Justice Thomas has used this "hideous place" to amass the power he now exploits

[Nevilledog]

https://www.lawdork.com/p/justice-thomas-attacks-dc-as-hideous

Anyone who lives in Washington, D.C., and says they hate it here have almost always, with rare exceptions, never made the actual Washington their home. They have limited themselves to the halls of power, they have spent their years focused on obtaining power, and they only view their experience here through the prism of power.

It is in this context that one must regard Justice Clarence Thomas’s latest attack on the city that has provided him with a federal government job since the late 1970s.

“I think what you are going to find and especially in Washington, people pride themselves on being awful. It is a hideous place as far as I’m concerned,” Thomas told the audience at the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference, per the Associated Press, on Friday.

It is, however, a “hideous place” that Thomas has nonetheless used to obtain increasing positions of power over the decades. Ever since he reached his perch on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991, he has used that position to provide others within positions of power with access to the Supreme Court’s building; to establish and build relationships with the rich and powerful; and, finally, to create his own network of power among his former clerks.

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[FrenchCitizen]

1. Yep. Hypocrisy with this one.

If he hates Washington so much and thinks of it as a "hideous place," maybe he should lead by example and retire from the Supreme Court.

[calimary]

2. He'd live like a king for the rest of his miserable life.

And the rest of us MAYBE could live quite nicely with our rights unassailed, AND RESTORED!!!

[FrenchCitizen]

3. He would if he had an ounce of integrity.

He hates his peers in Washington but loves the benefits (AKA luxurious vacations) he gets from being in Washington. Also, he's sadistic and likes being able to impose his cruel ideology onto women and other minorities. He is not only a hypocrite, but also one of the sickest people in government.

[calimary]

5. Welcome to DU, btw!

Glad you're here, FrenchCitizen!

He's one of the older (maybe the oldest?) of the bunch now, if you can call it that. Unfortunately, it appears he's nowhere near announcing his retirement.

VERY unfortunately.

[Aussie105]

4. Lost touch with people, lost touch with his job.

And now he complains that people aren't paying him the respect he thinks he is due?

Cry me a river! Better still, retire!

[nevergiveup]

6. Alito and Thomas are both total scumbags and monstrous stains on America

History will not treat them well.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Without his connections in D.C., I truly doubt that Thomas would have been

appointed even as a municipal judge or magistrate.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. I know how he feels: I hate visiting my gold mine; ...

... it's dusty and it's full of stinky sweaty miners.

(kidding. no gold mine, alas)

[Hassler]

9. Did Crimey Clarence make this declaration from the parking lot of a Walmart?