Amy Coney Barrett- what in the actual F?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This article perfectly sums up the attitude of liberals insisting ACB has done anything in any way nefarious regarding the way she speaks about her adopted children. Guarantee: if she was a liberal, the very same critics would be praising her nonstop. You people are completely transparent, not to mention unhinged.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/16/barrett-children-adopted-racist-slur/

“These descriptions of Barrett’s remarks are remarkably uncharitable. To understand why she might tell a story involving Vivian’s strength, a humane observer might want to consider that when Barrett and her husband brought Vivian home, she was 14 months old yet weighed a mere 11 pounds. It wasn’t clear whether she’d survive. That Barrett would boast of her daughter’s ability to weight-lift as much as men isn’t a racially motivated dismissal of her intellectual accomplishments: It is a testament to the miracle of her life.

And these were the comments that supposedly reduced John Peter to a racist stereotype: “John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on J.P.’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, J.P. assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait.” It requires hyperpartisan dishonesty to interpret this description as something other than a loving mother describing the personality of her young child.

In the end, it was Barrett and her husband, not their critics, who chose to adopt two children from Haiti and raise them as their own and who made the courageous choice to raise their youngest son, eschewing the more common decision of abortion. For progressives to offer armchair judgments about Barrett’s family in an effort to delegitimize her illustrates their willingness to prioritize ideology above simple humanity.

It is a weak opinion piece that refutes nothing. In this young conservative woman's opinion, there are no legit grounds to criticize Barrett's family choices, and therefore the criticism is dishonest and partisan. And actually Barrett is perfect and wonderful. Because she says so, I guess.

That your opinion gets published in the Wapo doesn't make it true, or intelligent or scathing.

Trumpers have difficulty deciphering information and its contexts, thinking critically and seeing any issue from the other side.

On the contrary, liberals have great difficulty understanding that their opinions are not held by millions of Americans. When an opinion piece is published - whether in the WaPo, NYT, WSJ, etc. - it is a valid opinion, regardless of whether or not you agree. Some random, anonymous internet stranger announcing that a well-written and articulated opinion piece is somehow invalid because it doesn’t suit your narrative is a typical liberal move.

Oh, and the irony of your last sentence is something to behold.

[Anonymous]

Apparently the Barretts used almost the exact same script to describe the kids in 2017 for the 7th circuit court.

I see some differences - the daughter more recently described for deadlifting used to be into track, but still has no trouble talking, etc.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/1537769/amy-coney-barrett-family-husband-children-supreme-court/

It doesn't indicate a whole lot of thought was put into it. There are a few bits that may elicit a laugh or an "awww." Worked fine the first time so they used it again!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can all say nasty things but none of you have adopted kids of your own.

I have two internationally adopted children and my husband and I are both attorneys so I have a lot of thoughts on this subject. Adopted children need so much time and attention to deal with the loss, grieving, and trauma. This is not a one time thing, this is at every developmental stage and especially in the teen years dealing with self identity. I can’t phantom any large family being able to do this well. My grandmother had 7 kids and my father and his siblings love to trade stories of how little attention they got as a joke. With adopted kids that would not be funny. Putting that first issue aside, I just feel terrible for what her adopted children are going to read as they get older. ACB clearly needs a lot more adoption education training on how to talk about her children but more importantly how NOT to talk about them.

Except that, I’m quite sure she and her husband have had many conversations with their children about how they would like to be portrayed in the media. Obviously, she is not going to say anything about them that they wouldn’t approve of first. But sure, continue making absurd assumptions about her, all because you don’t want her confirmed.

The irony here is that her kids are going to read horrible threads like this one if they do any googling. I hope you a$$holes know that YOU are the ones putting out horrible and untrue things about the Barretts - not them. So congratulations. Nicely done.

Really? Really really? Because I am quite sure that they did NOT have even one conversation about this. I also do not think it is obvious at all that she would get their approval. Now, tell me how you can feel so sure. Do you live with them? Where did you get the idea that this is how things would happen in her household? Talk about absurd assumptions.

You need to take a breath and possibly your medications. It’s unreal how much ASSuming YOU have done here. You’ve assumed so many grotesque things about this woman and her family, it’s actually nauseating.

At least my assumptions are rooted in reality. A loving family, that has *obviously* been very open with their children about their individual adoption stories, would have also taken pains to discuss how these children would want to be portrayed publicly. Please tell US how you are so very sure they never spoke to their adopted children about any of this. Do YOU live with them?

