Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has told attendees at a judicial conference that he and his wife have faced “nastiness and lies” over the last several years.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”

Thomas spoke at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, which hears federal cases from Alabama, Florida and Georgia. He made the comments pushing back on his critics in response to a question about working in a world that seems meanspirited.

“I think there’s challenges to that. We’re in a world and we — certainly my wife and I the last two or three years it’s been — just the nastiness and the lies, it’s just incredible,” Thomas said.

“But you have some choices. You don’t get to prevent people from doing horrible things or saying horrible things. But one you have to understand and accept the fact that they can’t change you unless you permit that,” Thomas said.

  • beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    961·
    2 months ago

    Yeah it got nasty WHEN CLARENCE THOMAS PUT HIS OWN PUBIC HAIR ON A COKE CAN. True story. Look it up. I still believe Anita Hill

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
      57·
      2 months ago

      What the media did to Anita Hill was absolutely horrendous and every outlet and personality who made a punch line out of her back then should apologize for their absolute disrespect of a woman who did something that was beyond brave.

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        134·
        2 months ago

        Yep, the democratic senator from Delaware that guided his confirmation through the judiciary committee should be shunned forever.

          • jonne@infosec.pub
            63·
            2 months ago

            Ideally those things would’ve been raised during the primary so Americans wouldn’t be left with the choice between a conservative and a fascist.

                • Daft_ish@lemmy.world
                  32·
                  2 months ago

                  Deluding yourself into thinking Biden would have made any of the progress he currently has without pressure from the outside is insane. Forgiving student debt, HE wrote the bill making it permanent.

                  People can change, Biden obviously has, but left to his own devices he is another white male career politician. His only saving grace is he can compromise.

        • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          The me too movement is simply many in society finally telling women that it’s finally ok to tell the stories of how men in powerful positions have abused and humiliated them.

          Anita Hill is basically an original #metoo badass from a time when it was not only not ok but severely frowned upon. She told her story even though our society crucified her for it.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      27·
      2 months ago

      It’s not just a story, it’s a gag he has done multiple times. There’s at least two coworkers in another era of his life who claimed he pulled the same prank (or whatever you call that)