Monday, March 18, 2024

‘Star Trek’s’ George Takei: Clarence Thomas is ‘A Clown in Blackface’ (WATCH)

george-takei-clarence thomas*As one of four Supreme Court judges who was against the decision to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states, Clarence Thomas can count LGBT community members and supporters among those he’s rubbed the wrong way.

And that includes George Takei. According to TheGrio.com, the “Star Trek” actor was not pleased with Thomas’ dissenting opinion, which the site described as at the least bizarre and at most horrifically offensive.”

In his dissent, Thomas claimed the government’s denial of marriages could not detract from the dignity of same-sex couples as he generalized dignity and its part in the involvement of the government.

“Human dignity cannot be taken away by the government,” Thomas wrote. “Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity because the government confined them. And those denied governmental benefits certainly do not lose their dignity because the government denies them those benefits. The government cannot bestow dignity, and it cannot take it away.”

Responding to Thomas’ opinion, Takei referenced what his own family went through during World War II when they were taken to internment camps.

“My parents lost everything that they worked for in the middle of their lives, in their thirties. Their business, their home? We’re supposed to call that dignified? Marched out of our homes at gunpoint? He is an embarrassment. He is a disgrace to America!” Takei told Fox 10 Phoenix.

“He is a clown in blackface sitting on the Supreme Court. He doesn’t belong there. For him to say that slaves had dignity? Doesn’t he know that slaves were enchained? That they were whipped on the back…they were raped! And he says he had dignity as slaves?”

Damn, talk about being on point.

To see Takei’s reaction to Thomas’ opinion, check out the video below:

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