Turns out the Falls Church school board guy from the Koch thinktank, Ilya Shapiro, really is toxic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tempest in a teapot. He had the temerity to think a particular Asian man was a superior candidate to the Black women whose names had surfaced as Biden’s potential appointments to the Supreme Court. By no means was it a blanket dismissal of Black women.

However, because the left wanted a Black woman on the Court, they decided to cancel Shapiro. Never mind that there’s never been a single Asian, man or woman, on the Court.

I’m so done with the blatant posturing on the Twitter generation. Quit the Democratic Party last year and will not rejoin until they clean up their BS (and, no, not joining the GOP, either).

You are missing the point. I think you are being purposely obtuse, but just in case. Here is how it works - KBJ was one of the women under discussion. She was more qualified than Ilya’s candidate but she was still labeled as “lesser.” Why is that? Ilya didn’t object to ACB who is absolutely LESS qualified than KBJ. Why is that? Please answer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tempest in a teapot. He had the temerity to think a particular Asian man was a superior candidate to the Black women whose names had surfaced as Biden’s potential appointments to the Supreme Court. By no means was it a blanket dismissal of Black women.

However, because the left wanted a Black woman on the Court, they decided to cancel Shapiro. Never mind that there’s never been a single Asian, man or woman, on the Court.

I’m so done with the blatant posturing on the Twitter generation. Quit the Democratic Party last year and will not rejoin until they clean up their BS (and, no, not joining the GOP, either).

You are missing the point. I think you are being purposely obtuse, but just in case. Here is how it works - KBJ was one of the women under discussion. She was more qualified than Ilya’s candidate but she was still labeled as “lesser.” Why is that? Ilya didn’t object to ACB who is absolutely LESS qualified than KBJ. Why is that? Please answer?

Oh good job. Now this person is going to be whining about you abridging their free speech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tempest in a teapot. He had the temerity to think a particular Asian man was a superior candidate to the Black women whose names had surfaced as Biden’s potential appointments to the Supreme Court. By no means was it a blanket dismissal of Black women.

However, because the left wanted a Black woman on the Court, they decided to cancel Shapiro. Never mind that there’s never been a single Asian, man or woman, on the Court.

I’m so done with the blatant posturing on the Twitter generation. Quit the Democratic Party last year and will not rejoin until they clean up their BS (and, no, not joining the GOP, either).

You are missing the point. I think you are being purposely obtuse, but just in case. Here is how it works - KBJ was one of the women under discussion. She was more qualified than Ilya’s candidate but she was still labeled as “lesser.” Why is that? Ilya didn’t object to ACB who is absolutely LESS qualified than KBJ. Why is that? Please answer?

Oh good job. Now this person is going to be whining about you abridging their free speech.

[Anonymous]

What a pathetic beta. Run back home to the FedSoc, Ilya. Leave real academia for the big kids who can control their mouths.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tempest in a teapot. He had the temerity to think a particular Asian man was a superior candidate to the Black women whose names had surfaced as Biden’s potential appointments to the Supreme Court. By no means was it a blanket dismissal of Black women.

However, because the left wanted a Black woman on the Court, they decided to cancel Shapiro. Never mind that there’s never been a single Asian, man or woman, on the Court.

I’m so done with the blatant posturing on the Twitter generation. Quit the Democratic Party last year and will not rejoin until they clean up their BS (and, no, not joining the GOP, either).

The problem wasn't that he thought a particular Asian man was a superior candidate- that is a valid opinion to have. But he calls him "objectively" the best pick. There is no "objective" best pick and the fact that Shapiro thought Srinivasan was the objective best pick doesn't mean anything (certainly not that she is "lesser") or make BIDEN picking KJB invalid or give her an asterisk. There are many many qualified people for the position of Supreme Court Justice, or else there wouldn't be debate over who the next one would be.

Basically he calls KJB lesser because he thinks someone else is a better pick. He may think she isn't as qualified but that doesn't make her "lesser" overall or mean she isn't actually more qualified or that other people think she is a better candidate than the guy he likes.

His initial tweet was basically Ben Shapiro-esque lazy debating style: "X is true (in this case that a particular judge was the "objective best pick."). Ergo, anyone who doesn't follow X is prejudiced or wrong." Like when Ben Shapiro says she ridiculous claim and then debates off it even thought the the other person has not agreed that what he said is true in any way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a pathetic beta. Run back home to the FedSoc, Ilya. Leave real academia for the big kids who can control their mouths.

Why do you need to bring "beta" BS into this? We can dislike him without touting patriarchal crap like that. Do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a pathetic beta. Run back home to the FedSoc, Ilya. Leave real academia for the big kids who can control their mouths.

Why do you need to bring "beta" BS into this? We can dislike him without touting patriarchal crap like that. Do better.

Ilya should hire Bon Ward of Fabrizio Ward to do his polling. He’s a GOO pollster who has worked with a number of Ilyas and Ivans.

[Anonymous]

GOP pollster

[Anonymous]

So let me get this straight:

Ilya Shapiro writes an op-ed in rightwing-oligarch Murdoch Wall Street Journal
Ilya Shapiro goes on rightwing-oligarch Murdoch's Tucker Carlson show
Ilya Shapiro goes to rightwing oligarch-funded thinktank Manhattan Institute

Yes?

What a cushy, weak, sad life these conservatives lead.

Shapiro had one shot at a real job at a real place - Georgetown. And even THAT was funded by rightwing money.
And he screwed it up. He couldn't hold a single real job in his life where he had to compete with everyone, not just other conservatives.

This Shapiro guy is supposed to be one of the "best" conservative lawyers?
What a joke.

It is very true that conservatives are too mediocre to get along in the real world.

[Anonymous]

Guy who wasn’t actually fired for speech but quit instead cozies up to guy who actually punishes people for speech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:(note: I was right. Former Soviet emigre.)

I grew up with a lot of kids who got out from behind the iron curtain in the 80s. I don't mean this to denigrate their struggles. But it is notable how many Cato and Federalist people fall into the former Soviet category, is what I am saying.

A conservative optimist might say that's because so many of them appreciate America, knowing what they left behind. I wish that was actually true. As a realist, looking at actions and intent, the truth seems far more cynical and calculated. They are the children of propaganda and autocrats. It's what Ilya gravitates toward because it is what he knows.

Depends when he left and where he grew up. Someone above mentioned that he grew up in different countries as they moved around. He may not be a product of Soviet upbringing if he left as a child. Sounds like the poster pointing out specific character flaws of the immigrants from that part of the world is projecting?

[Anonymous]

Not as toxic as Party Boss Ward

[Anonymous]

Law schools have a problem dealing with faculty who are out there making outlandish claims - google Amy Wax at Penn Law.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guy who wasn’t actually fired for speech but quit instead cozies up to guy who actually punishes people for speech.

Guess he has a twisted sense of humor?