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"Would a Hispanic women make better decisions than a white male? LOL "
Look, this is obviously how they're framing this quote in crazy wingnut land, but that's not what she was saying at all. She was discussing how her personal experience would effect her ability to see the general context in particular kinds of cases.
Exact quote: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life...". She was specifically discussing the importance of judicial diversity in determining race and sex discrimination cases.
Alito was asked the very same question, and Clarance Thomas said EXACTLY the same thing when asked, that his experience as a black man in America would add to the knowledge he would draw on in certain legal decisions. But oh yeah, that's ok for them to say that shit because they're, you know, Republicans.
During his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, responding to Sen. Herb Kohl's (D-WI) question, "I'd like to ask you why you want this job?" Thomas stated in part: "I believe, Senator, that I can make a contribution, that I can bring something different to the Court, that I can walk in the shoes of the people who are affected by what the Court does."
So, a black man makes better decisions than a white man, obviously, because he walked in different shoes. Judge Thomas said it.
Fuck, what's with you people and your teapot tempests?