Why Clarence Thomas Left the Black Power Movement Behind | FRONTLINE

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[@a.skywalker4882]

So he voted against student debt relief but his family member or members got their scholarship payed by his bestfriend.

[@musicwelikemang]

Republicans are even more hypocritical than dems.

[@reubenmorris487]

Fringe benefit...

[@thecutefamily3409]

WOW

[@JK-br1mu]

scholarship to a private high school for his adopted kid, not college

[@stephaniesass5173]

Admission to CT in his HighSchool was at the time based on his color.

[@nathanhicks2000]

It seems to me that he goes along with what serves him best at the time!!

[@bvl98]

Exactly my thought too. 💯

[@robertnicholls9917]

A lot of black people play this game. Clyburn and I would argue, Obama as well.

[@Thefrmgallery]

No permanent friends, no permanent enemies..only permanent interests

[@dewanmdurnto3592]

Best description

[@k.b.3683]

Most people are like him, he just got promoted.

[@tycooper7368]

The rebirth of uncle ruckus..

[@orale_]

"Im not black, im Clarence Thomas!"

[@EvonneLindiwe]

Touché 😂🙌🏿

[@markleestampley8784]

LMAO luv it!!!

[@lemontadams3029]

He's that before any other label. They are all made up labels. My African friends see themselves as tribes not Black that is an American thing

[@AtmaureanNoble7]

Black means displaced persons who have no rights and are subject to any harms and abuses the citizens care to bestow. Dont be black, be Moor.

[@correctionalofficer4lockdo763]

I iz sumbodee tu!

[@desmond-hawkins]

Frontline has been really fast recently at publishing documentaries that cover current topics. Two months ago about the banking crisis, now about Clarence Thomas… very impressive turnaround for films of such quality. I can't wait to watch this one!

[@puccisnoopy]

PBS is a national treasure of which we should be aware of because if the republican majority has its way they will defund any endowments Support PBS and NPR

[@jjutt87]

There are so many holes in this "report" sounds like a puff piece to me, the voice actor is always excellent and adds a lot of credibility.

[@SEAZNDragon]

I suspect this one was long in development given Clarence Thomas position on the court with only the recent Harlon Crow revelations added on the end.

[@aurora_stream]

@@jjutt87what holes? Please, enlighten us, throw us with your acumen

[@anthonymusto3537]

Of course they do they have a narrative to push"state affiliated"

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Money and power are corrupting influences

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

Anyone ever notice all these brothers marry the WORST Caucasian women or men😂😂They get the bottom barrel

[@brownbagz]

​@@RUTHLESSambition5 Exactly!

[@nadiasilvershine4630]

Clarence Thomas made a choice to BE corrupted. His taxpayer-funded salary of some $274,200 is a lot of money by itself. Now that he is basically owned by a billionaire, he can never do the job of Supreme Court justice -- since he no longer can even appear to be objective, much less BE objective in his judgments.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Bidens are a perfect example.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

@@RUTHLESSambition5 Insulting the man's wife? Obama (half-White) married a tranny!

[@sheldondrake8935]

say what you want about him, but he was really great in Django Unchained, loyal to the end

[@boop8621]

Ouch! Lol

[@LeoBlight]

Lol wow 😮

[@beverleyreid7572]

Lol

[@robertnicholls9917]

You know the funny thing, a lot of hard right blacks look and/or act that way to some extent.

[@larmetagettes4042]

😂😂😂

[@junheceta268]

Clarence Thomas never serves any political movement. He expects the political movement to serve him. If it does not propel him to a position of power, influence and financial prosperity-or does not do so quickly enough to suit him-he abandons it and moves to something else.

[@willtheoct]

if that's the case, overturning roe would have to have been accompanied by a large donation to satisfy him

[@junheceta268]

@@willtheoct considering all the gift giving that has come out, that would not be surprising.

[@miketran4289]

Yeah no, He served the republicans. Everyone around him are Republicans even his wife.

[@musicwelikemang]

@@willtheoct like $150k tuition for his kid paid for by a billionaire? Yeah, totally democratic...

[@bromack3]

if Justice Thomas engaged in frowned upon behavior, he only dared to do so because he had long observed it as the behavioral norm within the Supreme Court in general.

[@TheactressCJ]

Self hatred is a horrible thing

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

U look at it as self hatred? Even when Malcolm was his idol?

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

@@TheactressCJ where is the whole documentary? I have hard time seeing him going through self hatred while having malcolm as his idol. The 2 don't go hand in hand.