We are both making assumptions, but at least I’m assuming the best of them, while you seem all too eager to assume the very worst. How completely unsurprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This article perfectly sums up the attitude of liberals insisting ACB has done anything in any way nefarious regarding the way she speaks about her adopted children. Guarantee: if she was a liberal, the very same critics would be praising her nonstop. You people are completely transparent, not to mention unhinged.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/16/barrett-children-adopted-racist-slur/

“These descriptions of Barrett’s remarks are remarkably uncharitable. To understand why she might tell a story involving Vivian’s strength, a humane observer might want to consider that when Barrett and her husband brought Vivian home, she was 14 months old yet weighed a mere 11 pounds. It wasn’t clear whether she’d survive. That Barrett would boast of her daughter’s ability to weight-lift as much as men isn’t a racially motivated dismissal of her intellectual accomplishments: It is a testament to the miracle of her life.

And these were the comments that supposedly reduced John Peter to a racist stereotype: “John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on J.P.’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, J.P. assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait.” It requires hyperpartisan dishonesty to interpret this description as something other than a loving mother describing the personality of her young child.

In the end, it was Barrett and her husband, not their critics, who chose to adopt two children from Haiti and raise them as their own and who made the courageous choice to raise their youngest son, eschewing the more common decision of abortion. For progressives to offer armchair judgments about Barrett’s family in an effort to delegitimize her illustrates their willingness to prioritize ideology above simple humanity.

It is a weak opinion piece that refutes nothing. In this young conservative woman's opinion, there are no legit grounds to criticize Barrett's family choices, and therefore the criticism is dishonest and partisan. And actually Barrett is perfect and wonderful. Because she says so, I guess.

That your opinion gets published in the Wapo doesn't make it true, or intelligent or scathing.

Trumpers have difficulty deciphering information and its contexts, thinking critically and seeing any issue from the other side.

On the contrary, liberals have great difficulty understanding that their opinions are not held by millions of Americans. When an opinion piece is published - whether in the WaPo, NYT, WSJ, etc. - it is a valid opinion, regardless of whether or not you agree. Some random, anonymous internet stranger announcing that a well-written and articulated opinion piece is somehow invalid because it doesn’t suit your narrative is a typical liberal move.

Oh, and the irony of your last sentence is something to behold.

What is a valid opinion? Are you saying that publication makes an opinion "more" valid? I mean, all opinions are valid ... like everyone has an anus. The Wapo may choose to publish an opinion piece because it is about a hot topic (check!), provides an alternate view (check!), is written reasonably well (check!). What I am saying is that does not make it a strong argument or better than say, my opinion, an internet stranger, that it was published.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can all say nasty things but none of you have adopted kids of your own.

I have two internationally adopted children and my husband and I are both attorneys so I have a lot of thoughts on this subject. Adopted children need so much time and attention to deal with the loss, grieving, and trauma. This is not a one time thing, this is at every developmental stage and especially in the teen years dealing with self identity. I can’t phantom any large family being able to do this well. My grandmother had 7 kids and my father and his siblings love to trade stories of how little attention they got as a joke. With adopted kids that would not be funny. Putting that first issue aside, I just feel terrible for what her adopted children are going to read as they get older. ACB clearly needs a lot more adoption education training on how to talk about her children but more importantly how NOT to talk about them.

Except that, I’m quite sure she and her husband have had many conversations with their children about how they would like to be portrayed in the media. Obviously, she is not going to say anything about them that they wouldn’t approve of first. But sure, continue making absurd assumptions about her, all because you don’t want her confirmed.

The irony here is that her kids are going to read horrible threads like this one if they do any googling. I hope you a$$holes know that YOU are the ones putting out horrible and untrue things about the Barretts - not them. So congratulations. Nicely done.

Really? Really really? Because I am quite sure that they did NOT have even one conversation about this. I also do not think it is obvious at all that she would get their approval. Now, tell me how you can feel so sure. Do you live with them? Where did you get the idea that this is how things would happen in her household? Talk about absurd assumptions.

You need to take a breath and possibly your medications. It’s unreal how much ASSuming YOU have done here. You’ve assumed so many grotesque things about this woman and her family, it’s actually nauseating.

At least my assumptions are rooted in reality. A loving family, that has *obviously* been very open with their children about their individual adoption stories, would have also taken pains to discuss how these children would want to be portrayed publicly. Please tell US how you are so very sure they never spoke to their adopted children about any of this. Do YOU live with them?

