Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has told attendees at a judicial conference that he and his wife have faced “nastiness and lies” over the last several years.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”

Thomas spoke at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, which hears federal cases from Alabama, Florida and Georgia. He made the comments pushing back on his critics in response to a question about working in a world that seems meanspirited.

“I think there’s challenges to that. We’re in a world and we — certainly my wife and I the last two or three years it’s been — just the nastiness and the lies, it’s just incredible,” Thomas said.

“But you have some choices. You don’t get to prevent people from doing horrible things or saying horrible things. But one you have to understand and accept the fact that they can’t change you unless you permit that,” Thomas said.

  • @buddascrayon
    57•9 months ago

    What the media did to Anita Hill was absolutely horrendous and every outlet and personality who made a punch line out of her back then should apologize for their absolute disrespect of a woman who did something that was beyond brave.

    • Flying Squid
      34•9 months ago

      His mocking her, along with all the Monica Lewinsky jokes, is a big reason why Jay Leno can go get fucked.

    • @[email protected]
      9•9 months ago

      Yep, the democratic senator from Delaware that guided his confirmation through the judiciary committee should be shunned forever.

        • @[email protected]
          3•9 months ago

          Ideally those things would’ve been raised during the primary so Americans wouldn’t be left with the choice between a conservative and a fascist.

          • geogle
            0•9 months ago

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            • @buddascrayon
              4•9 months ago

              He’s still very conservative. He’s basically a 1970s era Republican.

              • @Daft_ish
                1•9 months ago

                Deluding yourself into thinking Biden would have made any of the progress he currently has without pressure from the outside is insane. Forgiving student debt, HE wrote the bill making it permanent.

                People can change, Biden obviously has, but left to his own devices he is another white male career politician. His only saving grace is he can compromise.

    • @Pfeffy
      1•9 months ago

      The media and Joe Biden personally lol

      • @buddascrayon
        3•9 months ago

        The me too movement is simply many in society finally telling women that it’s finally ok to tell the stories of how men in powerful positions have abused and humiliated them.

        Anita Hill is basically an original #metoo badass from a time when it was not only not ok but severely frowned upon. She told her story even though our society crucified her for it.