Katie Couric admits editing 2016 RBG interview to remove comments critical of anthem kneeling

[Stuart98]

It's one thing to oppose Colin Kaepernick's protest. That's bad and weird, but whatever. It's a little bit worse, however, to suggest that black people should be grateful we brought them here and that they aren't in Africa. There's no way to spin that in a way that isn't shockingly racist.

That is... not what she said.

"Black people lived a better life here than 'in the places that they came from'" is basically exactly what she said, and it's been a racist talking point used to justify present day racism against black people dating back all the way to the height of slavery. It's profoundly disappointing to me that she said it, and I think we'd all do well to be aware of the history of such arguments.

[Stuart98]

Ginsburg's biggest mistake wasn't this, but not resigning from the court while Obama was President. I think she honestly bought into the hype that people created around her and wanted to leave the court on her own terms rather than what was good for the country.

You can argue in hindsight that it was a mistake, but how many people thought that Donald Trump would ever become president?

She should have retired in 2013. It was very obvious Democrats were going to lose the senate in 2014, and it was likely that whoever the D nominee was in 2016 was going to lose simply because a party rarely wins 3 terms in the white house in a row. Her decision to not retire when Obama would get to pick the replacement of his choice was always much more likely to backfire than it was to not.