This video is about the media trying to turn Republicans against each other. The statement is RACIST. If a white person had said that, they would have never been considered for any position.
that statement is not racist! its not great writing, or good oratory but she didnt call white people chalkies or anything. she didnt blurt out "honkey" or make fun of our cracker asses. nor did she point out how we can't dance. she said one line with the word better in it. and that one line has been whipped into a media frenzied circle jerk by ultra conservative infotainment programs and the giant spewing mouths of divisive political commentators. this circus sells advertising.
So you don't consider calling for bans of video games, rock, rap, and heavy metal albums, as well as other material that is of an artistic nature (on the grounds that they are all "harmful to minors",) an attempt at silencing free speech? Joe Lieberman's calling for restrictions on youtube. None of these sound like deliberate attempts at censorship? Seriously, the liberals started political correctness, they want to control what you can and can't say just as much as the social conservatives.
It is not "curbing free speech" to say something is offensive. NO democrat is proposing that they shouldn't be able to say what they want, they are saying that their arguments are retarded.
There is a difference between classifying something as offensive and makeing a LAW to punish those who transgress the model of what counts as offensive.
Hardcore christians find islam offensive, so does that mean they get to have them arrested?
The Republican party refuses to stop playing racial politics.
How could they stop? when Racists are just about all they have left in the "current" Republican party, The party has collapsed and the moderates have left to become Independents some even changed to Democrats.
The "current" Republican party is made up of Woman haters, Sexist, Racist, KKK, Skinheads, and Seperatists (in the case of those wanting Texas to secede the Union).
Is it too much to ask for the Republicans to read the ENTIRE speech instead of taking one phrase from a sentence and completely mischaracterizing Sotomayor's position?
I could make Martin Luther King Jr. look like the Devil if I carefully edited one of his speeches and disregarded its entire context.
But then again, the average Republican buys this inane bullshit hook, line, and sinker. Ignorance runs through the entire party, top to bottom.
Yes, I do know Sotomayor is Puerto Rican, did I say she was Mexican?
I say Mexican a lot by default because I happen to live in Arizona, but I can show you where both countries are on a map.
Look man-I just believe us white people should shut the fuck up about race for awhile. If we want to show we are different from racists, we have to not be hyper-sensitive about a Hispanic SC Judge, after white men have run practically everything for 250 years. Think about how irrational it is.
McConnell isn't going to police GOP speech cuz he knows that he could never take on Rush or Newt. He's too weak. And the GOP needs to stop taking Sotomayor's comments out of context. Lindsey Graham knows he's just fanning the falsehoods. That's all the GOP has.
The whole point of racism is that some people think their race is "better than" others; Sotomayor seems to think her race is "better than" whites... her words and deeds prove that.
"Sotomayor seems to think her race is "better than" whites"
That isn't at all what she said.
Her speech dealt with judges deciding cases of racial discrimination. Her argument was that she felt a latina judge who actually experienced racism would more often than not come to a better decision on a racism case than a white man who "never lived that life".
She is 100% correct and that isn't racist, it's just plain common sense.
Have any of these people actually heard the speech she made? She says that she's qualified to make judgements in immigration cases because of her immigrant background. How is that racist?
Why are only white men getting all butthurt about it, and not blacks, asians, or any other non-latino race? Decaf, you dorks!
"Because the law should not favor any race; everyone should be equal before the law."
But that is not how it is at all and anyone with at least half a brain knows this by now.
Rich White Men have time and again failed to defend the civil rights of minorities. It is just plain common sense that a minority judge has better insight on racism and racially charged cases than some white dude who "never lived that life".
Huh？ It troubles him that her experiences and her background influences her decision making? Really? And what is racism anyway? It seems that all the GOP racists are accusing her of racism. GOP is, after all, good at accusing someone of what's they are guilty of.
Didn't Satamayor say that a Latina woman would have a greater understanding of the Latin community than that of a white judge? I think her comment is being entirely taken out of context.
