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Ketanji can’t define what a woman is

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  1. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What a difference a few years makes. Not too long ago there were marches and protests to defend the rights of women. Some people claimed they believed survivors merely because they were women. Biden told us he would chose a black woman as VP and SC nominee. If she can’t define what a woman is then how would Biden know who to pick when he makes his choices by what boxes they check?

    If she can’t define what a woman is, then how can she ever sit in judgement of a woman’s rights issue?


     
    Steve N, Mar 23, 2022
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    Man, she's really getting some high level constitutional questions there.

    I guess law school is no match for a home economics degree.
     
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    I read that report- and what I see is a person that does not want to define her position until she sees which way the wind blows regarding a biological fact that has been recognized and accepted for thousands of years... because current politics are trying to turn everything into arguable shades of grey.

    Automatic disqualification for a supreme court candidate.
     
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    She was asked a complicated question and when she pointed it out, our dear senator trivialized the complication. It’s not a simple straightforward question.
     
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    She actually said "I'm not a biologist."

    Wow.
     
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    LOL!
     
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    The question was: "Can you provide a definition for the word "woman" ? Complicated question? Not simple, not straightforward, too vague for a supreme court justice to grasp?

    Let's see if I can: Let's try- Female of the Human Species.

    Damn, that was so hard to do.

    The complexity came about when the candidate decided to waltz around the question.......
    You could do the same with questions, like- Is water wet?
    Or vastly more complex ones- such as, Are flying fish actually fish, or are they swimming birds?
    That would probably require extensive scientific studies costing millions and taking years. Great political pork-work.

    A better question is- WHY is being a black woman a qualification for a supreme court appointment?
     
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    Is a taco a sandwich?
     
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    SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN): Can you provide a definition for the word woman?

    JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: Can I provide a definition?

    BLACKBURN: Yeah.

    KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: I can't.

    BLACKBURN: You can't?

    KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: Not in this context. I am not a biologist.

    BLACKBURN: The meaning of the word woman is so unclear and controversial that you cannot give me a definition?

    KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: Senator, in my work as a judge, what I do is I address disputes. If there is a dispute about a definition, people make arguments, and I look at the law, and I decide.

    BLACKBURN: The fact that you cannot give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education that we are hearing about.
     
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    So you are saying, you are equally challenged, and understand the inability to identify gender.

    A judge must be able to qualify and quantify things in order to apply the rules of law. If you as a woman cannot identify what constitutes a woman, how can you identify what is rape or murder or theft or free speech or any of the multitude of things that enter into every opinion of the supreme court?

    We already see this issue in the press and political aberrations of truth, such as rioting arsonists being described as peaceful protestors. If you are unable to define even what you yourself are in the simplest of terms, you just aren't qualified to judge anyone or anything else. This isn't a job where you stick your finger up to test the wind before you decide which way to go- and that is what she's doing here.
     
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    She knows damn well what a woman is, but our current social and political climate has cowed people to the extent that they are afraid to say anything about anything.
     
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    No, I'm saying I'm hungry.
     
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    At least she admitted that being a woman has to do with biology and not your "feels".....
     
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    She is potentially going to be adjudicating on women's rights issues, LGBT issues, and transgender issues, yet can't define what a woman is....
     
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    Biden doesn't know either. That's why he's always groping at people to try and figure it out.
     
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    How can she handle "high level constitutional" questions if she doesn't even know what a woman is?
     
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    I couldn't watch the hearing for long. She is the weakest nomination for the court in my memory.
     
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    Okay! Taco Bell is the answer. You're welcome!

    A sandwich is usually considered to be something edible wedged between two slices of other edible things. Rather vague term used in many places other than food..... But in this case-

    All you have to do is decide if a tortilla is a kind of bread. If you are a person wanting to avoid any commitment, then you argue about what bread is, so you can avoid a definitive answer.
    Regardless, a good taco (or three) will address your current problem.

    Note that the rulings of a supreme court are called "opinions". It's ok to have one that doesn't agree with the majority of the court. It's pretty lame to be unable to have any opinion at all.....
     
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    It is extremely straightforward.

    Anyone who is not living in fantastical delusion, and is not a science denier, can easily answer the question as follows:

    A 'woman' is a member of the homo sapiens sapiens subspecies that does not have the SRY gene, or in more layman's terms (but compromising some accuracy in doing so), has XX chromosomes.
     
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    Exactly. No basis for judgement if you look at yourself in the shower and have no idea what you are..... :roll:
     
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    Nominated for understatement of the year.
     
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    Harriet Miers
     
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    Well, she did fail already when she wasn't aware that babies are racist.

    How does her answers relate in anyway to women's rights? You think they don't exist anymore? Why? I bet they do.
     
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    What were Barrett's and Kavenaugh's answer during their hearing on abortion? I don't think they gave a position.
     
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    That is your definition. What makes a Female of the Human Species the only definition of a Woman?
    That is a possible definition, but is it THE definition?
     
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