[@procrastinator41]

Thomas has always appeared to me to be physically miserable, like something is burning a hole in his stomach.

[@pacifront83]

@@procrastinator41 that’s called projection, you dunce.

[@quinton01]

@@lorenzbeaumacc1175 That's what negroes say when a black person, usually smarter than themselves, embraces ideals that go far beyond just being black. That is the extent of @TheactressCJ's identity -- being black and being a victim.

[@Faceindirect]

Taking money and gifts from political donors is unethical for a Supreme Court Judge. Just saying. There’s a tainted legacy here. I don’t care if the judge is democratic or republican appointed. It is straight up wrong to take gifts and not report it

[@lukemurray4950]

You say you don't care Republican or Democrat but yet they are only talking about the Republican, like always! They are attacking Thomas because he is standing up and has always stood up against the white liberal elite! Look up Clarence Thomas Vs Joe Biden! Yet media got black people thinking Biden is the hero and Thomas is their enemy! "There are too many (N-word) in here!" Joe Biden.

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

100%

[@lukemurray4950]

@@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678 You say you don't care Republican or Democrat but yet they are only talking about the Republican, like always! They are attacking Thomas because he is standing up and has always stood up against the white liberal elite! Look up Clarence Thomas Vs Joe Biden! Yet media got black people thinking Biden is the hero and Thomas is their enemy! "There are too many (N-word) in here!" Joe Biden.

[@Brandon-ko3yp]

Tell Hillary that

[@carolinewilhelm7672]

@@Brandon-ko3yp All politicians need to understand this. Corruption is endemic and whataboutism won't solve it. It is a universal standard. Corruption isn't a left vs right issues. Corruption is a left AND right issue.

[@Blackman19498]

Here is a person who went from fighting the power, to selling his manhood to Harlan crow!!

[@suezbell1]

and any soul he had

[@basedgamerguy818]

He may still be fighting to topple the United States.

[@DS2CV]

your hatred serves as a great recommendation of him

[@basedgamerguy818]

@@DS2CV why do you think I hate him? My comment doesn't give that impression at all. If you watched the documentary then you would know that Clarence Thomas was a Black Nationalist. So it isn't outside the realm of possibility that he has made the decisions he has while on the SC in an effort to avenge his political heroes that were murdered by the US government

[@wildestcowboy2668]

Is u sayin he tossed ALOT of salad's

[@Tedisntakidanymore]

Now we all know Thomas left Black Power for green power!

[@williamlouie569]

Green, the color of money, money Green.

[@angusdog22]

Thomas is the very definition of Black Power and the American Dream. Media wants to make him a villain but this man is a hero 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪

[@DickCheneyXX]

Nowadays black power means burning down your neighborhood because some random criminal died somewhere.

[@krist-yonnarain7786]

@@angusdog22 For doing what exactly?

[@SaturnStarOfDavid]

I think he was an informant the whole time. Nobody claims to read all of Malcolm X material and become an Unk Thommy. Impossible.

[@daniellebryant5854]

"Can't beat 'em, might as well join 'em" - Clarence Thomas

[@Macwylee]

And Jim Clyburn

[@jensgronning4436]

Dumbest thing I’ve seen today

[@caronstout354]

While asking "What's in it for me?"

[@TighelanderII]

If Thomas was in the Black Power movement, the only reason for that I can think of is that he was a spy for Hoover's FBI.

[@Leo82870]

Eldridge Cleaver of the Black Panther Party later became a republican. Thurgood Marshall approved wiretaps on Martin Luther King. Thomas like all of us change for better or for worse. It is not fair to compare Thomas of the 60's to the Thomas today.

[@username23156]

Elridge Cleaver was idiot he abused his beautiful wife Kathleen. He became a republican after he started traveling to reinvent himself to gain acceptance back into America.

[@stillirise7813]

They reward for all these so called black conservatives is white women!! Not ideology or moral convictions. Its access to white women.

[@victornewman06]

@@Leo82870 what???? 😂😂😂

[@Leo82870]

@@victornewman06 you did not know this?

[@silvershadchan4085]

We should have a 75 year old age limit for Supreme Court justices just like Canada does.

[@tothelighthouse9843]

70

[@paillette2010]

It would have gotten RBG off and we’d mot have the total shetshow of shills we have now

[@sylvainmichaud2262]

Ask average people how hard it is to find a job after 50. The same people who don't want to hire them are the ones clinging to power. After 55, people are cognitively declining. I can't understand how someone over 65 would be chosen or kept to do a job at the highest level (President, Justice, ...) unless we are looking at an exceptional individual. It doesn't mean that they can't be hired as advisors to these positions.