3:44 minutes, what is the problem with name calling ? if i want to call some one a "what ever" it is my right to free speach, even if this lady at the end , and her friends don't like, well they can stick it, free speech rules, and if i want to call some one a racist or any other non offensive word. This is an attempt for censorship and civil rights. I am latino & don't care for much except for civil liberties & global prosperity
I hate to break it to you, but YOU don't have a "right to free speech" in the way you are using the term. The right to free speech is a limited protection against persecution BY THE GOVERNMENT for speech that does not impinge on other rights. If you say something stupid, your employer/school/friends can do whatever they want in response.
"if i want to call some one a racist... This is an attempt for censorship and civil rights"
Nobody is getting censored here. They are being criticized for the content of their speech. They are being encouraged to raise the level of civility in their speech. They are not getting imprisoned or otherwise persecuted/prosecuted for their speech.
Freedom of speech does not include an exemption from criticism.
politicians in general are dishonest and don't do the job they are supposed to be doing ie running this country for the people. these republicans are the worst of the lot though,ever since they lost the election they have been as obstructionist as they can be and now they are going around calling this supreme court nominee racist. using that kind of language and sotomayor gets the position is not going to make her kindly disposed to them and thier views....
As a white guy who was raised on an indian reservation the first 15 years of my life, this whole argument is just ABSURD!
I mean, if these guys think she is racist, they should just try being black for a day. They'd probably be in tears by the end of it wanting to kill white people.
Why is it only white males who are making the most noise about this?
Segregation ended about 50 years ago the age of most of these white males talking about this issue.
The judge in question grew up during this time so she had to deal with racisim and segregation. So her comments are dealing with her life experience and the desire to make things equal.
I believe rightly or wrongly that the people who have the most issue with her statement have some race issues themselves.
sen Fienstine says it's not good to call anyone racist. She can't have it both ways. When every white person is automaticly considered a racist base upon the color of thier skin instead of by thier own words, actions and associations, that is anti-white racism. Sotomayor, as a member of a racist organization (la'Rasa), and the pres's statement that his white grandmother was a" typical white woman", supports the belief that Sotomayor & the President are racist.
McConnell makes a fair point: he's nobody's speech police.
If the US right is shithouse-rat crazy--& more to the point, since the media & party filters that in the past glossed over this sad fact has shorted out--then it's in everybody's interest to see and digest this.
Curious at first blush how the racists/sexists/nativists are the 1st to let loose w/ the 'racism-mongering'...but after all, it's the black & white, xenophobic way they understand the world, & how they believe everyone does.
Sen D. Fienstine, if it's so bad to call anyone a racists why is it ok to call every white person including the pres's grandmother a racist. Or do you advocate that to be white is a fact of racism? You can't have it both ways. As a One Nation of many different kinds of people, we must judge racism on an individual basis. Some people are racists and some people are not. It's not a matter of color, but about associations. As a member of la'Rasa, she's a racists. in my opinion. tj
This guy represents the shrinking minority in this country! America is changing for the better and these idiots are simply mad bc they do not have the power they once did...The days of using religious fear, hate and lies to barely win elections are over!
How can you "trust" the process when the executive branch has invaded two sovereign countries (under the constitution, only congress can declare war) and the government has broken the Geneva Conventions (Torture). What's the difference between Nazi Germany and the USA Gov. today ?
Notice I didn't say "We the people", the people have lost control of the government. The US Fed note is about to become worthless.
There is quite a bit of "he-said she-said" gamesmanship in this discussion.Just like a divorce where a family irrationally sides with their own -- irregardless of culpability.
It is interesting how politicians ALWAYS are taking sides in a controversy from the perspective of their ideology. Were the founding fathers so forgiving of each other when it suited their bias?
This video is about the media trying to turn Republicans against each other. The statement is RACIST. If a white person had said that, they would have never been considered for any position.
