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Paper Calls Clarence Thomas 'Black Man With An Asterisk' (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
NewsMax.com ^ | Nov. 1, 2005 | Staff

Posted on 11/02/2005 7:16:38 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist

An editorial in the Tuesday edition of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal ssems to call into question the content and character behind the color of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' skin.

The newspaper - openly liberal by value of this opinion piece - is chock full of buzzwords straight out of the Democrat Party talking-points used to dsecribe the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Saying the Alito nomination "lessens the nation's rich diversity," the editors argue that Alito's mere presence as a man should disqualify him from the opportunity to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the High Court.

Apparently, the Journal-Sentinel editors view the "O'Connor seat" as a female entitlement.

Most troubling, however, is the degrading, racil slap the editors make at Thomas:

"In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman, and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America."

Will the Journal-Sentinel editors be given a free pass by their media colleagues for using such derogatory and disrepectful language - not only to Thomas, but to all blacks and all Americans?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: alito; demracism; leftistdeciet; leftistlies; liberalmedia; liberalracism; milwaukee; newspapers; racism; scotus
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21 posted on 11/02/2005 7:44:34 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

So by virtue of one's "blackness," independent thinking is forbidden?


22 posted on 11/02/2005 7:47:08 PM PST by fullchroma
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

It appears Newsmax doesn't have a spell checker any more.


24 posted on 11/02/2005 7:48:40 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

"lessens the nation's rich diversity,"

Any policy, law, regulation, or political appointment made that runs counter to maintaining the culture and value system that made this country great is the moral equivalent of national suicide. That includes judicial appointments having the primary purpose of representing our country's diversity. It is absurd to award, recognize and/ or perpetuate any cultural characteristic or philosophy that is clearly inferior to those ideals and values that created the magnet that draws these people to our country.


26 posted on 11/02/2005 7:59:06 PM PST by RatRipper (just call me an American nationalist with a closed mind)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
"In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman, and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America."

By their own logic then, all the white dudes on the Supreme Court SHOULD represent the views of mainstream white America.

Right?

27 posted on 11/02/2005 8:03:25 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I guess that makes the Journal-Sentinel a newspaper*

*Does not represent facts.


28 posted on 11/02/2005 8:16:18 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You are extremely correct! My cats refuse to defecate on this substandard piece of paper.


29 posted on 11/02/2005 8:20:26 PM PST by giznort
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To: There You Go Again

Hunh. That accusation (that Thomas ignores "mainstream black USA") is harsh. It's actually rather horrific, in my mind. It implies that one automatically votes/feels based on the colour of one's skin, versus what's in one's heart.

That being said...I don't get "high class" black America. I thought America was classless? Every one in Europe knows the USA has NO class-warfare. It's the lone bastion of classlessness! ;p


30 posted on 11/02/2005 8:23:49 PM PST by PinkoCommieScum
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I am proud to state I dropped my subscription many years ago.


31 posted on 11/02/2005 8:31:30 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

So, if President Bush nominated a white conservative female would they label her a White Woman with an * ???


32 posted on 11/02/2005 8:33:09 PM PST by Enterprise (The modern Democrat Party - a toxic stew of mental illness, cultism, and organized crime.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Interesting editorial. It speaks of rich diversity and laments the loss of a female seat. With such haughty comments, the editorial board should be compelled to identify their affirmative-action members who contribute to the rich diversity of the news pages. Since half the population of any city is women, one would expect that the high minded editorial board would be comprised of half men and half women.

Certainly the board would be compromise if it doesn't contain at least a single black affirmative-action member. The board should come clean - it's the least it could do.

33 posted on 11/02/2005 8:43:44 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze
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To: caseinpoint

Who the hell is this editor to tell us who's black enough and who isn't.


34 posted on 11/02/2005 8:46:04 PM PST by bigsigh
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To: bigsigh

It's an occupational hazard of being a newspaper editor.

They kick around cub reporters and interns all day and wonder why everybody else doesn't live up to their expectations and jump and fetch when they tell them to.


35 posted on 11/02/2005 8:52:19 PM PST by MikeHu
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To: MikeHu

I remember the old joke that they called a psychiatrist for God because he kept thinking he was a newspaper editor.


36 posted on 11/02/2005 8:55:06 PM PST by bigsigh
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To: bigsigh

How dare He?!!!


37 posted on 11/02/2005 8:59:04 PM PST by MikeHu
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Few things provoke leftist rage like blacks "straying off the plantation."


38 posted on 11/02/2005 9:04:51 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Juan Medén; King Prout; mhking
Why doesn't the black community rise up in anger against such suggestions?

Wonderful question. Answer: They're not supposed to. Thank you for asking the most important question, which is "why?"

Why? Because you're witnessing the machinations of The Marxist Laboratory©. It's ugly to look at, isn't it? But that's what some of us live with day in, day out. We're not complaining. It just is what it is.


If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.

39 posted on 11/02/2005 9:06:21 PM PST by rdb3 (Does this wheelchair make me look fat?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Is that how they show their gratitude to liberal newspaper editors?

By straying off the plantation???

Liberal newspaper editors own them!!!


40 posted on 11/02/2005 9:24:50 PM PST by MikeHu
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