Breaking: Supreme Court Judge Issues Horrifying Warning to Americans
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas says he wasn't bothered much that he was
virtually excluded from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History
and Culture during its inaugural year, suggesting it may have been a symptom of society getting
too "comfortable" with limiting ideas.
As Christian News Alert reports, Thomas has long been praised for his constitutionalist
interpretation of the US Constitution, making him a hero in conservative circles.
Justice Thomas himself, however, has typically shied away from public statements–which
is arguably appropriate, given that Supreme Court Justices are expected to remain non-partisan.
In a rare interview on Laura Ingraham's new TV program, The Ingraham Angle, Justice
Thomas gave a dire warning about what he considers to be a danger to the free-flow of ideas in
the US.
According to The Washington Times, Justice Thomas suggested American society is becoming
too "comfortable" with limiting ideas.
The widely respected Supreme Court Justice spoke in response to his having been excluded
from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture in its
inaugural year.
Justice Thomas was only added in September, just prior to the Museum's one-year anniversary.
Before that, the only place the constitutionalist Justice was mentioned was in an entry about
his controversial confirmation hearings, which were marred by discussions about unfounded
sexual harassment allegations from a former aide.
Conservatives largely saw the omission as a sign of conservative bias among the administrators
at the Smithsonian.
But Justice Thomas maintains he didn't care that he was originally excluded, even if his
friends and associates did.
"People who cared about me obviously did [care], but no, not really," he said.
The Justice then explained that the seeming censorship of ideas runs contrary to the open-mindedness
he encountered during the intellectual formation of his youth.
"I grew up in a time when I was just exposed to a wonderful range of ideas in a segregated
library," Justice Thomas explained, going on to say that he was exposed to a wide array
of diverse thinkers, from Booker T. Washington to W.E.B.
Du Bois.
"So you had this range of ideas, and I think we're getting quite comfortable in our society
limiting ideas and exposure to ideas," Justice Thomas continued.
"And maybe that's a symptom of it.
I don't know, but I don't think it's good for the next generation and the people
who will be learning."
Justice Thomas argued that America benefits when its citizens are willing to listen to
a diversity of opinions and engage with those whose views differ from their own.
"I think that today we seem to think that everything has to be one-size-fits-all and
people can't have opinions that make us uncomfortable or ideas that make us uncomfortable
or that we don't agree with."
He also took issue with protesters who disrespect the national anthem and flag, stating that
we need to be bound together by a common culture and values.
"I'm not surprised," he said in reference to the protesters.
"I mean, what binds us?
What do we all have in common anymore?
I think we have to think about that."
"When I was a kid, even as we had laws that held us apart, there were things that we held
dear and that we all had in common.
And I think we have to — we always talk about E Pluribus Unum.
What's our Unum now?
We have the Pluribus.
What's the Unum?"
Justice Thomas concluded by declaring American history, tradition, and culture as "worth
defending"–even if many Americans no longer feel they are.
"I think it's a great country.
Some people have decided that the Constitution isn't worth defending, that history isn't
worth defending, that the culture and principles aren't worth defending.
And, certainly, if you are in my position, they have to be worth defending.
That's what keeps you going.
That's what energizes you."
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