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cbabe

(5,701 posts) Mon Dec 5, 2022, 03:42 PM Dec 2022

'What the hell, Sam': Justice Alito slammed for making 'joke' about Black children in KKK costumes [View all]

https://www.rawstory.com/what-the-hell-sam-justice-alito-slammed-for-making-joke-about-black-children-in-kkk-costumes/

'What the hell, Sam’: Justice Alito slammed for making ‘joke’ about Black children in KKK costumes

David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
December 05, 2022

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Kristen Waggoner, the Alliance Defending Freedom's attorney arguing in favor of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, was forced to admit that the photographer would be able to say they would not take photos of Black children with a white Santa.

Later, Justice Samuel Alito, one of the Court's most far-right jurists, decided to use Justice Jackson's hypothetical analogy to make a point, and he did so by mockingly joking about Black children wearing KKK costumes.

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'What the hell, Sam': Justice Alito slammed for making 'joke' about Black children in KKK costumes [View all] cbabe Dec 2022 OP

Original link... Lars39 Dec 2022 #1

Wow, he really is a major asshole, isn't he? FakeNoose Dec 2022 #5

Up in the stratosphere! Lars39 Dec 2022 #11

Yes, he is. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #13

pretty typical republican functionary, best I can tell quakerboy Dec 2022 #17

The KKK hates Catholics, Sammy. Baked-in. LIU. czarjak Dec 2022 #2

Really taking that lifetime appointment out for a walk, eh Sam? Aristus Dec 2022 #3

Sure seems so Hekate Dec 2022 #6

+1 H2O Man Dec 2022 #31

Lol..yeah Demovictory9 Dec 2022 #28

sounds like... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #4

Alito is a racist asshole and a partisan hack LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 #7

Was Clarence Thomas laughing? jcgoldie Dec 2022 #8

I wondered about that, too. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #9

Was he awake? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #14

Deserves to be impeached for that. Sogo Dec 2022 #10

Since impeachment isn't going to happen and shitty jokes aren't a crime. Hieronymus Phact Dec 2022 #26

Alito is a horrible person. I'll be the first one dancing when he croaks. AllyCat Dec 2022 #12

wow. such an intellectual. real deep thinking there Alito. IcyPeas Dec 2022 #15

Yes, he's a real scholar in Medieval Canon Law & can quote precedents from the 12th & 16th centuries Hekate Dec 2022 #20

Flyin'high - must have gotten good news for himself. UTUSN Dec 2022 #16

I don't get the joke lame54 Dec 2022 #18

That's because he mistakes cruelty for humor -- and it's not funny Hekate Dec 2022 #22

That part I knew - I still don't get it lame54 Dec 2022 #23

Most rethugs have a weird sense of humor. njhoneybadger Dec 2022 #19

Expand the Court. Soon. And... Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #21

He should not be allowed to judge a chili contest let alone sit on the bench in a court of law appleannie1 Dec 2022 #24

What an absolute fuckhead. geardaddy Dec 2022 #25

Earning your special spot in Hell "judge". What a total asshole. Evolve Dammit Dec 2022 #27

That's almost insane as trump wanting to "terminate" the constitution LymphocyteLover Dec 2022 #29

And here I thought taking away a woman's free will over her pregnancy Farmer-Rick Dec 2022 #30

What church does he belong to? LiberalFighter Dec 2022 #32

Alito likely related to Mussolini LiberalFighter Dec 2022 #33

I'm not sure but he may have been trying to joke. Not so funnt Tickle Dec 2022 #34

We have a serious problem with the Supreme Court. There is no accountability. Lonestarblue Dec 2022 #35

im sick of their socalled "jokes " also i wonder what would happen if there AllaN01Bear Dec 2022 #36

This motherfucker has no business being even near the Supreme Court Blue Owl Dec 2022 #37