[@TheGothicdolphin]

I say a younger age limit is needed as today world politics, technology, social issues...change like the wind. As Humans age, they tend to 'cling' to what [they] learned/experienced, and with things evolving so much quicker now, the aging human mind can not keep up or adapt fast enough. Remember when computers, emailing and cellphones were introduced? Children could operate them, but older politicians had to hire younger more savvy assistants to utilize the technologies😂.

[@sylvainmichaud2262]

@@SS-zg6of Agreed.

[@drtrowb]

Because he’d rather have the power, than to actually make a change for minorities.

[@marilynclarke6092]

Remember, Clarence Thomas met Ginny along the way too. She had to have a say in his decisions for change.

[@kendricklewis4947]

They met after she was in a cult!??

[@andyjulia]

Now she’s in a new cult!

[@EJLegionHonor]

He married a snowbunny, no wonder he got lost

[@Harlem1mentality]

@@EJLegionHonor reminds me of undercover brotha when he bagged a snow bunny lmao

[@michaelroberts1415]

The movie Ghostwriter comes to mind

[@shadowguard3578]

No money in equality and justice for all, but plenty of money and benefits if you’re corrupt and or can be bought.

[@bromack3]

Yep... that about describes Joe Biden. Remember the 1994 crime bill.. he was deeply involved in the creation of that bill.

[@lucasgroves137]

@@bromack3 Perfect whataboutism.

[@zazasnruntz7505]

@@bromack3 that about describes 95% of the white men in politics 🤦‍♂️🤣 I love how you whites try and point out one when this entire country was literally built on corruption by white men

[@reubenmorris487]

What a time to have been alive as a young Black man...oh wow...

[@momo8200]

Being a waterboy for the Billionaire class pays,...who knew.

[@jmont1031]

Nothing Clarence Thomas says can be taken as truth.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🎯🎯🎯💯

[@dzizaslofsas]

Why?

[@nemya9586]

Can't wait to see the full program 😮

[@josephanthonyrafinski7430]

Listen, 20% of Black People Are Conservative. And, People need to get that through there heads sooner rather than later.

[@p.w.harris9883]

Do you know what the origin of conservatism is? It's a response to the birth of liberty in the French revolution to conserve the power structure of the old aristocracy from the unwashed masses. The blacks that are conservatives are aristocrats who want to conserve their own power over the poor. They also will help to conserve white hegemonic power structures where it benefits them.

[@jzk2020]

I think the movie GET OUT was about Clarence Thomas. They got him, charge him to the game.

[@domotemujin7780]

Could very well be

[@basedgamerguy818]

That movie still messes me up and I'm white.

[@jzk2020]

@@basedgamerguy818 Imagine I only saw it for the first time 2 weeks ago :D .... I'm so late to the show. Pretty dope movie though.

[@festchristian2630]

Facts, that shit is real. I believe that could have happen. Taken the strongest black man, then making him into Uncle Tom deep shit

[@canduscanty8583]

Here we go with the propoganda 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@stix409]

About Clarence Thomas? The super corrupt supreme court judge who's been taking bribes for decades? That's not propaganda, there's evidence for that, in fact they were doing it out in the open

[@jamesmitch9792]

hell yeah as opposed to your propaganda that you consume.

[@adrianjuarez1162]

Yup.

[@ericibola3743]

Thomas is no longer impartial. His wife and billionaire owner are pulling his strings!!

[@DS2CV]

back that up with something.

[@DC_Fedens]

The vile filth spewed in the comments is disgusting. No wonder Clarence got fed up with his community. Smh.

[@BigJohn303]

Good. We don't want him.

[@ZecVitaly]

Some rich white man just had to pull out the old checkbook. It was that easy…

[@les5377]

Comparablel to George Soros on the left

[@lukemurray4950]

No. How brainwashed can you people be!??!! He standing up against the rich white people and that's why is being attacked! Why would he be attacked by the people paying him off!??

[@manfromthepast]

😂

[@dojusticelovemercy1]

🎶 I wanna be a billionaire, so freakin bad. Buy all of the things I never had. 🎶 -Clarence Thomas

[@marilynclarke6092]

dojusticelovemercy1, then Ginny came along to change all of Clarence's ideals into uncle Tomming. If I may, 🤔

[@garyflythe1362]

I wonder what he does with the billionaire? What's an insider an informer. I think the billionaire likes his lip's

[@domotemujin7780]

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@adrianjuarez1162]

Lol he's a millionaire and a supreme court justice your just hating 😂😂.

