Clarence Thomas vs George Floyd

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  1. independentthinker

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    Should Clarence Thomas be honored with a statue? I mean George Floyd has at least one and he was only famous for being a criminal killed by police. Doesn't a black Supreme Court Justice deserve a statue more than George Floyd does? Or, is Clarence Thomas nothing but an Uncle Tom?


    In a Tuesday 32-20 Georgia Senate vote, Republicans elected to erect a statue of Justice Thomas on the state Capitol grounds.

    Democrats, who are in the minority, instead offered to erect a statue of the late John Lewis, a civil rights legend and Georgia congressman. Unsurprisingly, Republicans didn’t go for it.



    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/republicans-want-clarence-thomas-own-170400997.html
     
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    Clarence Thomas is definitely an Uncle Tom IMO, but i don't think we should stop anyone who wants to build a statue of him from putting one up.

    Someone might have to stop by every couple of days and clean up the pubic hairs that people leave on it to remind us of his complete story.
     
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    Black community seems to respect violent criminals more than educated blacks.

    Some white democrats love calling blacks with their own opinion uncle toms.
     
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    Neither deserve a statue.

    Was the Floyd statue sanctioned and provided by government?
     
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    The only thing thomas deserves is impeachment and removal from his position followed by an investigation into the activities of both him and his wife.
     
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    It's not just white democrats. Some opportunistic black Democrats can't help but toss racial insults while promoting their own political agendas.

    Democrat Calls Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Tom’ Who ‘Sold His Soul to the Slave Masters’ In Debate On Georgia Statue (msn.com)

    “I’m just trying to tell you what we have in the African American community when we talk about a person of color that goes back historically to the days of slavery and that person betraying his own community – we have a term in the Black community,” began Jones.

    “That term that we use is called ‘Uncle Tom'” he declared, before going on to explain that it’s meant to describe “a person who back during the days of slavery sold his soul to the slave masters.” Jones joined the rest of his Democratic colleagues in unsuccessfully opposing a bill to build a statue of Thomas using money raised from private donations for the Peach State’s capitol building on Tuesday. The bill passed the upper chamber of the state legislature by a 12-vote margin."
     
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    yea, there are way more white people who respect Clarence Thomas than black people. Way more.

    That's his thing, he's the kind of black guy that certain white people love.
     
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    So a black Supreme Court justice should not be honored?
     
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    What part of "neither deserve a statue" did you not understand?
     
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    Why should a Supreme Court justice not be honored with a statue?
     
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    In other words, guilty until proven innocent and investigate to find a crime. Typical lefty playbook.
     
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    Honored for what? Doing his job? Yeah...I'm not into the whole participation trophy thing.
     
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    So, you don't think anyone anywhere should have a statue for doing their job? Does that extend to sports?
     
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    Managed to offend the black community and half the white community in two lines. Quite impressive.
     
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    I don't think either of them deserve a statue.
     
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    ND most all of the racist... yes, quite impressive.
     
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    Correct. I couldn’t give two Fs about any statue of a person.
     
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    Sounds like you are against history itself.
     
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    Sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
    Someone else in this thread stated “neither deserve a statue”. Let’s see if you ask that person why a Supreme Court justice doesn’t deserve a statue. I’ll be watching ;)
     
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    George Floyd was not a "violent criminal."

    Thomas should be removed from the bench because of his rulings on issues that involved his wife, who was backing Trump's attempt to stage a coup and remain in power.
     
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    Floyd statues were not built with government funds. It was funded but donations, same as the proposed Thomas statue.

    This is a nuthin' burger.
     
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    Wrong, and that's ridiculous.
     
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    I already asked some poster that question.
     
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    This is what serves as liberal racism these days. The crime of course was fleeing the plantation, and for that crime, there is no forgiveness, ever. Clearly, our liberal posters aren't shy about being overtly racist in their commentary, and because of it, their claim of actually caring for racial harmony is obviously a vicious joke.
     
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    And the other guy?
     

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