We are both making assumptions, but at least I’m assuming the best of them, while you seem all too eager to assume the very worst. How completely unsurprising.

Yeah, I was making a point, and I am glad actually you got it: Neither of us know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can all say nasty things but none of you have adopted kids of your own.

I have two internationally adopted children and my husband and I are both attorneys so I have a lot of thoughts on this subject. Adopted children need so much time and attention to deal with the loss, grieving, and trauma. This is not a one time thing, this is at every developmental stage and especially in the teen years dealing with self identity. I can’t phantom any large family being able to do this well. My grandmother had 7 kids and my father and his siblings love to trade stories of how little attention they got as a joke. With adopted kids that would not be funny. Putting that first issue aside, I just feel terrible for what her adopted children are going to read as they get older. ACB clearly needs a lot more adoption education training on how to talk about her children but more importantly how NOT to talk about them.

Except that, I’m quite sure she and her husband have had many conversations with their children about how they would like to be portrayed in the media. Obviously, she is not going to say anything about them that they wouldn’t approve of first. But sure, continue making absurd assumptions about her, all because you don’t want her confirmed.

The irony here is that her kids are going to read horrible threads like this one if they do any googling. I hope you a$$holes know that YOU are the ones putting out horrible and untrue things about the Barretts - not them. So congratulations. Nicely done.

Yep. I’m SURE that a 10 year old and a 13 year old have the foresight and the courage to tell their Mom not to say anything that could adversely impact them in a decade or two. /S

I don’t want her confirmed.
That’s completely separate from my anger at the way she’s presenting her too-young-to-fight-back Black children to the world.

Lol: And there’s no irony in using profanity in a thread that you expect the kids to read?

If they do read it, I hope they see a community of strangers who genuinely want the best for them, and I hope their view is that this is much ado about nothing. I also hope that my concerns about the difficulties that many Black kids adopted by white families face turn out to be irrelevant for them. I wish all of them well as a family — even as I express my concerns re: the very public hubris of Ms Barrett.

You are a true piece of work. Smug, sanctimonious, self-righteous. “A community of strangers who genuinely want the best for them”?? No, honey. That’s not what you want, nor what they will see when they read this thread - and they will. They will see a group of painfully hostile people, saying and assuming the very worst about their mother. They will read your atrocious comments and question their place in this family - something that they never had to question before because they knew they were loved and valued. One thing you said was correct: this is indeed, much ado about absolutely nothing. Only a liberal with a clear axe to grind would take the words of a loving mom and turn them into something hurtful. You should truly be ashamed of yourselves, though I’m quite certain “shame” isn’t within your capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can all say nasty things but none of you have adopted kids of your own.

I have two internationally adopted children and my husband and I are both attorneys so I have a lot of thoughts on this subject. Adopted children need so much time and attention to deal with the loss, grieving, and trauma. This is not a one time thing, this is at every developmental stage and especially in the teen years dealing with self identity. I can’t phantom any large family being able to do this well. My grandmother had 7 kids and my father and his siblings love to trade stories of how little attention they got as a joke. With adopted kids that would not be funny. Putting that first issue aside, I just feel terrible for what her adopted children are going to read as they get older. ACB clearly needs a lot more adoption education training on how to talk about her children but more importantly how NOT to talk about them.

Except that, I’m quite sure she and her husband have had many conversations with their children about how they would like to be portrayed in the media. Obviously, she is not going to say anything about them that they wouldn’t approve of first. But sure, continue making absurd assumptions about her, all because you don’t want her confirmed.

The irony here is that her kids are going to read horrible threads like this one if they do any googling. I hope you a$$holes know that YOU are the ones putting out horrible and untrue things about the Barretts - not them. So congratulations. Nicely done.

Yep. I’m SURE that a 10 year old and a 13 year old have the foresight and the courage to tell their Mom not to say anything that could adversely impact them in a decade or two. /S

I don’t want her confirmed.
That’s completely separate from my anger at the way she’s presenting her too-young-to-fight-back Black children to the world.

Lol: And there’s no irony in using profanity in a thread that you expect the kids to read?

If they do read it, I hope they see a community of strangers who genuinely want the best for them, and I hope their view is that this is much ado about nothing. I also hope that my concerns about the difficulties that many Black kids adopted by white families face turn out to be irrelevant for them. I wish all of them well as a family — even as I express my concerns re: the very public hubris of Ms Barrett.