[@Iamhimbutyouarenot]

This comment section is hilarious and sad at the same time. Y’all really think y’all know what’s going on 😂.

[@moses4769]

Clarence Thomas is one of the worst supreme court justices ever

[@TheeRealJesus]

One of the worst humans ever...

[@DS2CV]

he is the greatest SCOTUS justice in our nations history - bar none

[@stevenhenry5267]

Utter nonsense.

[@DS2CV]

@@stevenhenry5267 you mean it's nonsense that he's the worst or nonsense that he's the best?

[@757reaper]

@@DS2CV i mean both. That’s a wild ignorant take on both ends. He’s bad… but the worst? Dread Scott would disagree.

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

He needs to be held accountable.

[@tybragan23]

@@Semper_Iratus doesn’t make it right but that is a fair point frankly

[@stix409]

​@@Semper_Iratus why don't you worry about the Republicans holding themselves responsible? You think Clarence's bribes were done for your benefit? They weren't

[@genghiscan2918]

​@@Semper_Iratus okay george santos

[@stevehannah]

Defund gov propaganda PBS

[@roder51]

@@stevehannah Triggered by facts much?

[@marionmarino1616]

He left his HONOR behind.

[@beverleyreid7572]

Yep.

[@normbatchelor7403]

He never had any honor.

[@suezbell1]

IF he ever had any?

[@apophisxo4480]

I can't believe I'm defending this guy. He's the worst justice ever. He's definitely no Thurgood Marshall , but he has the right to have an opinion. He doesn't have to conform to the majority, which may be wrong. Maybe you're wrong, have you ever considered that?

[@marionmarino1616]

@@apophisxo4480 Opinion sure. BUT in performing his duties his opinion is his alone! It MUST NOT infringe upon his duties.

[@polateyuep1092]

Justice Clarence Thomas looks and acts exactly like 'Stephen' (played by Samuel L. Jackson) in the movie Django Unchained

[@frankdixon4112]

Clarence Thomas understood that either he was going to die for nothing or live as a rich traitor to his race. He saw Malcolm and Martin die for nothing and broke. Easy choice but what’s the cost?

[@OliverFonville-l8b]

Frontline has the balls to the tell the story as it should be. I pray for the safety of all who are writing and narrating these informative topics.

[@SSNESS]

DMTBKA

[@jamesmitch9792]

I know plenty of brown people who became white supremacists/nationalists after losing hope and seeing how the civil rights groups would fall apart and disintegrate. and realizing it is more trendy and profitable to be one. especially in Latin America. this is more common than you think

[@robertnicholls9917]

Someone actually pointed this out superbly. White Cubans embrace white supremacy.

[@jamesmitch9792]

@@robertnicholls9917 white cubans actually benefited from jim crow in Florida, so it makes sense why they would embrace it.

[@ashlovestoshop]

Documentaries like this are so important because they remind us that these movements are not that far ago. I feel so frustrated that our elders have to keep dealing with this.

[@subcitizen2012]

Part of the point of documentaries like these is to remind you that the elders were once young too. As much as there are movements of young people, there are movements against young people. Clarence, and the rest of his cohort at that time had only been enabled the vote for a year at that point. Reflect on that and the time that's passed and why those movements happened. Back then their was a proverbial boot in their necks, and the counter revolting conservative element of what was then the Democratic party was vehemently opposed to their voting, opposed to desegregation, opposed to ever having black men on the supreme court. Thomas was lost to that struggle and it subsumed him, and today he sees himself in the protesters asking for justice, and he's disgusted with himself. It's a much heavier insight than some alligator tears for some imagined, eternal elders.

[@Agtsmirnoff]

Dealing with what?

[@mboyd988]

Simple answer. He married a white woman. He added too much cream to his coffee and instead of waking him up. It put him back to sleep😅

[@virginiatyree6705]

Looking forward to the full show. Ole Thomas is corrupt to his core. He isn't a decent human. Thanks Frontline for your efforts & posting.

[@dr.peppermintpatty4925]

Malcolm X would be disappointed at the disrespect and disgrace this guy has shown to black people

[@suezbell1]

Every woman should be disgusted with him.

