Taalgebruik omtrent benoeming rechter USA ontleed

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Hieronder een bloemlezing van de commentaren op de benoeming (die door de
Senaat moet worden goedgekeurd) van een rechter in de Supreme Court.

Wie gaat deze commentaren ontleden op afkomst (genealogisch) van de
commentaargevers?
Zonder in discriminatie te vervallen ;)

Groet / Cees

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-28/the-secret-code-words-of-the-sotomayor-confirmation-battle/

The Secret Code Words of the Sotomayor Confirmation Battle
by Ben Crair
May 28, 2009 | 11:49pm

Supreme Court Nominee Announcement Larry Downing / Reuters Supreme Court
nominations require the media and politicians to develop their own
delicate code words. Otherwise, you're liable to be accused of a
"high-tech lynching." So what does it mean when someone calls Barack Obama
nominee Sonia Sotomayor "vibrant," "domineering," or even "Maria"? The
Daily Beast has assembled a glossary to guide you through the upcoming
debate over her nomination.

affirmative action
-noun

1.The condition of being a successful minority: She is an affirmative
action case extraordinaire and she has put down white men in favor of
Latina women.—Rush Limbaugh;

I say it’s affirmative action. They were picked because she’s a woman and
a Hispanic.—Pat Buchanan.

The Bronx
-noun

1. A borough of New York City that confers authenticity on those who are
born there: Born in the South Bronx, she was raised in a housing project
not far from Yankee Stadium, making her a lifelong Yankees fan.—Barack
Obama;

Sonia Sotomayor—who rose from the broken-glass streets of a city housing
project to become the Supreme Court's first Latina nominee—says she's just
a "kid from the Bronx."—Daily News.

colorful
-adjective

1. Hispanic; esp. Puerto Rican: Sotomayor's humble upbringing has shaped
her personality—vibrant and colorful, and so different from the Bronx
projects where she grew up in a working-class existence in a home with a
drab yellow kitchen.—Associated Press.

[A] brilliant, accomplished and colorful choice to replace Justice David
Souter—Ronald Goldfarb.

domineering
-adjective

1. bitchy; behaving like a female in a position of power: [Sotomayor] is
reportedly domineering in oral arguments. —Fox’s Bill Hemmer;

She has an inflated opinion of herself and is domineering during oral
arguments—Jeffrey Rosen.

empathy
-noun

1. a condition unique to liberals whose symptoms include spinelessness and
cowardice: Crazy nonsense empathetic. I'll give you empathy. Empathize
right on your behind. Craziness.—Michael Steele;

In the president's now-famous word, judging should be shaped by "empathy"
as much or more than by reason.—The Wall Street Journal.

inspiring
-adjective

1. born into poverty: I've decided to nominate an inspiring woman who I
believe will make a great justice, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the great
state of New York.—Barack Obama.

Judge Sotomayor has an inspiring story of success in the face of
hardship.—Blanche Lincoln.

Maria
-noun

1. a name that for some Republicans is interchangeable with “Sonia”: The
appointment of Maria Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is the clearest
indication yet that President Obama's campaign promises to be a centrist
and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric.—Mike Huckabee.

policy
-noun

1. any number of liberal causes, including abortions and affirmative
action run amok: [The] Court of Appeals is where policy is made.—Sonia
Sotomayor.

Quota Queen
-noun

1. a minority woman who emasculates white men through affirmative action:
She’s something of a Quota Queen.—Ron Dreher.

racist
-noun

1. a minority person who suggests that racism still exists and should be
corrected: Here you have a racist — you might want to soften that, and you
might want to say a reverse-racist.—Rush Limbaugh;

White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist
should also withdraw.—Newt Gingrich.

social justice
-noun

1. a communist revolution or plot: [Obama] wants someone who is smart
enough, but whose real priorities can be boiled down to trite lefty tropes
about "social justice."—Jonah Goldberg.

temperament
-noun

1. similar to disposition; something that can disqualify a female judicial
appointee: Substantial questions also persist regarding Judge Sotomayor’s
temperament and disposition to be a Supreme Court justice.—Michelle
Malkin;

She really lacks judicial temperament—Almanac of the Federal Judiciary.

unsatisfied
-adjective

1. aggrieved, esp. with regard to a minority person who fails to
appreciate what has already been given to him or her: Sotomayor was
ultimately unsatisfied by the appointment of Luis Garcia as associate dean
of student affairs in September 1974.—Michael Goldfarb.

vibrant
-adjective

1.see COLORFUL.

Ben Crair is an assistant editor at The Daily Beast.

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