Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place'
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”
Thomas spoke at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, which hears federal cases from Alabama, Florida and Georgia. He made the comments pushing back on his critics in response to a question about working in a world that seems meanspirited.
“I think there’s challenges to that. We’re in a world and we — certainly my wife and I the last two or three years it’s been — just the nastiness and the lies, it’s just incredible,” Thomas said.
“But you have some choices. You don’t get to prevent people from doing horrible things or saying horrible things. But one you have to understand and accept the fact that they can’t change you unless you permit that,” Thomas said.
What the media did to Anita Hill was absolutely horrendous and every outlet and personality who made a punch line out of her back then should apologize for their absolute disrespect of a woman who did something that was beyond brave.
His mocking her, along with all the Monica Lewinsky jokes, is a big reason why Jay Leno can go get fucked.
Yep, the democratic senator from Delaware that guided his confirmation through the judiciary committee should be shunned forever.
In favor of the grab em by the pussy guy?
Ideally those things would've been raised during the primary so Americans wouldn't be left with the choice between a conservative and a fascist.
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He's still very conservative. He's basically a 1970s era Republican.
The media and Joe Biden personally lol
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Hill
Seems like a great cause for #metoo to explore
The me too movement is simply many in society finally telling women that it's finally ok to tell the stories of how men in powerful positions have abused and humiliated them.
Anita Hill is basically an original #metoo badass from a time when it was not only not ok but severely frowned upon. She told her story even though our society crucified her for it.
Yes, he was never appropriately reprimanded imho