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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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).  [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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