CommonSenseJoe 2 years ago
that statement is not racist! its not great writing, or good oratory but she didnt call white people chalkies or anything. she didnt blurt out "honkey" or make fun of our cracker asses. nor did she point out how we can't dance. she said one line with the word better in it. and that one line has been whipped into a media frenzied circle jerk by ultra conservative infotainment programs and the giant spewing mouths of divisive political commentators. this circus sells advertising.
thinice2k 2 years ago 2
Chalkies? i have never heard that one.
lex811117 2 years ago
I haven't once heard a Democrat calling for anyone to be silenced.
They are simply holding people accountable for things that they say. It's not censorship to ask someone if they agree or disagree with a statement.
CynicalSavior 2 years ago
So you don't consider calling for bans of video games, rock, rap, and heavy metal albums, as well as other material that is of an artistic nature (on the grounds that they are all "harmful to minors",) an attempt at silencing free speech? Joe Lieberman's calling for restrictions on youtube. None of these sound like deliberate attempts at censorship? Seriously, the liberals started political correctness, they want to control what you can and can't say just as much as the social conservatives.
FuctAmericanDream 2 years ago
It is not "curbing free speech" to say something is offensive. NO democrat is proposing that they shouldn't be able to say what they want, they are saying that their arguments are retarded.
QuincyConscience 2 years ago
There is a difference between classifying something as offensive and makeing a LAW to punish those who transgress the model of what counts as offensive.
Hardcore christians find islam offensive, so does that mean they get to have them arrested?
Zaphodox 2 years ago
What i got from this vid...
The Republican party refuses to stop playing racial politics.
How could they stop? when Racists are just about all they have left in the "current" Republican party, The party has collapsed and the moderates have left to become Independents some even changed to Democrats.
The "current" Republican party is made up of Woman haters, Sexist, Racist, KKK, Skinheads, and Seperatists (in the case of those wanting Texas to secede the Union).
The current Repub base.
Taino187 2 years ago 4
they are all afraid to speak out against their true
leader,"rush".
goofballez 2 years ago 2
Is it too much to ask for the Republicans to read the ENTIRE speech instead of taking one phrase from a sentence and completely mischaracterizing Sotomayor's position?
I could make Martin Luther King Jr. look like the Devil if I carefully edited one of his speeches and disregarded its entire context.
But then again, the average Republican buys this inane bullshit hook, line, and sinker. Ignorance runs through the entire party, top to bottom.
Weleski 2 years ago 4
I'm starting to think it's too much just to ask them to read..... anything.... at all.... ever.
CynicalSavior 2 years ago
Yes, I do know Sotomayor is Puerto Rican, did I say she was Mexican?
I say Mexican a lot by default because I happen to live in Arizona, but I can show you where both countries are on a map.
Look man-I just believe us white people should shut the fuck up about race for awhile. If we want to show we are different from racists, we have to not be hyper-sensitive about a Hispanic SC Judge, after white men have run practically everything for 250 years. Think about how irrational it is.
zndprophet 2 years ago
Sotomayor? more like Sodomizer
WKaliberr 2 years ago
"better than" = one word
Reason #4739 why California should NOT elect Dianne Feinstein for any political office in the future, including Senator.
keithproctor 2 years ago
McConnell isn't going to police GOP speech cuz he knows that he could never take on Rush or Newt. He's too weak. And the GOP needs to stop taking Sotomayor's comments out of context. Lindsey Graham knows he's just fanning the falsehoods. That's all the GOP has.
keithproctor 2 years ago
The whole point of racism is that some people think their race is "better than" others; Sotomayor seems to think her race is "better than" whites... her words and deeds prove that.
TedinLasVegas 2 years ago
"Sotomayor seems to think her race is "better than" whites"
That isn't at all what she said.
Her speech dealt with judges deciding cases of racial discrimination. Her argument was that she felt a latina judge who actually experienced racism would more often than not come to a better decision on a racism case than a white man who "never lived that life".
She is 100% correct and that isn't racist, it's just plain common sense.