[@shawnaweesner3759]

To @dr.peppermintpatty4925: Your comment is ironic considering Malcolm X chose (emphasis on the word chose) to be a common thief and prostitute over-seer (a pimp) while living in Harlem. This is why he was arrested, and convicted, receiving an 11 year prison sentence, of which he served 6 to 9 years. During his time in prison, Malcolm X became a Muslim. He understood that he could use the Muslim religion as a cloak for his hatred. Malcolm X was a man filled with hate for which he never took any personal responsibility. He made the white man the object of his hatred, only after getting out of prison (he was angry about being caught and sent to prison for his crimes). He was murdered (by men of color), because he decided to speak out against the sexual sins of the leader of the Muslim group he had joined. How ironic, Malcolm X speaking out against the Muslim leader’s sexual sins, while Malcolm himself had barely left his days as Robber-Pimp behind him. “We are oppressed. We are exploited. We are downtrodden. We are denied not only Civil Rights, but even human rights.” (2:21). Malcolm X Malcolm X certainly knew about oppressing, exploiting, and trampling on people’s rights. Malcolm X was far from being oppressed. Malcolm X was the oppressor. Even speaking out against the leader of the Muslim group Malcolm X had joined, he showed himself to be more concerned with the breaking of rules by the leader, than the misery the breaking of rules caused the girls.

[@dr.peppermintpatty4925]

@@shawnaweesner3759 I’m sure you’re a mirror image of perfection past or present… stfu 🤬…

[@dr.peppermintpatty4925]

@@shawnaweesner3759 I said what I said and that’s it for that… I’m a black Muslim woman who despises Clarence Thomas with every fiber of my being… and now you too..

[@RaiderRSupastar]

Unless that woman is Candace Owens

[@stlcaring]

Anakin Clarence Thomas

[@marvinsmith8015]

Are you sure he wasn't an informant for the FBI? a very shady character in every sense of the word. I think he was prepared to sell anybody black out to the highest bidder. Watch his body language. I think Anita Hill could share some light on his sexual behavior.

[@sknmwms6516]

Thomas was an informant put into the movement that is a fact!

[@DissentOrConcur]

false

[@davidmembril9576]

He left cause there wasn't any money in it ...

[@NicoleJohn-kq2iy]

Right!!

[@jayc21]

Black radicals went to HBCUs in the 60s and 70s, not Lilly white Holy Cross in Massachusetts. He was literally surrounded by excellent HBCUs and he chose to go to Holy Cross. Some radical.

[@rw8990]

Love him or hate him,agree with Justice Thomas or not,because of this insightful and expertly done documentary it shed some light on Clarence Thomas’s way of thinking.Thanks again Front Line your the best in the business.

[@TiffyAlwaysBlissy]

Eh. As a black woman who used to be in politics, there is a running joke about how much more money you can make when you’re black and take up conservative views. Thomas answered the call. And got to the highest level. That is all.

[@marksinger4415]

Hate him.

[@marksinger4415]

@@TiffyAlwaysBlissy and that makes him the lowest life form. He has basically sold his soul for approval and acceptance.

[@jeromebowers7510]

​@@marksinger4415yes. It's the wall 🧱 all face at a certain level 🎚️. It's what I've been saying here to American women. This wall 🧱 is at least 300 years old. It's called LAW. All go up against it like that Israeli wall 🧱 they pray 🙏 on. You get approached and recommended if accepted. Sometimes without your knowledge. Especially if young 🌱 and dumb and full of cum.. It's why GROWN ASS MEN need to be held accountable exploiting SUBORDINATES and innocents.👁️

[@Jaywrites23]

Uncle Ruckus in a Supreme Court gown.

[@runoz2839]

can't beat em'...join em'... c.thomas

[@eny68]

Please get in front of Flynn's Duganist "reawaken" tour, and inform the thinking public of this duplicitous traitor to all that is good.

[@les5377]

You poor little snowflake

[@beverleyreid7572]

I miss Malcolm X. No other like him since. smh God help us!

[@NIcholasparker88]

He was his own worse enemy.

[@NicoleJohn-kq2iy]

Right!!

[@RamonAcosta191]

Clarence is the typical user. He knew he would be a Small Black Fish in the Black pond and a Big Black Fish in the White Pond, so he decided to be that Big Black Fish in that White Pond. It's like the typical House Slave and Field Slave scenario. He chose to be the House Slave.

[@FreddieVee]

Self hatred is learned.

[@hezigler]

The best investigative journalism on TV in the US!

[@toddmaek5436]

All theatre

[@wileyjohnson5681]

The Reversal Spook That Say By The Door.

[@lexiousjordan2679]

I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING CONCERNING HIM, ACTUALLY I DON'T CARE.

[@TheeRealJesus]

When Biden pointed at the camera and said "if you don't vote for me, you ain't black", he was looking directly at Clarence Thomas.

