You should be a great thought generator around here and your comments should help keep us on our toes.

So…welcome to the fray!

While it is awe-inspiring to see Rush spanking Emanuel and the egghead dream-team up and down the court on a daily basis, I also agree with you that there is such a great opportunity to educate people on why we conservatives don’t believe it’s racist that people are treated the same in all circumstances, irregardless of any circumstance, as it pertains to race, heritage, or gender.

The Supreme Court is an identifiable representation of our nation’s dedication to above all things the essential truths of human law. With this nomination, there is a great chance to affirm what those truths are within this context, why they’re irrelevant to someone’s racial/gender perspective or cultural history – and why it is dangerous to abandon the pursuit of truth by empowering this essentialist ideal. We need voices like you out there too, sir, spreading the good news!

I wish I’d had a professor like you when I went back for my undergrad degree. Alas, sensible professors are a rare breed (an probably extinct in the SF Bay area!) and I did not have the opportunity to trip over one like you! ;)

He is saying on his show that there is a better than 50% chance Red Sonia is pro-life, and that he, Rush Limbaugh, could be persuaded to support her if he could be convinced that were true.

This has GOT to being twisting their feeble minds into little pretzles.

And they are way too stupid to figure out that he’s playing them like a Stradivarius.

Here is where I think conservative critics are missing a golden opportunity: her references to “inherent” differences are the big problem, not the other stuff everyone keeps quoting.

In the field of ethnic studies, this “essentialism” has been roundly debunked since the late 1970s. Essentialism, sometimes used as a way to rally groups around a common identity, has been noted as the most pernicious source of stereotypes. Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Gloria Anzaldua, and every other theorist classified as “postcolonial” has rejected essentialism.

Conservatives need to confront this head on.

Sincerely,
Robert O. Lopez
http://www.bronzepage.com