon, generally are driven primarily by profit motive.

But as Paoletta points out, “Created Equal, …has been a top selling DVD in Amazon’s documentary section” therefore, “Amazon’s decision to take this film down…despite intense consumer demand makes no sense from a market-based perspective.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: monopoly

1 posted on 04/27/2021 4:30:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Racism is only a weapon the left uses when they need it. They have no real core beliefs except for their lust for power.


2 posted on 04/27/2021 4:30:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screeen name for my FR home page.)
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Another liberal hypocrisy. The party that wants to engineer “equality” does everything in their power to squelch it.
3 posted on 04/27/2021 4:43:42 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: MtnClimber

DUH! The left is ALWAYS 3 steps AHEAD!


4 posted on 04/27/2021 4:47:21 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: MtnClimber

Thomas didn’t produce a documentary.

He would not give a crap if Amazon shows it or not.


5 posted on 04/27/2021 4:51:21 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (. )
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To: MtnClimber
If this is the case, then every Justice who had a product sold on Amazon should recuse. Then there would be no Justices left to hear the case.

-PJ

6 posted on 04/27/2021 4:55:19 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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If they are all equally compromised, then they can all hear the case.

-PJ

7 posted on 04/27/2021 4:57:23 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: MtnClimber

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8 posted on 04/27/2021 6:44:23 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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Leftists are nothing if not cunning, sly and totally Machiavellian.

They pull his movie and use that insult to claim that he is too biased to judge fairly!

These bastards make the Robber Barons look like amateurs.

9 posted on 04/27/2021 7:29:22 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (The Mob rises; the Monarchy trembles; the blade sings its lone song...)
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