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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jul 2015

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      23. George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party sitting w/ Nation of Islam in 1961. https://twitter.com/AtDawnTheyTweet/status/616828364461109248 …

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jul 2015
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      24. But there's one other thing to say about George Takei. When he was young he & his family were interned in camp by USA gov't.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jul 2015
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      25. I suspect what annoyed Takei wasn't just Thomas opposition to same sex marriage but also comment on internment in that decision.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jul 2015
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      26. In decision, Thomas said that government can't deny dignity, that slaves and interned Japanese maintained dignity even in suffering.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jul 2015

      27. So Thomas was saying (to Takei & other minorities): we shouldn't complain, we have stiff upper lip, we can take it.

      9:53 PM - 2 Jul 2015 from Toronto, Ontario
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jul 2015
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          28. The "blackface" comment is likely outburst of Takei's personal feeling that Thomas was appropriating internment experience for bad ends

          7 replies 14 retweets 22 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jul 2015
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          29. This contextualization isn't to defend Takei's appalling words but they do show that they came from place of genuine pain.

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        2. Nick‏ @theslick24 2 Jul 2015
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet Right, as bad as it sounds, what Thomas said has been a rallying cry of the oppressed. You can't break us

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        3. FREE PARKING  🇸🇩‏ @vertov 2 Jul 2015
          Replying to @theslick24

          @theslick24 @HeerJeet but it sounds like high pious nonsense from Thomas. Like a rich man smoking a cigar saying the poor are rich in spirit

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        1. D. Arnold Rothstein‏ @RoseGoldHero89 2 Jul 2015
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet at the core CT's argument was a subtle defense of white supremacy that people of color shouldn't accept.

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        2. John Gaffney‏ @jfpgaffney 2 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet This seems like the generous interpretation, and may very well be right. Lacks a foundation to make people not think it's crazy.

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        3. TimS‏ @TimSEsq 2 Jul 2015
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          @jfpgaffney @HeerJeet Foundation is the long history of Thomas' other judicial opinions laying out this very philosophy

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        1. Saskboy from Saskatchewan‏ @saskboy 2 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet except a great many people recognize that minorities can't take systemic racism without odd and violent consequences popping up.

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        1. Bob Dunkin‏ @Blackbird_2 2 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet I answered what I KNEW I belived...which was true in EVERY other instance of this happening... Just like George...

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        2. Andrew Kahn‏Verified account @andrew_m_kahn 3 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet do we really need to worry ourselves about his background—however interesting that may be—to understand his definition of dignity?

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        3. Andrew Kahn‏Verified account @andrew_m_kahn 3 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet it's a pretty standard definition and—at least in the written opinion—kennedy is really conscientious about using the same one

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