Comments on: Scalia Flips the Bird to His Critics http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/31/scalia-flips-the-bird-to-his-critics/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brachiator http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/31/scalia-flips-the-bird-to-his-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-2747 brachiator Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:47:17 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/31/scalia-flips-the-bird-to-his-critics/#comment-2747 <strong>Right-Wing Adds Sodomy To List of Approved Sexual Activities</strong> In a stunning development, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia — long thought to be a scourge of sexual freedom — recently encouraged the practice of sodomy. More shocking, the Catholic jurist was speaking to reporters from with... Right-Wing Adds Sodomy To List of Approved Sexual Activities

In a stunning development, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia — long thought to be a scourge of sexual freedom — recently encouraged the practice of sodomy. More shocking, the Catholic jurist was speaking to reporters from with…

]]> By: Dan Sniderman http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/31/scalia-flips-the-bird-to-his-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 Dan Sniderman Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:14:47 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/03/31/scalia-flips-the-bird-to-his-critics/#comment-2737 I do think a Supreme Court has every right to celebrate his faith however he desires and the question from the journlist (and a Prof at Boston College no less) was the type that causes the public at large to have such a low view of journalists. I do have some sympathy for Scalia, but his behavior was way over the top. What bugs me the most are the double standards. The same people lauding him would be demanding fines frmo the FCC if this happened on a fictional TV broadcast. And if, let's say Rahm Emanuel had behaved similarly leaving a Synagogue (he attended Yom Kippur services at my schul in 2004, although he isn't a member) , I'm sure we'd have those those same pundits applauding Scalia's behavior would be calling him "un-hinged"... I do think a Supreme Court has every right to celebrate his faith however he desires and the question from the journlist (and a Prof at Boston College no less) was the type that causes the public at large to have such a low view of journalists.

I do have some sympathy for Scalia, but his behavior was way over the top. What bugs me the most are the double standards. The same people lauding him would be demanding fines frmo the FCC if this happened on a fictional TV broadcast.

And if, let’s say Rahm Emanuel had behaved similarly leaving a Synagogue (he attended Yom Kippur services at my schul in 2004, although he isn’t a member) , I’m sure we’d have those those same pundits applauding Scalia’s behavior would be calling him “un-hinged”…

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