UltraSWG 2 years ago 5
Boxer = Jackass
orcaswood 2 years ago
Have any of these people actually heard the speech she made? She says that she's qualified to make judgements in immigration cases because of her immigrant background. How is that racist?
Why are only white men getting all butthurt about it, and not blacks, asians, or any other non-latino race? Decaf, you dorks!
thpt 2 years ago
Because the law should not favor any race; everyone should be equal before the law.
Sotomayor, both in word and deed, has shown a track record that people are not equal before her bench, with white guys at the end of the line.
Kinda reminds of "Animal Farm": "All animals are equal; but some animals are more equal than others."
TedinLasVegas 2 years ago
"Because the law should not favor any race; everyone should be equal before the law."
But that is not how it is at all and anyone with at least half a brain knows this by now.
Rich White Men have time and again failed to defend the civil rights of minorities. It is just plain common sense that a minority judge has better insight on racism and racially charged cases than some white dude who "never lived that life".
Angry gorillas...
UltraSWG 2 years ago 3
Funny, it was also Rich White Men (mostly conservatives) who championed civil rights and got the ball rolling.
You're showing your racism too by lumping all "Rich White Men" together like that.
TedinLasVegas 2 years ago
How's the job hunt going Ted? Good to see you still have so much free time on your hands.
CynicalSavior 2 years ago
The only hate Irish endure today is because so many of you are cops.
HaloedG 2 years ago
Irony that all the senators interviewed are from states that have had racial problems of White guys thinking they are better than everyone else.
HaloedG 2 years ago
Oh, the plight of the Irish-how tragic.
And we still see the Irish being treated poorly today....
Oh wait. No we don't. Actually, as soon as you guys lost your accents, you fit right in with everyone else, because you LOOK WHITE.
A black person can not hide the fact that they are black, a Mexican can't hide the fact they are Mexican.
And If you have a problem with stuff like La Raza, maybe you should scold your people for all their heritage based pride & events as well.
zndprophet 2 years ago
Limbaugh compared Sotomayor to David Duke.
I can't tell you the last time I laughed that hard.
LMAO!
Goddamn that's funny!
hanslute 2 years ago
Huh？ It troubles him that her experiences and her background influences her decision making? Really? And what is racism anyway? It seems that all the GOP racists are accusing her of racism. GOP is, after all, good at accusing someone of what's they are guilty of.
hiriumi 2 years ago
Didn't Satamayor say that a Latina woman would have a greater understanding of the Latin community than that of a white judge? I think her comment is being entirely taken out of context.
manicmonad 2 years ago 5
3:44 minutes, what is the problem with name calling ? if i want to call some one a "what ever" it is my right to free speach, even if this lady at the end , and her friends don't like, well they can stick it, free speech rules, and if i want to call some one a racist or any other non offensive word. This is an attempt for censorship and civil rights. I am latino & don't care for much except for civil liberties & global prosperity
dddiegopan 2 years ago
I hate to break it to you, but YOU don't have a "right to free speech" in the way you are using the term. The right to free speech is a limited protection against persecution BY THE GOVERNMENT for speech that does not impinge on other rights. If you say something stupid, your employer/school/friends can do whatever they want in response.
aleeds22 2 years ago
"if i want to call some one a racist... This is an attempt for censorship and civil rights"
Nobody is getting censored here. They are being criticized for the content of their speech. They are being encouraged to raise the level of civility in their speech. They are not getting imprisoned or otherwise persecuted/prosecuted for their speech.
Freedom of speech does not include an exemption from criticism.
mistergarth 2 years ago
politicians in general are dishonest and don't do the job they are supposed to be doing ie running this country for the people. these republicans are the worst of the lot though,ever since they lost the election they have been as obstructionist as they can be and now they are going around calling this supreme court nominee racist. using that kind of language and sotomayor gets the position is not going to make her kindly disposed to them and thier views....
hellshade2 2 years ago
I really hope the GOP keeps this shit up.. keep digging your own grave guys, we'll just watch and eat popcorn.
