King Wingnut is Dead. Long live the King.

Supreme Court Justice Scalia expressing
his concern for our civic culture.

The long overdue death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has finally arrived, and there's a party at our house, starting with indulging in anything the old rat bastard hated.

1. Most talk shows

Now I really can't wait to watch last night's Colbert.

2. The State of the Union address. "It is a childish spectacle."

Not when Obama does it!

3. Societal change. "One of the things that upsets me about modern society is the coarseness of manners ... It’s very sad."

Fuck you, horse scrotum neck.

4. The Internet. "I’m nervous about our civic culture."

Says one of the citizens who put GW Bush in office.

5. Social networking, and friending.

Facebook makes you gay!

6. Swearing. "You can’t go to a movie—or watch a television show for that matter—without hearing the constant use of the F-word—including, you know, ladies using it." [Italics his]

"Go fuck yourself."--Dick Cheney, Scalia's hunting buddy

We've Been Discriminating Against You for Two Millennia So You'll Have to Wait a Few More

Samuel Alito in '72. Was he one of the 70%
against interracial marriage then?

"Traditional marriage has been around for thousands of years. Same-sex marriage is very new."—Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito

You've been discriminated against, lynched, murdered, beaten, vandalized, assaulted, forced to live in a closet, think you were a sinner, and going to hell for 2000 years while the Bible was telling people they could marry the virgin they raped or the widow of the man they killed in battle, so, yeah, you're just too "new" to give rights to.

And, of course, this wingnut bigot kept talking. Clarence Thomas is at least smart enough to keep his fool mouth shut.

But you want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution, which is newer than cell phones or the Internet? I mean we—we are not—we do not have the ability to see the future. On a question like that, of such fundamental importance, why should it not be left for the people, either acting through initiatives and referendums or through their elected public officials?

I can see the early argument against interracial marriage .. "You want us to render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution, which is newer than the wheel..." I'm sure Alito would have been one of the great many who had a problem with the marriage of Frederick Douglass and Helen Pitts.

John Rogers pointed out, in 2005:

...when the Supreme Court struck down the bans against interracial marriage in 1968 through Virginia vs. Loving, SEVENTY-TWO PERCENT of Americans were against interracial marriage. As a matter of fact, approval of interracial marriage in the US didn't cross the positive threshold until -- sweet God -- 1991

Our modern Supreme Court, ladies and gentlemen, so far behind the times that they use the argument that they're behind the times to suggest we should all stay that way.