You are a true piece of work. Smug, sanctimonious, self-righteous. “A community of strangers who genuinely want the best for them”?? No, honey. That’s not what you want, nor what they will see when they read this thread - and they will. They will see a group of painfully hostile people, saying and assuming the very worst about their mother. They will read your atrocious comments and question their place in this family - something that they never had to question before because they knew they were loved and valued. One thing you said was correct: this is indeed, much ado about absolutely nothing. Only a liberal with a clear axe to grind would take the words of a loving mom and turn them into something hurtful. You should truly be ashamed of yourselves, though I’m quite certain “shame” isn’t within your capacity.

And we’re sure a frontal lobe and a human heart don’t beat within you, either.

[Anonymous]

I don't assume the best of Barrett. I do not assume she has a wonderful loving family as is presented. Here is my reason: I was raised in a very similar extremist religious family and community. In it, children were treated as props. No one cared about kids opinions - kids jobs were to be perfect and on script. The idea that I would get to review my parent's media statement, or even object to it, is laughable!

So maybe the Barretts are not the same. But I can't just assume that they aren't! In narcissistic systems, great pains are taken to present as wholesome and perfect. I distrust the veneer of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can all say nasty things but none of you have adopted kids of your own.

I have two internationally adopted children and my husband and I are both attorneys so I have a lot of thoughts on this subject. Adopted children need so much time and attention to deal with the loss, grieving, and trauma. This is not a one time thing, this is at every developmental stage and especially in the teen years dealing with self identity. I can’t phantom any large family being able to do this well. My grandmother had 7 kids and my father and his siblings love to trade stories of how little attention they got as a joke. With adopted kids that would not be funny. Putting that first issue aside, I just feel terrible for what her adopted children are going to read as they get older. ACB clearly needs a lot more adoption education training on how to talk about her children but more importantly how NOT to talk about them.

Except that, I’m quite sure she and her husband have had many conversations with their children about how they would like to be portrayed in the media. Obviously, she is not going to say anything about them that they wouldn’t approve of first. But sure, continue making absurd assumptions about her, all because you don’t want her confirmed.

The irony here is that her kids are going to read horrible threads like this one if they do any googling. I hope you a$$holes know that YOU are the ones putting out horrible and untrue things about the Barretts - not them. So congratulations. Nicely done.

Yep. I’m SURE that a 10 year old and a 13 year old have the foresight and the courage to tell their Mom not to say anything that could adversely impact them in a decade or two. /S

I don’t want her confirmed.
That’s completely separate from my anger at the way she’s presenting her too-young-to-fight-back Black children to the world.

Lol: And there’s no irony in using profanity in a thread that you expect the kids to read?

If they do read it, I hope they see a community of strangers who genuinely want the best for them, and I hope their view is that this is much ado about nothing. I also hope that my concerns about the difficulties that many Black kids adopted by white families face turn out to be irrelevant for them. I wish all of them well as a family — even as I express my concerns re: the very public hubris of Ms Barrett.

Speaking of hubris, how do you anoint yourself as one who knows better than a parent how children should be raised. You have an opinion but a bigger ax to grind because you do not like Barrett.

+1
Yep. But trust and believe, if Judge Barrett were liberal, the very same critics would be fawning over exactly the things they’re tearing her apart for. She’d be a hero to them - not only for adopting, but also for having a super-involved husband helping to raise their children so that she can pursue a very demanding career. But since she’s conservative (oh, and white, of course), she’s the devil incarnate. Classic liberal hypocrisy.

[Anonymous]

She is the devil incarnate because she is there because of dark money and because she wants to take away healthcare and women’s rights. And she is super cool with felons having guns. But voting? Oh no. Not the same thing. She sucks and is mediocre.

She is the personification of all that is wrong with the GOP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can all say nasty things but none of you have adopted kids of your own.

I have two internationally adopted children and my husband and I are both attorneys so I have a lot of thoughts on this subject. Adopted children need so much time and attention to deal with the loss, grieving, and trauma. This is not a one time thing, this is at every developmental stage and especially in the teen years dealing with self identity. I can’t phantom any large family being able to do this well. My grandmother had 7 kids and my father and his siblings love to trade stories of how little attention they got as a joke. With adopted kids that would not be funny. Putting that first issue aside, I just feel terrible for what her adopted children are going to read as they get older. ACB clearly needs a lot more adoption education training on how to talk about her children but more importantly how NOT to talk about them.

