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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bizarrely xenophobic vibe to many comments in this thread . . . .[/quote]

Agree.  Seriously.

Ilya was born in Russia as a Jew.

Do most of you have any clue what that was like back then?

Along with the rest of his family, they were required to carry their “internal passport” whenever they set foot outside their apartment.  The police/military could, and often did, demand:  “your papers please!” (yeah, Nazi-style).

Only Ilya’s internal passport didn’t list him as “Russian;” only as a “Jew.”

Here:  I’m posting this link in light of the obvious ignorance of many of you when it comes to anti-Semitism:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Soviet_Union[/quote]

How is this relevant to his comments about Scotus nominees?[/quote]

DP here: a not insignificant portion of victims relish the opportunity to become oppressors later in life. It soothes their mental and emotional trauma. This is a pretty well documented psychological phenomenon. [/quote]

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