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[telemann.livejournal.com]

Several news reports described a collective gasp in the court when Justice Scalia made his statement. Rachel Maddow's coverage (she was in the court for the oral arguments) and shows a clip from President Johnson's speech proposing the Voting Rights Act. In that speech, Johnson cited specific examples of voter repression, some of which should sound familiar since they're STILL occurring.

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[telemann.livejournal.com]

which doesn't fit on a standard image macro, so you might not ever read it otherwise:

And you'd be very wrong.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Maybe so. You certainly couldn't be bothered, though.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

So you claim.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

There wasn't a link in the original post for the full comment, so I think the facts speak for themselves.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Oh I thought you meant I'd never read (or have read) the full statement. Not that your whines about context or failing to cite the full quote on a macro, or *gasp* a link to the full statement, makes what he said significantly different, because, well as others have pointed out below, it didn't.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

But god forbid anyone get to that conclusion on their own, right or wrong.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

But god forbid anyone look for more information about a post.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I agree. That's why helping out would have been good.

But, alas, you dropped the ball.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

You'll live.