I think that Justice Thomas was right about the "high-tech lynching" and right that the irreconcilables on the Left have kept it going ever since. Still, I've never understood why he's nursed his bitterness so carefully, or been content carrying that block of a chip on his shoulder for so long. Other people have suffered much worse, and forgiven much more; he's even met and talked with a lot of them. Like the Bourbons, he seems to have learned nothing and forgotten nothing. He got it wrong on this one; Mona, I think, got it right.
It seemed like "high-tech" in 1991, although it doesn't by today's standards. I treat all questions I'm asked on the Bulwark as honest ones, so I assume that you must be questioning the adjective; the truth of the noun has been self-evident for 32 years.
I think the truth of the noun is very much in dispute. Much like claims of "martyrdom", people claiming such status for themselves never seem to suffer the actual consequence.
He was whining! Self-justifying! Felt nobody should question him! Kinda like Kavanaugh and his beer and bad behavior -- remember his crocodile tears during that hearing? "Anyone who won't give me what I want is a high-tech lynchmob" mentality.
I think that Justice Thomas was right about the "high-tech lynching" and right that the irreconcilables on the Left have kept it going ever since. Still, I've never understood why he's nursed his bitterness so carefully, or been content carrying that block of a chip on his shoulder for so long. Other people have suffered much worse, and forgiven much more; he's even met and talked with a lot of them. Like the Bourbons, he seems to have learned nothing and forgotten nothing. He got it wrong on this one; Mona, I think, got it right.
How did the confirmation hearings constitute a "high-tech lynching"? It's always been a great soundbite without any substance to back it up.
It seemed like "high-tech" in 1991, although it doesn't by today's standards. I treat all questions I'm asked on the Bulwark as honest ones, so I assume that you must be questioning the adjective; the truth of the noun has been self-evident for 32 years.
I think the truth of the noun is very much in dispute. Much like claims of "martyrdom", people claiming such status for themselves never seem to suffer the actual consequence.
"That", as my father used to say, "is why there's chocolate and vanilla." Enjoy your day.
Im still at a loss for how the idea that Thomas was тАЬlynchedтАЭ is self-evident 22 [sic] years later.
He was whining! Self-justifying! Felt nobody should question him! Kinda like Kavanaugh and his beer and bad behavior -- remember his crocodile tears during that hearing? "Anyone who won't give me what I want is a high-tech lynchmob" mentality.
Good catch. 32 -- thanks. Corrected.