You will criticise Judge Sotomayor at your own peril, says the White House. The City of New Haven threw out the test results and didn’t promote anyone for fear of a lawsuit, we hear.
The White House has proven that it will use its power to crush any who stand in its way, and the liberal media will dance like a puppet on a string to do its bidding. Character assassinations of beauty pageant contestants and old white guys seems to be the media’s specialty.
So, yes, indeed, let’s ask questions about this woman who went to private schools in her rag to riches story, who claims that the richness of her experience as a New York latina has made her a better decision maker than a white guy, regardless of his background. It’s her experience versus his skin color and Y chromosome that she claims makes the difference.
I don’t doubt that any man or woman of any race could perform about equally in any given position. I also acknowledge that men and women, in particular, are different. Women appear to be better than men at networking, for instance. But if I’m supposed to believe all of this Equal Opportunity Employer hoohah, that should not preclude a man from equal consideration for a job that requires extensive networking skill, should it?
We’ve had decades of affirmative action, “minorities and women given special consideration” on help wanted ads, and countless taxpayer funded special interest advocacy groups to try to level the playing field. White men have been left out of this system, other than to pay the taxes to fund the special interest advocacy groups, and provide jobs with a special consideration for members of these groups.
Do I have to say it again? I think that any man or woman of any race could perform just about any given job equally. But politically, there’s the added threat of a lawsuit from special interests. Some wield this fear as a political weapon, knowing they have powerful advocacy groups to back them up. In this way, minorities and women have both a system of protection if they are mistreated, and a political tool that white men don’t have.
In other words, the system does not provide equal protection for white men, and so political hacks like those currently occupying the white house can wield the powerful fear of self-interest groups against them.
Fear this.
May 30, 2009 at 11:32 am |
It’s obvious that you haven’t actually read any of the decisions or even any credible summaries of any of her decisions.
For that matter, its clear that you haven’t even read the entire context of the speech for which Republicans are accusing Sotomayor of being biased or worse, even a racist.
It’s sad when people start talking about things they dont’ know about solely based on what Rush Limbaugh and the radical right claim — usually falsely.
May 30, 2009 at 6:19 pm |
I’ve only read one of her opinions in its entirety, and I don’t find anything especially biased one way or the other in it. I have read a credible summary of the firefighters case, which she arrived at a perplexing opinion.
I have read the entire lecture. The context is pretty clear. In another post more directly related to the judge, I mentioned that I believe she probably tailored her speech for the audience.
As far as Limbaugh goes, I rarely listen to him, although I did see his commentary after I posted this and the other post related to this subject. I happen to agree with him, that it appears to have set the civil rights movement back when judges are picked for high positions because of their minority status.
This post is not actually directly about the judge, however. Perhaps you meant to comment on the other post.
As far as racism goes, I do have pretty strong feelings about it. They come from my life experience, not talk radio.
This post is less about the judge, however, than the political divisiveness the Democrats are employing. If you’d like to talk about the judge’s comment, which I do very much consider a racist statement, feel free to comment here: http://motownmutt.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/she-almost-made-the-right-point/
Thanks for stopping by, and I welcome intelligent discussion. I also admit that I am not infallible. But I feel strongly that equality is a two way street. There should not be a set of rules that whites have to follow, if everyone else is free to ignore them.
Best regards.