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Once again I'm forced to admire Trump's genius. As much as I despise his politics and the many stupid and mean things he's said, you can't deny that he's a freaking master of the political art. The trouble is it's impossible to prove it's really a mastery rather than just pure dumb luck.
I refer here to his attacks on the presiding judge in his civil trial over Trump University. Even right wingers call these attacks reckless, irresponsible, menacing, and . . . just plain wacko. In short, he says that Judge must be biased against him because the judge is a "Mexican."
But isn't this exactly what liberals are always saying? Isn't this precisely what identity politics means? How can liberals possibly criticize this? If you can do it to white males and whatnot -- regard them as automatically biased because of their ethnic identity -- then you can do it to others, right? And liberals do do it to others, they do it to each other.
It's the logical conclusion of identity politics -- a Latina judge won't be fair to a white man, therefore he must recuse himself. Or maybe identity politics, the whole rationale for diversity, is stupid and should be scrapped.
Trump’s Jujitsu Overthrow of Liberalism | Power Line
I refer here to his attacks on the presiding judge in his civil trial over Trump University. Even right wingers call these attacks reckless, irresponsible, menacing, and . . . just plain wacko. In short, he says that Judge must be biased against him because the judge is a "Mexican."
But isn't this exactly what liberals are always saying? Isn't this precisely what identity politics means? How can liberals possibly criticize this? If you can do it to white males and whatnot -- regard them as automatically biased because of their ethnic identity -- then you can do it to others, right? And liberals do do it to others, they do it to each other.
That’s what diversity is for. That is, beyond the fairness issue, viz., that in a multiethnic country, it’s unwise and arguably unjust for high offices to be monopolized by one group. But that’s an argument for something like quotas—or, if you want to be high-minded about it, “distributive justice”—and the quota rationale for diversity is passé. The current rationale is that diversity provides “perspectives.” Perspectives to aid in getting around the law and procedure. Otherwise, who cares about diversity? Just apply the law. Simple.
Trump is taking for granted—because he is not blind—that ethnic Democratic judges will rule in the interests of their party and of their ethnic bloc. That’s what they’re supposed to do. The MSM and the overall narrative say this is just fine. It’s only bad when someone like Trump points it out in a negative way. If a properly sanctified liberal had said “This man is a good judge because his background gives him the perspective to see past narrow, technical legalities and grasp the larger justice,” not only would no one have complained, that comment would have been widely praised. In fact, comments just like it are celebrated all the time. That is precisely what Justice Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” phrase was meant to convey.
It's the logical conclusion of identity politics -- a Latina judge won't be fair to a white man, therefore he must recuse himself. Or maybe identity politics, the whole rationale for diversity, is stupid and should be scrapped.
Trump’s Jujitsu Overthrow of Liberalism | Power Line