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Amy Coney Barrett- what in the actual F?
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Earlier today, a friend of mine posted something about ACB and how we should pay attention to the way that she introduces her children, basically crowing about the academic achievements of the white children and basically saying that the biggest achievement of the black adoptive children is that they came from Haiti. I’m not sure I’m fully on board with that criticism, but as I was looking for the clip, I came across this article, which talks about how when she was adopting her second child, she found out she was pregnant.
It goes on to say “ Just as her husband was making final arrangements to pick John Peter up at the airport in Florida and complete the adoption, Amy learned that she was pregnant with Juliet. For about three hours, they weren't sure what decision to make. They had wanted five, but now it was looking like five and six were coming together. While taking a walk, Amy realized that her most significant impact on the world was raising her children. They decided to welcome John Peter into their family. A few days later, the three-year-old arrived at their home.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.moms.com/amy-coney-barretts-children/amp/ Mind you, this is immediately after the Haiti earthquake. OK so I have never adopted a child, but I literally cannot imagine the thought process of somebody who goes to Haiti to adopt a three year old child and then finds out that she is pregnant so then has second thoughts about going through with the adoption, literally having just rescued the orphan child from an earthquake destroyed foreign country. What kind of a person does this, and then freely admits to it as a point of pride in an interview? I’m disgusted. Which child wants to grow up reading this? If I were adopted I think I’d probably want to hear from my mom that she never doubted for a second that she wanted me. Not that she had a three hour window of debating whether or not I was worthy of her love. |
Anonymous
| Actually I can imagine a few hours of contemplation in this situation. Your assumption is that John Peter had no other prospects, and we do not know that, right? In fact JP may have been better off, another family, his own relatives, who knows. |
Anonymous
Her husband was in FLORIDA with the child, and they had been in the process of adoption for months. That’s a child may have had better options in earthquake tour in Haiti does not appear to be some thing that she considered. At all. Why wouldn’t she consider that before getting pregnant then? I just can’t get over how cruel and inhumane that would be for a three year old who they were forming a bond with before the adoption. |
Anonymous
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From an earlier discussion, makes sense now. Barret's description of her child with Down Syndrome is also disgusting.
I am conservative from Indiana, and was raised in the same Catholic Diocese, where she has been in the 15 years. The Haitian born children are from Haiti, why? 1.) Evangelical pressure. You can't be a good wealthy Evangelical, if you don't adopt. Kids are a sign of wealth in private school land. The more kids on full-pay tuition is a sign of wealth. 2.) Avoidance of drugs. Vivian's issue are easily solved with simple medical interventions, but drugs in the systems cause a lifetime of trouble for adoptive parents. Jesse was a Fed. Prosecutor handling drug charges. If Jesse and Amy adopted kids with drugs in their systems, Amy's career would be over in a heartbeat. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/240/916762.page |
Anonymous
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But I also feel that most people with 7 children are weird, and don't want them to represent me. It was common in the past, but not so much after birth control became available. Having 7 children is an extreme choice. You might be "full quiver," anti birth control, I don't know. Especially when both parents are lawyers. So imagine you have 2 hours after work to spend with your kids before their bedtimes. Divide that time by 7. Kids want their parents when they are young. In absence of parent, siblings are conscripted into the role.
Angelina Jolie is a liberal woman with a lot of kids, including adopted. She is probably a nutter. I assume ego/narcissism/savior complex. She is really rich too, OK, and I also imagine she can choose her own projects and spends months on end with those kids if she wants to. But I am only guessing at this. |
Anonymous
I agree - kid as accessory |
Anonymous
| I cringed of her description of her adoptive children. Major white savior complex. |
Anonymous
| She reminds me of Palin in some ways although she seems to have about 100 more IQ points than that dingbat. |
Anonymous
... by handing them to nannies to raise. 
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Anonymous
She reminds me of Palin not at all. But I despise her this. |
Anonymous
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She is a lawyer of ordinary capabilities. She has no real record in actual legal practice. She held the FedSoc clerkship in Scalia’s chambers - Scalia always had at least one and sometimes two - it is like an affirmative action program for the far right. There is positively NOTHING spectacular about her.
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Anonymous
imho she is either a cold robot and will act like one OR, Whitehouse's testimony got to her and she will recuse.....unfortunately, her deflecting on direct questions seems to hint at the fomer Fillibuster til Nov 3rd, pack the court or - if they strike down ACA on Nov 10th in middle of pandemic- then they give Biden the opening to fix things for good If Republicans were smart, they would realize that |
Anonymous
Just not a story to share with the world, or even beyond the two of them. Goodness. |
Anonymous
Yeah right |
Anonymous
The fact that she contemplated it at all speaks volumes to the hypocrisy of her “pro-life” position. That she has the choice to potentially not go through with the adoption and considered it when she and others actively work to take away choices from other families is disgusting. |