Justice Thomas Brought Race Into The Equation In McDonald

[mrjarrell]

And did a good job of it, too. Pretty much all of us (with some exceptions) realise that gun control is racist, at its core. Justice Thomas, in his opinion just brought it out for some daylight.

via Delaware Online

He hardly ever speaks during oral arguments, often appearing asleep on the bench. But in his written opinion Monday supporting the right to bear arms, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas roared to life.Referring to the disarming of blacks during the post-Reconstruction era, Thomas wrote: "It was the 'duty' of white citizen 'patrols to search negro houses and other suspected places for firearms.' If they found any firearms, the patrols were to take the offending slave or free black 'to the nearest justice of the peace' whereupon he would be 'severely punished.' " Never again, Thomas says.
In a scorcher of an opinion that reads like a mix of black history lesson and Black Panther Party manifesto, he goes on to say, "Militias such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Knights of the White Camellia, the White Brotherhood, the Pale Faces and the '76 Association spread terror among blacks. ... The use of firearms for self-defense was often the only way black citizens could protect themselves from mob violence."
This was no muttering from an Uncle Tom, as many black people have accused him of being. His advocacy for black self-defense is straight from the heart of Malcolm X. He even cites the slave revolts led by Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner -- implying that white America has long wanted to take guns away from black people out of fear that they would seek revenge for centuries of racial oppression.
Of course, Thomas's references to historic threats posed by white militias might have been dismissed if not for a resurgence of such groups in the year after Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president.
And if their behavior turns as violent as their racist rhetoric often threatens, then Thomas will almost certainly go down in history as the nation's foremost black radical legal scholar.

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[Bill of Rights]

I have always liked Justice Thomas. He may not say much, but when he does, you're well-advised to listen closely.

Good for him.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[irishfan]

I can't say that I disagree with what he is saying at all and he does make a lot of sense when he does speak out.

 

[96firephoenix]

I dunno if I'd agree that its racist at its core today, but when it started out, for sure. now it seems to be more about the big gov't having more power.

 

[Phil502]

I agree with his history lesson but not with applying it today to big city politicians. I really think Daley and his pals would take guns from ALL of us. He sure shoved a **** sandwich down the libbies throat though.

 

[XMil]

There is a good lesson in what he said. If you want to modernize the thought, replace "Blacks" with citizens, and "Ku Klux Klan, the Knights of the White Camellia, the White Brotherhood" with your favorite alphabet agency.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I agree with his history lesson but not with applying it today to big city politicians. I really think Daley and his pals would take guns from ALL of us. He sure shoved a **** sandwich down the libbies throat though.

the large metropolitan areas with the strictest gun control... What's the demographic break-down of the population?

Chicago: 39.9% white
DC: 36.3%-white
NY, NY: 35.0%-white

LA: 29.5% non-Hispanic white
LA Co, CA 48.7%-white

Orange CO, CA 64.8%-white

San Diego: 48.2% non-Hispanic white
San Diego CO, CA: 69.5% white

San Francisco: 50%-white
San Fran CO, CA: 58.1%-white

Baltimore: 31.6%-white
Baltimore CO, Md: 74.4%-white

Philadelphia: 42.5% white
Philadelphia CO, PA 47.5%-white

Interesting statistics, aren't they?

 

[88GT]

the large metropolitan areas with the strictest gun control... What's the demographic break-down of the population?

Chicago: 39.9% white
DC: 36.3%-white
NY, NY: 35.0%-white

LA: 29.5% non-Hispanic white
LA Co, CA 48.7%-white

Orange CO, CA 64.8%-white

San Diego: 48.2% non-Hispanic white
San Diego CO, CA: 69.5% white

San Francisco: 50%-white
San Fran CO, CA: 58.1%-white

Baltimore: 31.6%-white
Baltimore CO, Md: 74.4%-white

Philadelphia: 42.5% white
Philadelphia CO, PA 47.5%-white

Interesting statistics, aren't they?

Interesting, yes. Indicative of racist motivation behind gun control, no. Correlation is not causation.

Personally, I think they'd like to see us all removed of our means of self defense--white or not--since that is the only real impediment to their total control...and they know it.

 

[Phil502]

the large metropolitan areas with the strictest gun control... What's the demographic break-down of the population?