[@sanifuonajemwananchi5523]

ACTUALLY THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT LEFT CLARENCE THOMAS BEHIND!!

[@FirstLast-cd6vv]

Having an "interest" in something during one's youth doesn't mean much. Most people eventually mature.

[@avinashreji60]

You don’t “mature”, you acquiesce to the system and learn to live with it

[@adrianjuarez1162]

​@@avinashreji60you can be a part of said system and try and change it from the inside and the other guy is right. When you age your mind change and your point of view changes on certain things.

[@avinashreji60]

@@adrianjuarez1162 true but the evolution of your mind slows down as you age, hence why society moves forward faster than older people catching up

[@rileyhartley381]

Maybe he changed his opinions. That kinda thing happens

[@gzucc]

There is one defining and over arching trait of Justice Thomas' that can be simply defined as 'ambitious'.

[@marionmarino1616]

And “Corrupt.”

[@suezbell1]

... boundless greed and insatiable lust for power ...

[@marionmarino1616]

@@suezbell1 or he is just your ordinary lousy little jerkoff who accidentally was gifted a seat of power he never should have gotten.

[@jamdoll8660]

He always looks like he's just been busted doing some foolishness.

[@robertnicholls9917]

lol

[@acutabove2107]

After gathering and brewing the tea leaves of the Black Power Movement, he grabbed his kettle, jumped ship and proceeded to sell and spill the "tea" to the "powers that be"!!!

[@toddjackson164]

Thomas was so abused as a child that he eventually identified with the abuser

[@musicwelikemang]

Became it

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

​@@musicwelikemang deep

[@peacehappyb237]

Yes, he probably has Stockholm Syndrome.

[@bmass0828]

Like most black folks and the democrat party? Let me guess, you would say he's and uncle tom right? Which is funny, cause that is such a misuse of that characters name, and not one person realizes it. Tell me why does he have to conform to one style of thinking and or believes?

[@lilymatthews2664]

Um, source? Who abused him?

[@BobKnight-mm2ze]

I've heard people say, it's always the ex-smokers who are most extreme about other people who still smoke.

[@berthabridges3483]

There is no excuse for Justice Clarence Thomas coming against equal voting rights for his own people. Doing the bidding of a billionaire to turn against his own. You don't have to like people, not to hurt them. The younger generation has done nothing to deserve what he's done to them. I'm struggling to forgive him. He didn't have to go after Black people to hurt us. 😕

[@chuckleberryfinn1992]

Who hurts black people more Judge Thomas or black people ?

[@DS2CV]

he's the greatest living american. we should be planning monuments.

[@jessetorres8738]

I feel that if we have a 2 & 1/2 term limit (or 10 year maximum) for the President & a majority of Governors have term limits, we should have term limits for all members of the House (I say 10, 2 year terms), Senate (3, 6 year terms), & Judiciary (at most 20 years). I feel this is the only way to prevent complicity in our government by constantly changing it, & with these term limits, Justice Thomas would have been removed & replaced over a decade ago!

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Our constitution isn't written that way

[@aluisious]

Presidents don't have term limits, it's a convention. FDR was President 3 times. Also term limits don't work. If you have unknown candidates churning through office, then they will all be captured by rich political donors, it will be the only way to be elected when you can't run on your record. If people like their rep they should be able to vote for them. Everyone in politics needs to be accountable.

[@alohatigers1199]

Or keep it consistent. 2 term limits MAX. Each term is 5 years. Therefore 10 years MAX.

[@Scarface4TX]

@@aluisious yes they do, after FDR died they passed the 22nd amendment As for if term limits work, that’s debatable. I think any “solution” one could try would create problems eventually. Just have to decide which problems do we wanna deal with?

[@mikehill584]

Until, corparations, unions, banks and special interests groups are barred from giving to politicians, nothing will change, plain and simple.

[@3506Dodge]

Thomas doesn't see black people as "his people." That's the point of the documentary makers here.

[@adrianjuarez1162]

It seems that way and it's mind blowing there trying to smear this guy so much.

[@howielisnoff]

I also went to a Catholic college as an undergraduate, but never turned my back on left/liberal politics as Clarence Thomas did. It’s not uncommon for someone to witness something (the Harvard Square demonstration) like Thomas did and make a 180 degree turn politically. It happens. What amazes is that Justice Thomas never seems to have regained a political footing anywhere near where his early education and ideals led him.

[@WakeRunSleep]

Because Liberalism is an elitist statist Communist machine

[@brianjungen4059]

You make it sound like turning your back on liberal policies is a bad thing…..it isn’t.