Except that, I’m quite sure she and her husband have had many conversations with their children about how they would like to be portrayed in the media. Obviously, she is not going to say anything about them that they wouldn’t approve of first. But sure, continue making absurd assumptions about her, all because you don’t want her confirmed.

The irony here is that her kids are going to read horrible threads like this one if they do any googling. I hope you a$$holes know that YOU are the ones putting out horrible and untrue things about the Barretts - not them. So congratulations. Nicely done.

Yep. I’m SURE that a 10 year old and a 13 year old have the foresight and the courage to tell their Mom not to say anything that could adversely impact them in a decade or two. /S

I don’t want her confirmed.
That’s completely separate from my anger at the way she’s presenting her too-young-to-fight-back Black children to the world.

Lol: And there’s no irony in using profanity in a thread that you expect the kids to read?

If they do read it, I hope they see a community of strangers who genuinely want the best for them, and I hope their view is that this is much ado about nothing. I also hope that my concerns about the difficulties that many Black kids adopted by white families face turn out to be irrelevant for them. I wish all of them well as a family — even as I express my concerns re: the very public hubris of Ms Barrett.

You are a true piece of work. Smug, sanctimonious, self-righteous. “A community of strangers who genuinely want the best for them”?? No, honey. That’s not what you want, nor what they will see when they read this thread - and they will. They will see a group of painfully hostile people, saying and assuming the very worst about their mother. They will read your atrocious comments and question their place in this family - something that they never had to question before because they knew they were loved and valued. One thing you said was correct: this is indeed, much ado about absolutely nothing. Only a liberal with a clear axe to grind would take the words of a loving mom and turn them into something hurtful. You should truly be ashamed of yourselves, though I’m quite certain “shame” isn’t within your capacity.

And we’re sure a frontal lobe and a human heart don’t beat within you, either.

Nor you, sweetie. What have you ever done for humanity other than spout liberal talking points that someone else came up with on social media? Poser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This article perfectly sums up the attitude of liberals insisting ACB has done anything in any way nefarious regarding the way she speaks about her adopted children. Guarantee: if she was a liberal, the very same critics would be praising her nonstop. You people are completely transparent, not to mention unhinged.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/16/barrett-children-adopted-racist-slur/

“These descriptions of Barrett’s remarks are remarkably uncharitable. To understand why she might tell a story involving Vivian’s strength, a humane observer might want to consider that when Barrett and her husband brought Vivian home, she was 14 months old yet weighed a mere 11 pounds. It wasn’t clear whether she’d survive. That Barrett would boast of her daughter’s ability to weight-lift as much as men isn’t a racially motivated dismissal of her intellectual accomplishments: It is a testament to the miracle of her life.

And these were the comments that supposedly reduced John Peter to a racist stereotype: “John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on J.P.’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, J.P. assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait.” It requires hyperpartisan dishonesty to interpret this description as something other than a loving mother describing the personality of her young child.

In the end, it was Barrett and her husband, not their critics, who chose to adopt two children from Haiti and raise them as their own and who made the courageous choice to raise their youngest son, eschewing the more common decision of abortion. For progressives to offer armchair judgments about Barrett’s family in an effort to delegitimize her illustrates their willingness to prioritize ideology above simple humanity.

It is a weak opinion piece that refutes nothing. In this young conservative woman's opinion, there are no legit grounds to criticize Barrett's family choices, and therefore the criticism is dishonest and partisan. And actually Barrett is perfect and wonderful. Because she says so, I guess.

That your opinion gets published in the Wapo doesn't make it true, or intelligent or scathing.

Trumpers have difficulty deciphering information and its contexts, thinking critically and seeing any issue from the other side.

On the contrary, liberals have great difficulty understanding that their opinions are not held by millions of Americans. When an opinion piece is published - whether in the WaPo, NYT, WSJ, etc. - it is a valid opinion, regardless of whether or not you agree. Some random, anonymous internet stranger announcing that a well-written and articulated opinion piece is somehow invalid because it doesn’t suit your narrative is a typical liberal move.

Oh, and the irony of your last sentence is something to behold.

What is a valid opinion? Are you saying that publication makes an opinion "more" valid? I mean, all opinions are valid ... like everyone has an anus. The Wapo may choose to publish an opinion piece because it is about a hot topic (check!), provides an alternate view (check!), is written reasonably well (check!). What I am saying is that does not make it a strong argument or better than say, my opinion, an internet stranger, that it was published.

