Hear this: The dictionary definition of the word "woman" is not transphobic!
New dumbed down qualifications to sit on SCOTUS
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ok doser
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Speaking for myself, my "transphobia" exists in the same manner that my "schizophobia" does
annabenedetti
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Because she was nominated by a Democratic president, as you said? There are a lot of moderate or liberal Democrats out there. To automatically attach "the left" to "Democratic" is a right-wing position, and to her without supporting evidence isn't enough to make her so.
I didn't say the definition of the word woman was transphobic, did I? I'm surprised at you.
I referred to the "transphobic conservative base." And that's who Blackburn was talking to, and for.
She did answer straightforwardly, and without 'stammering,' as the OP contends. Perhaps she gave the question all the merit it deserved, because there's no doubt why the question was asked.
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ok doser
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You're insane
There's no doubt in my mind that the question was asked in order to determine how far gone she was wrt wokeness
I have no idea what her politics actually are. My point is that she is currently "a face of the left" in the media for no other reason than she has been appointed to the SC, to replace a liberal judge, by a Democratic president. One can reasonably draw some inferences.
You said that "Blackburn tossed out a gotcha question, meant to provide red meat to the transphobic conservative base". My point is that if the simple dictionary definition of the word "woman" is not inherently transphobic (which it isn't) then there is no red meat to toss.
She didn't. Here's how it went:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) asked the DC Circuit Court of Appeals judge point-blank: “Can you provide a definition for the word ’woman’?
After a short back-and-forth, Jackson ultimately said: “No, I can’t.”
“You can’t?” Blackburn asked.
“Not in this context. I’m not a biologist,” Jackson said.
ok doser
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From Blackburn herself: "... The fact that you can't 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 ..."
annabenedetti
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I realize that now.
Inferences are derived from premises that may or may not be accurate or true. Just putting that out there. The right-wing assume every Democrat is a leftist, when many if not most Democrats, including the current president, are not leftist. They may be liberal, but not leftist. Ask a European if they think the average Democratic politician is a leftist.
You actually said:
"The simple definition of the word "woman," which everyone knows anyway and for which there is no point in pretending that one doesn't know, is not "transphobic." And then doubled down with "Hear this: The dictionary definition of the word "woman" is not transphobic!"
When no one here said that the definition was transphobic.
Again: the question was asked for, and dog-whistling to, the transphobic conservative base. The base who are screaming at school board meetings, and burning books. That's all. I wonder by how much Blackburn's political donations will increase.
I know how it went.
Why couldn't Judge Brown answer the question, "Can you provide a definition for the word ’woman’," if said definition is not inherently transphobic? As I said, if the simple dictionary definition of the word "woman" is not inherently transphobic (which it isn't) then there is no red meat there to toss to the transphobic conservative base.
Then you know that Judge Brown did not answer the question straightforwardly or without stammering, as you said she did.
Graduation from public schools and universities with lowered academic standards makes a mockery of boasting about educational achievements. The lowering of standards for job placement also makes work history no indication of academic excellence. If a person is now chosen because of sex or skin color then intelligence is also not a factor. Being appointed to leftist commissions or organizations because of skin color does not prove a person is qualified for the job.
Jackson, like Obama, parlayed her skin color into political prominence at a time when people like Biden were impressed by blacks who were properly chosen and groomed from the masses to serve the interests of rich and powerful backers. Biden, the former white supremacist, was particularly impressed by Obama, saying:
Biden: Obama Clean, Articulate, Bright African-American
Joe Biden is set to launch his second run for the presidency today but it will likely be overshadowed by some candid comments made in an interview with Jason Horowitz of the New York Observer. Most noteworthy is what he says about Barack Obama: "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American
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Most noteworthy is what he says about Barack Obama: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
Judge Jackson is not the first black woman candidate to be considered for SCOTUS. Biden stubbornly rejected the first black woman candidate. But the selection of Judge Jackson is historic or "storybook, man" because she is the first woman chosen who has no clue what a woman is.
A biologist will tell you there are three kinds of differences typically seen between genders including genital, genetic, and brain differences. Many individuals do not have all three differences! Most with less typical constellation do not consider themselves trans per se. But, the concept of gender is more complicated than Dick and Jane depicts. The Judge's invocation of a biologist is a deference that courts have to experts over personal understandings. Only particular things are judicially noticed - ie stipulated as commonly understood. In the past male and female was a matter judicially noticed. Our understandng of gender is more sophisticated and it is not automatically judicially noticed in some court rooms.
If asking the woman of color what a woman is proved too hard for her to answer then why is she even applying for the job of SCOTUS justice?
Republicans and democrats have failed God and America by neglecting to submit only those candidates to fill judgeships who have solid convictions and right understandings of the intent of the Constitution and the will of God.
annabenedetti
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Last time I'm gonna try: Blackburn's question was the red meat. She even lassoed in "the dangers of progressive education."
Now, who is that meant for?
You could at least own that you inadvertently (I hope) misrepresented what I said by implying I'd said the definition itself was transphobic.
Are we listening to the same clip?
There was no back-and forth. There was no ultimately.
Directly after the initial question, Jackson said: "Can I provide a definition? No. I can't.
Blackburn: "You can't?"
Jackson: "Not in this context. I'm not a biologist."
How much more straightforward could she be?
Lefties don't know how to tell the difference between good understanding and sheer stupidity. The leftis democrats are going to confirmm her because they have stolen the political power to do so and nobody can stop them. All the showboating is just for show. They might have well asked her things like:
How have you achieved so much as a woman of color in a nation bloated with racist white men who have special animosity towards women of color?
ok doser
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Judge Jackson is definitely a dedicated leftist democrat or she would not be currently where she is in the Senate hearing room.
No prominent leftist liberal dares define what a woman is since so many of the base supporters of the democrat party are flaming sodomites.
At no point did I say you said that. You're taking this discussion personally somehow. It isn't.
I'll just repeat myself once more and leave it at this: If the simple dictionary definition of the word "woman" is not inherently transphobic (which it isn't) then there is no red meat there to toss to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
ok doser
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Blackburn should have asked the following:
The two primary qualifications for your nomination as expressed by the current president were that you are a woman and you are a person of color. Are you a woman? If so, what characteristics do you use to identify yourself as a woman?