[@Shadowjedi007]

@@brianjungen4059 Its a sign of maturity. Liberal left policies are typically for immature minds. Particularly in the west.

[@JohnJohnson-pq4qz]

@@brianjungen4059 "Liberal policies" that you probably dont really know what they are created the middle class.

[@johnsomn2148]

​@@brianjungen4059 name your ideal of " liberal policies ", Please

[@mzjnicolelove]

The whole time I’m watching like I’m telling myself this CANNOT be the same Clarence Thomas

[@GoldenGirl3300-k9q]

Ok, so, we were ALL different 40 years ago

[@stevenweikert7062]

Not all. 40 years ago Donald Trump was a narcissistic, arrogant, privileged, corrupt serial adulterer and sexual predator and he still is.

[@take5th]

More interested in me power than we power.

[@indadrops9492]

And then he let money blind him

[@LouisWinthorpe3]

Because he's brilliant.

[@hyperbolic-time-chamber-strand]

Jesus, what a mess. I sometimes think this country is definitely not going to have a " happy ending "..... lol

[@dianakjuarez]

But he was probably cool with January 6, right?

[@adrianjuarez1162]

And blm, the naacp, black panthers was okay with the anti cop anti white protests of 2020 right??

[@timerickson7056]

So he SOLD OUT FOR CASH

[@peacehappyb237]

Yes. He wanted acceptance.

[@markjennings2605]

My guess is that his real desire is power. He realised playing the Black Power game wasn't going to get him the power.

[@roymurphy4328]

A lot of Republicans were at some point a lefist, then people get older and change, do to real world experiences.

[@Camuale]

I’d argue that they were never left leaning in the first place. No died-in-the-wool liberal suddenly wakes up and thinks, “You know what, screwing over others is the way to go.”

[@adrianjuarez1162]

Yes same ot really amazing too see the ignorance of these people I'm comment section 😂😂😂.

[@johnjohnson2855]

Another hit piece on Clarence Thomas cause he wouldn’t join the party of slavery the demoncrat party..

[@boochi7087]

The simplest answer to this is that he's a grifter. You think about most people who have grown to power in shady ways, your prosperity preachers, your influencers, your life and wellness coaches, trump, Clarence T, almost every legacy politician you can think of irrespective of their political leaning, Candace Owens - they all grift because they've realized that integrity is a hindrance to the aim of accumulating wealth and power.

[@mandarkastronomonov2962]

I honestly am disturbed for you Americans. On both sides, everyone sees the worst in others. It can’t be because they may have different motives. No, they are just evil. It’s amazing to me because I don’t even know my own motives some of the time, only when circumstances reveal it, but people like yourselves can read the motives of others through their actions. Is it possible that people can do a similar action with different motives? Very disturbing. I would be surprised if there isn’t a civil war in another 20 years.

[@johnjohnson2855]

You think PBS funded by the government is going to tell you the truth 😂😂😂😂

[@josephwheeler8753]

Well, we know he believes in reparations because he and Ginni found a way to secure it for his mother, nephew, Ginni, and himself with the help of billionaire Harlan Crowe.

[@bb3ll07]

Why everybody act like he owes the black community something??? This is sad that they hate this man for thinking for himself!!! Tearing up businesses is not okay . My grandma said her parents kept her away from all that looting because it made things worse not better Look around today in 2023👀 some are still oppressed 😢

[@autumnjones9937]

Preach.

[@autumnjones9937]

The same people who are so called liberals are in favor of gentrification and destroying black communities.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

Wouldn't 'abandon' be a better word?

[@Hannoshobazz_Neolmech]

The Honorable Judge Clarence Thomas has a job as long as He wants. As a MELANDIGENOUS American Indian (Gullah), no latter-day multi/generational MIGRANTrash has ANY say-so in His affairs as an INTERPRETER of LAW.

[@genghiscan2918]

Because there was more money in being the GOPs Black Friend?

[@Mister_Garibaldi]

Is that how Frederick Douglas made his money?