RoseSkye 2 years ago 2
As a white guy who was raised on an indian reservation the first 15 years of my life, this whole argument is just ABSURD!
I mean, if these guys think she is racist, they should just try being black for a day. They'd probably be in tears by the end of it wanting to kill white people.
White people DO NOT KNOW what racism IS.
zndprophet 2 years ago
I am a 38yr old white male and I totally agree with what you said!
These idiots try to act as if there is no racism...Simply absurd!!
SkyDaddy7 2 years ago
Why is it only white males who are making the most noise about this?
Segregation ended about 50 years ago the age of most of these white males talking about this issue.
The judge in question grew up during this time so she had to deal with racisim and segregation. So her comments are dealing with her life experience and the desire to make things equal.
I believe rightly or wrongly that the people who have the most issue with her statement have some race issues themselves.
EFAIR3 2 years ago 2
sen Fienstine says it's not good to call anyone racist. She can't have it both ways. When every white person is automaticly considered a racist base upon the color of thier skin instead of by thier own words, actions and associations, that is anti-white racism. Sotomayor, as a member of a racist organization (la'Rasa), and the pres's statement that his white grandmother was a" typical white woman", supports the belief that Sotomayor & the President are racist.
tj5555555 2 years ago
LOL!
You are really proud of your ignorance, huh?
SkyDaddy7 2 years ago
McConnell makes a fair point: he's nobody's speech police.
If the US right is shithouse-rat crazy--& more to the point, since the media & party filters that in the past glossed over this sad fact has shorted out--then it's in everybody's interest to see and digest this.
Curious at first blush how the racists/sexists/nativists are the 1st to let loose w/ the 'racism-mongering'...but after all, it's the black & white, xenophobic way they understand the world, & how they believe everyone does.
terpis 2 years ago
Sen D. Fienstine, if it's so bad to call anyone a racists why is it ok to call every white person including the pres's grandmother a racist. Or do you advocate that to be white is a fact of racism? You can't have it both ways. As a One Nation of many different kinds of people, we must judge racism on an individual basis. Some people are racists and some people are not. It's not a matter of color, but about associations. As a member of la'Rasa, she's a racists. in my opinion. tj
tj5555555 2 years ago
lindsey graham actually sounded reasonable in this clip
1samothrace77 2 years ago
i dont understand why this is an issue.......this is why the republicans are stupid..they take one line and take it out of content.....smh
assassin216 2 years ago 3
she's a racist, and so's her old man, (obama).
tj5555555 2 years ago
you're a religious nutjob and so's your old man.
fl00ders 2 years ago 3
And you are verbally challenged, and so's your old man. tj
tj5555555 2 years ago
EXACTLY!!!!
This guy represents the shrinking minority in this country! America is changing for the better and these idiots are simply mad bc they do not have the power they once did...The days of using religious fear, hate and lies to barely win elections are over!
SkyDaddy7 2 years ago
So true, It's our time to shine :)
GonzoTheGreat3000 2 years ago
because they're all self interested power hungry idiots
AFXE 2 years ago
How can you "trust" the process when the executive branch has invaded two sovereign countries (under the constitution, only congress can declare war) and the government has broken the Geneva Conventions (Torture). What's the difference between Nazi Germany and the USA Gov. today ?
Notice I didn't say "We the people", the people have lost control of the government. The US Fed note is about to become worthless.
boots920 2 years ago 2
There is quite a bit of "he-said she-said" gamesmanship in this discussion.Just like a divorce where a family irrationally sides with their own -- irregardless of culpability.
It is interesting how politicians ALWAYS are taking sides in a controversy from the perspective of their ideology. Were the founding fathers so forgiving of each other when it suited their bias?
darwel007 2 years ago
why cant ANY OF THEM answer the question?
they know shes not a racist, but they need to keep up the smear
3star2nr 2 years ago 4