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Justice Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Modern Day Heroes
If anyone doubts whether we still have hateful racists in this country, we only need to listen to the words and study the actions of the political Left. Everything they demand of Americans in terms of equality, everything they purport to condemn such as racism, every idea that they celebrate about fairness and equity has been negated by their own lies and contradictions.
Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife of 35 years, Ginni Thomas, are the epitome of opportunity and pursuit of freedom in the United States of America, and if the political Left were not determined to misrepresent the Left’s political goals for this country, the Thomas’ would be their celebrated couple.
But the Left is blind to its own fabrications and inconsistencies.
And they hate Justice Thomas and his wife.
This admirable couple has especially been under fire during the past year. Although every effort was made to show that they were unduly influencing each other, their activities were independent and ethical. Yet Ginni Thomas was accused of colluding with Donald Trump’s activities on January 6, and the January 6 Committee asked her to voluntarily appear before them. At first, she showed a willingness, but when her attorney, Mark Paoletta investigated further, he stated, “I do not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with Mrs. Thomas.”
A firm but clear statement that Ms. Thomas was not going to be pushed, and that the illegitimate committee would have to justify its actions. One, Mrs. Thomas, zero, the Committee.
After the Roe v. Wade ruling was made, the knives came out for Justice Thomas. Even though he didn’t write the ruling, vile and racist language was used to attack him on Twitter (where several of the statements still appear):
“Clarence Thomas is a dirty porch monkey and as a trans woman I’m giving every one permission to use the n word on him.”
“Clarence Thomas really wants to own slaves and to be able to call Black people
N*****. In front of white people. And laugh. Coon ass motherf*****.”“Clarence Thomas: just another dumb field N*****.”
“Doesn’t the N***** realize his rights are next?”
“Clarence Thomas is still a n***** slave to his white “nutcase” wife Ginni Thomas and the Supreme Court is an f****** mess. I can’t say it any other way; but it’s the truth no matter what you think.”
I suspect these comments came from white liberals, the very people who accuse the country of being systemically racist.
The radical Left is not called out nearly enough for their duplicity and attacks against Conservative black people. They’ve been very clear that only Blacks who closely follow the Progressive agenda will be accepted; anyone who steps outside that lane will be condemned and repeatedly attacked. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Mark Paoletta offered the following comment:
The left is racist, Tucker. They expect Clarence Thomas to think the way a Black man should, based on the color of his skin. And Clarence Thomas for 30-40 years has refused to do that, and they want to destroy him. And that is what they’ve been doing in coming after him and the bottom line is, Clarence Thomas doesn’t care at all what they think.
At least the Left is consistent: they make no secret about their power-hungry motives and their demands for compliance with their goals. As of yesterday, nearly a million people have signed a petition to remove or impeach Justice Thomas.
My favorite ironic comment, though, came from Hillary Clinton, when she was recently interviewed for her perspective on Justice Thomas:
‘I went to law school with him,’ said Clinton, a 1973 graduate of Yale Law School. (Thomas received his J.D. from the school a year later.) ‘He’s been a person of grievance for as long as I’ve known him. Resentment, grievance, anger.’
Who is she talking about? Justice Thomas? Or herself?
But Hillary seems to be ignorant of the rise in prestige that Justice Thomas has been experiencing in recent years. And he would have every reason to harbor resentments after the way he was treated at his Senate hearings. Instead, he has served on the Court with honor, and he and his wife have built a lasting and respect-filled marriage, in spite of all the slings and arrows that have been sent their way.
Thank you, Justice and Ms. Thomas for your perseverance, commitment to the Constitution, and dedication to this country. You are exemplars of how far we have come as a country in spite of the forces of hatred and evil. May we never forget this moment in history. We are forever in your debt.
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I love Clarence Thomas. Ginny Thomas appears to have gone over the edge. However, her husband should not be blamed for her excesses.
This is a great post.
Thanks, Gary. You object to people who passionately support Trump. That doesn’t mean she’s gone over the edge. For today, can we just appreciate her courage in standing by her husband over these many years and her commitment to being politically active. Please?
Until a few weeks ago, I fully supported and loved Ginny Thomas.
Since it has come out that she sought to have state legislatures overturn their electoral college votes, I have changed my mind. I am deeply disappointed by that.
But to address your point, I think that Ginny Thomas has courage in her love and support of her husband. I am with you on that.
Great post.