[@genghiscan2918]

​@@Mister_Garibaldi I doubt Frederick Douglass would equate affirmative action with slavery

[@Mister_Garibaldi]

@@genghiscan2918 "I am thought to be an Independent, and so I am, but I am an Independent inside of the Republican party. I can have all the independence I want inside of the Republican party. I am both independent and dependent. I do not take a step in life that I am not dependent on somebody or something. In politics I am dependent upon one or the other political party, and I am foolish enough to think that the Republican party may as safely be trusted with the destiny of the Republic and the rights of the colored people as the Democratic party, and in this I know I am right. For the life of me I cannot see how any honest colored man who has brains enough to put two ideas together can allow himself under the notion of independence to give aid and comfort to the Democratic party" - Frederick Douglass

[@genghiscan2918]

​@@Mister_Garibaldi now explain the southern strategy

[@Mister_Garibaldi]

@Genghis Can! how about you explain Hillary's mentor and friend, Democrat leader Senator Robert Byrd

[@JesusPrice]

So he turned into a c🦝🦝n over a riot?

[@Whatyoutalkingabout]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@quietstorm1291]

My intuition tells me he was an informant. Me thinks. And he was abundantly rewarded for his works.

[@arthursmith8771]

Exactly, then he cashed in his chips.

[@easyeducation2590]

Black if they don't follow a particular idiology they are hunted like Thomas clearance. Shame on Frontline

[@teddykgb9971]

Clarence Thomas is mostly definitely still a radical - just for the opposite side. A deeply troubled person (Anita tried to warn us) who has no business on the high court.

[@willtheoct]

property damage mentally damaged him so much that now he's a nazi sympathizing fascist my man clarence needs some emotional regulation meds and to get the fk off the court

[@chrispaschal7955]

Can't beat them, become them!

[@AltairEgo1]

I think Thomas did what he thought he had to do in order to survive. Life in this country, in this world, it can change you. Especially if you grew up poor, and without a father, like he did. I've never been a part of the justice Thomas fan club. In fact just about everything he did as a Supreme Court justice is in conflict with my own set of beliefs and principles. But I think that, growing up in a household without a father's love, homelessness, and poverty can change any man. It can turn you into something you never thought you'd become. And yes, much as we say single parent households don't do any longterm emotional damage, that one parent can fill the role of two, it affects you for a lifetime. Growing up without a stable father figure affected my self-esteem, my manhood, many different facets of my identity and mental health. Anyway, I don't personally like the man, but I can understand where he comes from, in that he felt that the no one else would come and save him, so he thinks "why the hell should I do anything for anyone else? These people never gave a damn about me". Life can change a man, make him into someone he never dreamed he would become. You can see it in his eyes. What his face looks like now, VS what it looked like then. This is a man who felt betrayed by a movement, and betrayed by a society that did nothing for people who had nothing.

[@puravida5683]

Malcom X is still right! Instead of moving to the Supreme Court, many of us left the country. The question should be, why did the power structure and the FBI, allow Thomas to become a Supreme Court Justice!😊

[@boop8621]

👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@robertnicholls9917]

That's actually a good question. Leftists, Hippies and Black Nationalists were being murdered, jailed and harassed by the State as well as State sanctioned vigilantes throughout that time. We still have remnants of that era today with policing and drug laws. How did he escape?

[@robertgibson3655]

He was suduced by the Generosity and adulation of the Wright people in Judiciary. Flattery and platitudes what's the price they pay to buy him over. 🤔

[@sylvainmichaud2262]

In my opinion, Clarence Thomas didn't change at all. If you are born with empathy, you'll never lose it. Clarence Thomas simply wanted to get as much as possible for himself (ambition) rather than being motivated by a need for equality and equity for everyone. He needed help from others to get there. Now, he still act according to this same motivation. The people which he needs help from are simply different.

[@crime_wavcorp]

Pretty good observation

[@carolinewilhelm7672]

Well said Edit: the cliche of leopards and spots

[@chuckleberryfinn1992]

The help from the others in the mindless emotional mob that helps everyone through violent destruction . Or the philanthropists at BLM.

[@crime_wavcorp]

@@chuckleberryfinn1992 i think january 6 would be a better description of a mindless mob.

[@chuckleberryfinn1992]

@@crime_wavcorp "example" is probably what you're aiming to say there. the formerly pejorative term for folks that do that type stuff, swept up in emotion, easily swayed , moved by what's 'fashionable' : democrat but , I'm 'deplorable' , so.... lol

[@OneEyedLion]

I'm a little surprised by this documentary. It really seems to be a veiled hatchet job on Clarence Thomas. It's complete with over-analysis and a microscopic review of events.

[@mariaborbon8421]

How did he go from Black Panther to Uncle Thomas the grifter

[@suezbell1]

His price was met?

[@siriuzbiz]

the timing of this is highly skeptical to me, however, from Revolutionary to ultimately working for the same system that took out the Panther leadership is crazy.

[@natcole5981]

Why is his evil not public knowledge. Snake in the grass