Chicago: 39.9% white
DC: 36.3%-white
NY, NY: 35.0%-white

LA: 29.5% non-Hispanic white
LA Co, CA 48.7%-white

Orange CO, CA 64.8%-white

San Diego: 48.2% non-Hispanic white
San Diego CO, CA: 69.5% white

San Francisco: 50%-white
San Fran CO, CA: 58.1%-white

Baltimore: 31.6%-white
Baltimore CO, Md: 74.4%-white

Philadelphia: 42.5% white
Philadelphia CO, PA 47.5%-white

Interesting statistics, aren't they?

Yep I know, I lived in Chi-town for 30 years, what was the stats when the gun control started in these areas? If these guys could extend it statewide they surely would.

 

[Phil502]

Interesting, yes. Indicative of racist motivation behind gun control, no. Correlation is not causation.

Personally, I think they'd like to see us all removed of our means of self defense--white or not--since that is the only real impediment to their total control...and they know it.

or Caucasian,

 

[Expat]

We have been told many times over the years by liberals that white people really can't comment on what is racist and what is not, only a black person can since they have lived it. So if Justice Thomas feels that whites like Daley are racists per se due to their support of gun control, I for one will not disagree with him.

 

[CarmelHP]

We have been told many times over the years by liberals that white people really can't comment on what is racist and what is not, only a black person can since they have lived it. So if Justice Thomas feels that whites like Daley are racists per se due to their support of gun control, I for one will not disagree with him.

Don't be silly. We have also been told that Justice Thomas is not really black, apparently because he disagrees with white Democrat statists.

 

[chachi73]

I believe it is racist when, the day after the Supreme Court decision, the Chicago city council voted to seriously restrict handgun ownership in the city to include:

8 hour class
$100 to take said class (poll tax anyone)
-There may be other restrictions I did not look it up. Just what I remember hearing on the radio.

Poor folks cannot afford to do this...I would venture to say that most poor folks in Chicago are non-white. Therefore, the added gun control measures are racist.

Bravo to Justice Thomas for using an extreme example to drive home a point. Lets hope Obama stays away from gun control after reading this opionion by Thomas.

 

[HICKMAN]

problem is these days, black folk need to protect themselves from younger degenerates of all colors. Wannabe gang-banger morons who only want to steal, sell dope and act like morons instead of working for a living.

Glad to see Clarence step up.

 

[Yeah]

It might not be directly racist any longer but it is certainly classist, like the rest of liberalist thought. Punitive fees attached to licensing schemes and training requirements bear that out.

And Clarence Thomas is a fantastic justice.

 

[downzero]

If any racist has ever lived, it was Richard J. Daley, father of the current Chicago mayor.

 

[Whosyer]

Don't be silly. We have also been told that Justice Thomas is not really black, apparently because he disagrees with white Democrat statists.

He also disagrees with the Black leftist statists. Remember that classy Left wingnut, Julianne Malveaux ?

"On the November 4, 1994 episode of the PBS talk show, To the Contrary, Malveaux summed up her feelings regarding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: "The man is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early, like many black men do, of heart disease. Well, that’s how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person." [2]
Five years later, the conservative Media Research Center singled out Malveaux for recognition, of sorts, bestowing on her one of its "Dishonor Awards for the Decade's Most Outrageous Liberal Bias", with Justice Thomas accepting the award "on behalf of" Malveaux in her absence"

But they're the enlightened ones.Right?

 

[Hotdoger]

then Thomas will almost certainly go down in history as the nation's foremost black radical legal scholar.

Among Democrats?
How can that be Courtland Milloy?

Was it not the Democrats that opposed Thomas appoinment?
Was it not blacks that opposed Thomas?
Was it not Senator Byrd that voted against Thomas and Thurgood Marshall’s nomination?
Was it not you Courtland that opposed Thomas?

The truth is Courtland that reguardless of your "malitia" histeria and skin color preocupations, Justice Thomas is a foremost legal scholar!

 

[Hotdoger]

Justice Thomas also brought abortion into the decision:

But Thomas, in my view, has the better logical argument. "The notion," he writes, "that a constitutional provision that guarantees only 'process' before a person is deprived of life, liberty or property could define the substance of those rights strains credulity for even the most casual user of words."
As he points out, the Court has used the due process clause to find rights -- notably the right to an abortion -- that are not specified in the Constitution, while at the same time four current justices have also used it to argue that a right specified in the Second Amendment does not apply to the states.

Townhall - Thomas' Principled Jurisprudence in Arms Case

 

[Yeah]

Justice Thomas also brought abortion into the decision:

He is certainly an unapologetic originalist.

He once told the national bar association "I reserve the right not to have my views assigned to me as if I was an intellectual slave", as a response to people who told him he shouldn't oppose affirmative action because he is black.

The guy has a man card, no doubt.