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Nevilledog

(55,081 posts) Wed Feb 15, 2023, 10:21 PM Feb 2023

GA state senator calls U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom"

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Georgia State Sen. Emanuel Jones (D) calls U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom” while opposing a bill to place a statue of Thomas at the capitol:

“Y’all just don’t get it. And I don’t expect people of non-color to get the sensitivity that we feel.”

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GA state senator calls U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom" (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2023 OP

So, where's the lie?🤔 NewDayOranges Feb 2023 #1

Yet, most legislators oppose a statue to John Lewis.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #2

I hope John Lewis is haunting this pos's dreams! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #3

You have that right, SheltiLover.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #4

Thx! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #5

Wouldn't sound right if I said it ("non-color"?! ) so I just call him Evil Clarence these days Hekate Feb 2023 #6

NewDayOranges

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1. So, where's the lie?🤔

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Wed Feb 15, 2023, 10:31 PM

Feb 2023

ProudMNDemocrat

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2. Yet, most legislators oppose a statue to John Lewis....

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Wed Feb 15, 2023, 10:32 PM

Feb 2023

whose cracked skull on the Edmund Pettis Bridge made it possible for Clarence Thomas and his parents to have the right to vote with the Voting Rights Act, that he decided was no longer needed.