One other point. I have bought and read the biography of Justice Thomas by Andrew Peyton Thomas, and Clarence Thomas’ autobiography “My Grandfather’s Son.” I have bought but have not read yet the new book “Created Equal.”
I love Clarence Thomas.
His autobiography is wonderful, as is the book Maverick that Jason Riley wrote about him.
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: a naive or credulous person who can be manipulated or exploited to advance a cause or political agenda It is one task of the KGB [in 1982] to apply its skills of secrecy and deception to projecting the Soviet party’s influence. This it does through contacts with legal Communist Parties abroad, with groups sympathetic to Soviet goals, with do-gooders of the type that Lenin once described as “useful idiots” … . — The Wall Street Journal
First Known Use of useful idiot: 1864, in the meaning defined above
I think that Jason Riley’s book “Maverick” is about Thomas Sowell, not Clarence Thomas. Both of them are heroes to me.
By way of a tangent, if I had it all my way, Tim Scott would be the next president of the United States. A great man. We have a whole cadre of great African-American Republicans.
Oops! My bad. You are correct. I must be a racist since I mixed up two eminent black men. Sigh.
Gary just can’t help himself. A wonderful tribute to a brave woman, and Gary Robbins just has to troll it.
. . . in which case, let’s just move along . . .
A wonderful post Susan. I cannot imagine what they have to live through. We don’t always remember the impact on families.
God bless them both and protect them from the forces of evil on the left, and the apparent evil people on the right.
Oh Bryan.
You just can’t help yourself.
The post is about Ginny Thomas. I disagreed with a portion of that. My disagreement hardly constitutes “trolling.”
FIFY.
Stop it. Now. That goes for Bryan, too.
I agree. I have said what I needed to say, and am happy to honor your request. This is a great post.
I will honor your request. Also, I need to get going to drive the 300+ miles to see my mother for the next week. Thank yu for an opportunity to leave this post. Blessings.
I still haven’t watched John Yoo’s interview with Justice Thomas, but it is on my list. I have always had great respect for him. The more I learn about both of them, that respect only grows.
https://www.justicethomasmovie.com/
I particularly like the sense of entitlement, of privilege, implied by “as a trans woman I’m giving every one permission,” as if his status as a guy who cross-dresses grants him some kind of moral authority.
These people are clowns. Mean, ugly, ignorant, nasty clowns, but clowns.
I was about to comment on the above quote, but you did it much better. Thanks, Henry.
Hillary never disappoints. She can always be counted on to be full of . . . malarkey, to use Biden’s phrase.
I just watched it, and he’s such an outstanding man. One of his comments–that he doesn’t care what other people say about him–demonstrates such confidence and self-respect. Conservatives would be much more powerful if they followed his example.
Shame on you.
Why The J6 Committee’s Attacks On Ginni Thomas’s Free Speech Are A Totalitarian Attack On Every American
Shame on you, Gary.
I think that Ginny Thomas has made things more difficult for her husband. There can’t be a law against it — she’s got free speech rights just like anyone else — but she should have found something else to do besides politics, especially her brand of politics.
Her husband has been a very effective Associate Justice for our side. That she threatens to make him less effective — or worse, cause his downfall — in becoming his Achilles heel is too bad.
For all we know, he’s encouraged her. Neither one of them has been afraid of tackling difficult issues. Both have known what the other was getting into. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they are very proud and supportive of each other. I doubt she will make him less effective; in fact I think he’s being celebrated more than ever. But I could be wrong.
For all we know… Perhaps.
But Ginny Thomas’s access to the Trump Administration was based on her being the wife of Clarence. Not on Ginny herself. That in itself would suggest caution. And humility.
I think very highly of Clarence Thomas. I have done so ever since I read his autobiography. Someone said in a different post he was the greatest living American. On giving that reflection I would agree.
She’s aggressive and smart. Of course she can’t ignore her Husbands position but has exercised power and influence from the beginning. She politically incorrectly went after the fraud in the last election. I find the attacks on her political and racist. She married a black. Give us a break.
The attacks do make me wonder. Whoopi Goldberg and Samuel Jackson commented on his interracial marriage, saying that Justice Thomas probably wouldn’t touch those laws. Which had nothing to do with the issue at hand. But I think those were racist comments. Funny thing, Whoopi Goldberg was married at least once to a white man . . . but of course, she’s not a Justice.
We need an emoji that serves as a thread “hijack alert”.