CBD wrote:
gbaji wrote:
when saying that a wise latina would arrive at a better conclusion than a white male
Sotomayor wrote:
I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life
Maybe if I close my eyes and squint and do some heroin, I can pretend that what you gleamed from that quote makes any sense.
You're kidding, right? I paraphrased, but it's virtually an exact quote. Maybe you should lay off the heroin? Just a thought...
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You are a straight, white man. You are not black. You are not latino. You are not gay. You are not a woman. You did not have to worry, on your trek to become a mature adult, that people would irrationally hate you for something you couldn't change. You did not have to worry about rape. You did not have to worry about a hate crime.
Oh god! Please not the "A white person can never understand how lucky he is to be white!!!" post. This is the lamest and most tired excuse for bigotry I've seen, yet it seems to be far too commonly expressed. It's a little hard for me to accept an argument for Sotomayor not expressing racist statements, when the primary defense for them includes yet more racist statements.
I'll just take your post as confirmation that when Sotomayor was spewing racist garbage, you were her target audience. You clearly have bought the "the white man is the enemy of everyone else" line completely...
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You will not have the same perspective on a hate crime issue as a wise Latina woman because of that.
And she doesn't have the same perspective as I do. Whew! And did you seriously say I don't have to worry about being the victim of a hate crime? So. No white guy ever got jumped by a group of blacks or latinos for being white in the wrong neighborhood, right? Oh no. That never happens. I suppose you excuse that as justified punishment for past wrongdoings by other white people though...
Amazing!
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All Sotomayor said is that the hypothetical woman has a far higher chance to reach a different conclusion than the white man.
And you just accused me of misquoting?! She said that the latina has a higher chance to reach a
better conclusion. Funny. If this wasn't a problem for your "it wasn't a racist statement" theory, then why did you have to change it?
She said "better". Not "different". Better. Get it? Sheesh!
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If an issue about hate crimes related to the Latino population of Florida came before the court, Sotomayor would sure as hell have a better perspective on that as opposed to anyone else on the bench.
No. She'd have a "different" perspective. That does not in any way mean that she would make a "better" ruling. It's funny that you keep switching these words around. Diversity gives you a different perspective, and should include respecting the perspectives of others. Bigotry makes you think that your perspective is "better".
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That's the point she was making.
Lol. No. It wasn't. I even specifically said that had she said something like this, no one would have had a problem. It's not about diversity and different perspectives. It's about her believe that her own perspective makes her views "better". Get it? Or do I need to repeat it 800 more times (and I know you all love it when I do that).
Different is not better. Different is not better....
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Trying to pretend that her statement is inaccurate is bullsh*t that you're spewing because you don't want to just accept the fact that you have no idea what you're talking about.
You might want to turn that mirror back on yourself. And lay off the heroin!
