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Originally Posted by dellinger63
Wow never knew pointing out lack of experience was sexist.
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Come on man, be serious.
The Sarah Palin example that Danzig raised is perfect. I firmly believe that there are numerous grounds on which Palin can be legitimately criticized. The fact that she is as dumb as a box of rocks being first among these. However, it is also still true that
some of the media coverage, internet discussion, etc about Palin was incredibly sexist. The two things aren't mutually exclusive.
If you feel that previous judicial experience should be required before somebody is nominated for the Supreme Court, that's fine. That strikes me as a perfectly legitimate critique (although not one I particularly agree with). Of course, it would be nice if you demonstrated a little more awareness of the numerous times that people without judicial experience have been put on the court over the years, but if your position is simply that those people shouldn't have been put on the court either....fine. For me, that's a perfectly reasonable position for you - or anyone - to take. That doesn't mean that
some of the reaction to Kagan - as with Palin - is sexist.