wouldn't he be called a racist?

mrliberal--once again you come forth with dribble. Despite attempts by the right to attack this judge with a very moderate to conservative bent as being "racist," you have failed again and again to demonstrate any such thing.

How would you feel if a suvivor of cancer said that her experience made her more aware of the plight of cancer survivors and their families? How wouHld you react if a veteran of a foreign war said that his experiences made him more understanding of veterans issues? Would you object if a white, lower-middle class male from the rust belt said that his experiences made him aware of the struggles of the working class? What would you reaction be if a white, Christian male sited this as the driving force behind his policy making (you know, like George W. Bush consistently did)?

To put it bluntly, you are 100% full of shit. You don't like Sotomayor for who she is and who appointed her. Had George W. Bush nominated her, siting how his father also had also nominated her to a federal judgeship, you would have cheered. The reason why--you are a partisan hack that has never taken 10 seconds to look at her record, rather only a single quote out-of-context.

What is not understood is that the drivel about respecting the unbiased sanctity of the law IS itself a hypocritical rich, white guy's view. They are just as willing to bend the law to fit their own biases as any other human being on earth. This has been demonstrated time and time again by conservatives in recent years.

The difference is in admitting one's bias or concealing it in a cloak of pious self-righteousness. It is easy to pretend you practice an unbiased application of the law if you blind yourself to the times you have let your personal opinions sway your decisions. Better to recognize them.

mrliberal:

wouldn't he be called a racist?

They might be called racist by the small-minded and ideologically blind, but the difference between being racist and being aware of one's own identity's potential biases is one of complete opposites. White men who "think like she does" are not racists. Instead, they are tolerant and understanding of people beyond their own experience and circumstances.

A white man arguably did think like Sotomayor. His name was Samuel Alito. From his confirmation hearing:

Senator, I tried to in my opening statement, I tried to provide a little picture of who I am as a human being and how my background and my experiences have shaped me and brought me to this point. … And that’s why I went into that in my opening statement. Because when a case comes before me involving, let’s say, someone who is an immigrant — and we get an awful lot of immigration cases and naturalization cases — I can’t help but think of my own ancestors, because it wasn’t that long ago when they were in that position.

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And that goes down the line. When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account.

Here's the transcript and video: <link>

dsimon:

A white man arguably did think like Sotomayor. His name was Samuel Alito. From his confirmation hearing:

Senator, I tried to in my opening statement, I tried to provide a little picture of who I am as a human being and how my background and my experiences have shaped me and brought me to this point. … And that’s why I went into that in my opening statement. Because when a case comes before me involving, let’s say, someone who is an immigrant — and we get an awful lot of immigration cases and naturalization cases — I can’t help but think of my own ancestors, because it wasn’t that long ago when they were in that position.

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And that goes down the line. When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account.

Here's the transcript and video: <link>

That's fantastic!

mrliberal:

wouldn't he be called a racist?

Don't know, why don't you ask Sam Alito?

But when I look at those cases, I have to say to myself, and I do say to myself, "You know, this could be your grandfather, this could be your grandmother. They were not citizens at one time, and they were people who came to this country" . . . .

When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account.

Or you could ask the Order of Sons of Italy what they thought about his appointment;

OSIA President Vincent Sarno was among the dignitaries called to the White House in February to officially congratulate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on his election as the U.S. Supreme Court's 110th Justice. He was elected on Jan. 31 by a vote of 58-42 and sworn in that same-day.

OSIA was the first to applaud his nomination by President George W. Bush on October 31 and received a warm response from Justice Alito, who is an honorary member of OSIA. (See sidebar.)

Following the announcement of his nomination, OSIA and its Commission for Social Justice took a number of steps to support Justice Alito and to criticize the media for the manner in which it referred to his Italian heritage.

So, was that racist?

Or, like most Republicans, do you feel that only Eurocentric white males can possibly have the empathy to understand the plights of all peoples of all races, ethnicities and genders with a clear and unbiased view?

Certainly history has shown us that.

Lol, guess I should have read the whole thread before posting my own links to what has been said multiple times already.

The RESPONSIBILITY of being on the Supreme Court is to stand above -as much as humanly possible-personal bias and work within the writing of the constitution and case law. The Supreme Court is not supposed to be a House of Lords-that is a superior elite who bring wisdom to the masses and re-write the Law. If you haven't shown the ability to put personal bias aside and follow the Law, you have no place on the Court- white ,black, male ,female or Martian.

He would be called Your Honor....

OK Siempre.

Then by your own description if the SJC overturned Roe V Wade it would be changing the constitution so nonw should make a move to change it right?

If a white man thought like Sotomayor..

wouldn't he be called a racist?

The libtards would point and make screeching that sound from Invasion of The Body Snatchers, Anderson Cooper would denounce the white man while trying not to sound like the far left sycophant douchebag that he really is, and Al Sharpton would demand an aplolgy durinng an appearance on the Larry King show.

spruce:

To put it bluntly, you are 100% full of shit. You don't like Sotomayor for who she is and who appointed her. Had George W. Bush nominated her, siting how his father also had also nominated her to a federal judgeship, you would have cheered. The reason why--you are a partisan hack that has never taken 10 seconds to look at her record, rather only a single quote out-of-context.

Two things.

1. If GWB had nominated her the Democrats would be the ones attacking her, probably based on the same rational.

2. A single quote repeated in 5 public speeches stretched out over 10 years is not a single quote, it is a viewpoint.

While I am more inclined to agree with you than the OP, it does your agrument no credit not to acknowledge these things.

I like people that are color blind, that means that I dislike 80% of the people in this country, most of which are probably p.c. liberals. I also was not a fan of Bush.

Was she tolerant of the white candidates that took the Fireman's test???