That everyone has an anus is not an opinion. It’s a fact. Just so you know.

And we could turn all your statements around on you: your opinion is not any better or more valid than that of anyone else, including the author of that piece, whom I agree with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is the devil incarnate because she is there because of dark money and because she wants to take away healthcare and women’s rights. And she is super cool with felons having guns. But voting? Oh no. Not the same thing. She sucks and is mediocre.

She is the personification of all that is wrong with the GOP.

Provide links to all of the bolded claims - in HER words. As for dark money, maybe take a look at your own party?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/11/19/dark-money-democrats-midterm-071725
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/521179-joe-biden-and-democrats-are-wallowing-in-dark-money-and-hypocrisy?amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This article perfectly sums up the attitude of liberals insisting ACB has done anything in any way nefarious regarding the way she speaks about her adopted children. Guarantee: if she was a liberal, the very same critics would be praising her nonstop. You people are completely transparent, not to mention unhinged.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/16/barrett-children-adopted-racist-slur/

“These descriptions of Barrett’s remarks are remarkably uncharitable. To understand why she might tell a story involving Vivian’s strength, a humane observer might want to consider that when Barrett and her husband brought Vivian home, she was 14 months old yet weighed a mere 11 pounds. It wasn’t clear whether she’d survive. That Barrett would boast of her daughter’s ability to weight-lift as much as men isn’t a racially motivated dismissal of her intellectual accomplishments: It is a testament to the miracle of her life.

And these were the comments that supposedly reduced John Peter to a racist stereotype: “John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on J.P.’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, J.P. assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait.” It requires hyperpartisan dishonesty to interpret this description as something other than a loving mother describing the personality of her young child.

In the end, it was Barrett and her husband, not their critics, who chose to adopt two children from Haiti and raise them as their own and who made the courageous choice to raise their youngest son, eschewing the more common decision of abortion. For progressives to offer armchair judgments about Barrett’s family in an effort to delegitimize her illustrates their willingness to prioritize ideology above simple humanity.

It is a weak opinion piece that refutes nothing. In this young conservative woman's opinion, there are no legit grounds to criticize Barrett's family choices, and therefore the criticism is dishonest and partisan. And actually Barrett is perfect and wonderful. Because she says so, I guess.

That your opinion gets published in the Wapo doesn't make it true, or intelligent or scathing.

Trumpers have difficulty deciphering information and its contexts, thinking critically and seeing any issue from the other side.

On the contrary, liberals have great difficulty understanding that their opinions are not held by millions of Americans. When an opinion piece is published - whether in the WaPo, NYT, WSJ, etc. - it is a valid opinion, regardless of whether or not you agree. Some random, anonymous internet stranger announcing that a well-written and articulated opinion piece is somehow invalid because it doesn’t suit your narrative is a typical liberal move.

Oh, and the irony of your last sentence is something to behold.

What is a valid opinion? Are you saying that publication makes an opinion "more" valid? I mean, all opinions are valid ... like everyone has an anus. The Wapo may choose to publish an opinion piece because it is about a hot topic (check!), provides an alternate view (check!), is written reasonably well (check!). What I am saying is that does not make it a strong argument or better than say, my opinion, an internet stranger, that it was published.

That everyone has an anus is not an opinion. It’s a fact. Just so you know.

And we could turn all your statements around on you: your opinion is not any better or more valid than that of anyone else, including the author of that piece, whom I agree with.

Omg! It was just to rephrase the saying "everyone has an opinion, like everyone has an a-hole." Of course my opinion is not "more valid," duh. Everything has to be explained to you. Happy for you that your existing biases were reflected back at you in that weak opinion piece. Makes sense!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She is the devil incarnate because she is there because of dark money and because she wants to take away healthcare and women’s rights. And she is super cool with felons having guns. But voting? Oh no. Not the same thing. She sucks and is mediocre.

She is the personification of all that is wrong with the GOP.

Provide links to all of the bolded claims - in HER words. As for dark money, maybe take a look at your own party?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/11/19/dark-money-democrats-midterm-071725
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/521179-joe-biden-and-democrats-are-wallowing-in-dark-money-and-hypocrisy?amp

She doesn’t use words. She refused to answer any questions. That is why she is there. Because she’ll keep her mouth shut and do the GOP’s dirty work. She sucks. So much. And is SO mediocre. Such a fake pro-life person. It is disgusting.