Senator John Cornyn says the quiet part out loud: "Now do Plessy v. Ferguson/Brown v. Board of Education"

[mreddie]

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The court's decision partially overruled its 1896 decision Plessy v. Ferguson, declaring that the "separate but equal" notion was unconstitutional for American public schools and educational facilities. It paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement, and a model for many future impact litigation cases.

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In before "Why are you giving him attention?" Well, Reps have outright said what they wanted to do for 20 years and the deed was done yesterday, and with Thomas wanting to go after Gay Marriage and Contraceptives (also wanted to go after interracial marriage until he realized who he married), the blood is in the water.

 

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Surface layer is being a cheeky prick

Heart of it is saying what he means and all conservatives mean

 

[HStallion]

I'm surprised they're not calling for women to lose the right to vote.

 

[RailWays]

I'm surprised they're not calling for women to lose the right to vote.

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Only a matter of time

 

[Volimar]

He's saying that Brown overturning Plessy proved that just because Roe was precedent for decades doesn't mean it shouldn't have been overturned. He's not calling for a return to segregation (this time).

 

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I'm surprised they're not calling for women to lose the right to vote.

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That and slavery are amendments but SCOTUS can work their way around those too, will just take longer with more political momentum behind it

 

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This thread was here earlier and it was locked, what he meant by his tweet was horribly conveyed but he's referring to subsequent legislation overturning previous inadequate legislation.

 

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This thread was here earlier and it was locked, what he meant by his tweet was horribly conveyed but he's referring to subsequent legislation overturning previous inadequate legislation.

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Like yeah that's the surface layer

Does anyone really have any fucking doubt what he's saying though? Like he deserves any? Guarantee you republicans know what he's saying and are furiously liking the tweet if they take the time

 

[Fisty]

Holy shit, the absolute gall to respond with that to OBAMA of all people. What a sick piece of shit

 

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Like yeah that's the surface layer

Does anyone really have any fucking doubt what he's saying though? Like he deserves any? Guarantee you republicans know what he's saying and are furiously liking the tweet if they take the time

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No, he doesn't deserve any benefit of the doubt on this at all, but what he is actually saying versus how it's going to be interpreted are different things.

 

[Gaius Cassius]

In before "Why are you giving him attention?" Well, Reps have outright said what they wanted to do for 20 years and the deed was done yesterday, and with Thomas wanting to go after Gay Marriage and Contraceptives (also wanted to go after interracial marriage until he realized who he married), the blood is in the water.

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And Cornyn is one of the Republicans that tries to act like he's the 'reasonable one', among his colleagues. I never liked that fucker when I met him years ago and I don't like him now.

 

[Mr. President]

Do people just not know what Plessy v Ferguson was? Or read the post he's responding too?
Obviously he's an evil prick and his party is ruining the country, but that's not what he is saying.

 

[Strike]

Holy shit, the absolute gall to respond with that to OBAMA of all people. What a sick piece of shit

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A black president really broke some people.

 

[Dan-o]

He's saying that Brown overturning Plessy proved that just because Roe was precedent for decades doesn't mean it shouldn't have been overturned. He's not calling for a return to segregation (this time).

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Do people just not know what Plessy v Ferguson was? Or read the post he's responding too?
Obviously he's an evil prick and his party is ruining the country, but that's not what he is saying.

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These posts are correct.
Also, 100% agreed... Cornyn fucking sucks.

 

[Username1198]

I just wanna start by saying fuck cornyns old racist corny ass.

Is he now saying this because he is trying to get back into the cults good graces after being booed off stage last week?

John Cornyn booed at Texas GOP Convention

Sen. John Cornyn, the lead Republican negotiator on the bipartisan gun safety package, told a home-state crowd at the Texas GOP convention on Friday that he had "fought and kept President Biden's gun grabbing wish list off the table," yet still received boos from the crowd as he talked about...

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He's saying that Brown overturning Plessy proved that just because Roe was precedent for decades doesn't mean it shouldn't have been overturned. He's not calling for a return to segregation (this time).

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Oh gotcha. Thanks for that.

 

[Volimar]

I just wanna start by saying fuck cornyns old racist corny ass. I mean, what the fuck!?

Is he now saying this because he is trying to get back into the cults good graces after being booed off stage last week?

John Cornyn booed at Texas GOP Convention

Sen. John Cornyn, the lead Republican negotiator on the bipartisan gun safety package, told a home-state crowd at the Texas GOP convention on Friday that he had "fought and kept President Biden's gun grabbing wish list off the table," yet still received boos from the crowd as he talked about...

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Edit: nvm, you got it.

 

[HStallion]

I mean why trust conservative politicians (and even some supposedly liberal ones) in this country anymore? At best their complacent and riding the coattails of the fascists or they're just straight up fascists.

 

[Watchtower]

I just wanna start by saying fuck cornyns old racist corny ass. I mean, what the fuck!?

Is he now saying this because he is trying to get back into the cults good graces after being booed off stage last week?

John Cornyn booed at Texas GOP Convention

Sen. John Cornyn, the lead Republican negotiator on the bipartisan gun safety package, told a home-state crowd at the Texas GOP convention on Friday that he had "fought and kept President Biden's gun grabbing wish list off the table," yet still received boos from the crowd as he talked about...

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It really fucking sucks just how clear as day the "new" Republican Party is and how Republicans are learning to lean into it in hopes of electoral clout. I'm still legit disappointed in Larry Hogan downing that Kool-Aid for a never-happening presidential run.

It's going to get so fucking bad this next decade or so. Can feel it in my bones.

 

[JaseC64]

Dems: "hmm maybe time to stack the courts?" Fight fire with fire, do it.

 

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The racists feel like they're fighting a holy war

 

[Netherscourge]

Coryn's comments make no sense because Roe v Wade, itself, reversed decades of precedence. SCOTUS turned around and allowed abortion to be criminalized again, bringing us back to the late 1800's / early 1900's era.

SCOTUS didn't reverse precedence this week. It reenabled the old precedent that Roe v Wade had reversed.

 

[vixolus]

He's saying that Brown overturning Plessy proved that just because Roe was precedent for decades doesn't mean it shouldn't have been overturned. He's not calling for a return to segregation (this time).

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yep. Dude sucks and probably would've left it at "brown v board of education" before catching himself, so he added in the plessy v ferguson bit to "make it clear" what he meant.

 

[Volimar]

Coryn's comments make no sense because Roe v Wade, itself, reversed decades of precedence. SCOTUS turned around and allowed abortion to be criminalized again.

SCOTUS didn't reverse precedence this week. It reenabled the old precedent that Roe v Wade had reversed.

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He was replying to Obama's tweet.

 

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Yeah, it's a shitty comment, but it's clear what the intention is.

There is plenty to be mad about right now, we don't need to invent more things.

 

[sbenji]

Yeah he really should have run this by someone. The amount of places that will pick up the interpretation as calling for segregation will be non insignificant.

Either way he is really not a good person.

 

[Crossing Eden]

I'm surprised they're not calling for women to lose the right to vote.

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Yet

 

[spootime]

There's a lot to be mad about right now, no need to purposefully misinterpret people.

 

[Hecht]

We locked the earlier thread, and even I misinterpreted it before - Cornyn sucks but as other posters mentioned it seems more like a reply to Obama's tweet, albeit a shitty comparison