# I pit the Louisiana judge who is, apparently, stuck in a time warp **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960 "2009-10-15T22:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/61 "2009-10-16T06:44:48Z")
Has there ever, in the history of the world, been a sentence that started with “I’m not a racist but” that has failed to expose the speaker as a racist by the end…? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/62 "2009-10-16T06:50:57Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Nuke 'em from orbit. Its the only way to be sure. Fuckin’ A! Aaaand…I guess I could say that I’m not racist, but I _do_ heartily believe in _demo_cide, so it’s me for the win! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/63 "2009-10-16T06:54:51Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Oh, I don’t know. I think he’s taken quite a few steps to the right. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/64 "2009-10-16T09:48:27Z")
I hope Bardwell follows his conscience each time he’s asked to marry a couple. “No, I refuse to marry this couple because the groom’s family is a bunch of slack-jawed high school drop-outs. I’ve seen the children from these type of marriages, and I don’t want to subject them to the dead-end life they’d have growing up poor and stupid.” “I couldn’t in good faith marry Ms. Smith because she’s screwed everyone from her high school gym teacher to…well, to me. And I want to save her future children from the humiliation of having their mom one day appear on a Jerry Springer “Who’s Your Daddy?” episode.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/65 "2009-10-16T11:38:53Z")
Believe it or not, I have found a flaw in Justice Bardwell’s otherwise impeccable logic. Though he may not realize it, it is possible for people to have children _without being married!_ So in addition to whatever “suffering” he expects these children to encounter, he’s forcing them to be _bastards!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/66 "2009-10-16T11:48:58Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > So in addition to whatever “suffering” he expects these children to encounter, he’s forcing them to be _bastards!!!_ To be fair, being a total bastard doesn’t seem to have held the judge back any. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/67 "2009-10-16T12:18:31Z")
So far as I can tell, he’s a justice of the peace, not a judge. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/68 "2009-10-16T12:33:30Z")
Exactly; a real judge (OK, the vast majority of them, anyway) know damn well they couldn’t get away with the crap Bardwell spewed. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/69 "2009-10-16T12:43:58Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > What’s interesting to me is that there have been comments here about how there isn’t much this guy can do to stem the tide, but not much about the poor under-served black woman. When all the white women are married, then the black women shall walk the aisle. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/70 "2009-10-16T12:45:14Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > In all seriousness, I have seen some articles that mention studies that suggest that children from very different racial background tend to be healthier than their non-mixed peers. Bad genes rarely occur in very different groups, so there is less chance of passing the “bad juju”\*. I think you meant to say that _the same_ bad genes rarely occur in different groups, so in unions between persons of different racial or ethnic groups, the bad recessive genes of either party stay recessive in the children, if the kids wind up carrying those genes at all. And btw, that’s one cute kid you have! (At least, I assume your link upthread was to a pic of one of your kids.) She’s gonna be breaking the guys’ hearts right and left when she gets into her teens. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/71 "2009-10-16T12:46:15Z")
I see this troglodyte moron turned the racist double play: ‘I’m not a racist but the races shouldn’t mix’ AND ‘some of my best friends are black’ in the very same breath. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/72 "2009-10-16T12:51:23Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I think you meant to say that _the same_ bad genes rarely occur in different groups, so in unions between persons of different racial or ethnic groups, the bad recessive genes of either party stay recessive in the children, if the kids wind up carrying those genes at all. Yep, that’s what I meant. A couple of words went missing on the way to my fingers from my brain. It happens sometimes. > [@](#): > > And btw, that’s one cute kid you have! (At least, I assume your link upthread was to a pic of one of your kids.) She’s my only kid, and she is a complete mutt, racially speaking. She can claim ancestry from natives of 3 continents. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/73 "2009-10-16T13:00:03Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Oh, I don’t know. I think he’s taken quite a few steps to the right. Oh, give me an ever-loving break. :rolleyes: This has nothing to do with politics. The guy is a pig, and I don’t care who he votes for. That said, I think I am right in saying this one twit will not prevent this couple from getting married, so all he’s done is shone a big huge spotlight on his ridiculous beliefs. **Mighty** , your tot is adorable! ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/74 "2009-10-16T13:02:42Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It’s the opposite of inbreeding. “Hybrid vigor” as it’s sometimes called. Yes, but a mixed race person needing a bone marrow or stem cell transplant will likely have a very hard time finding a matching donor. Now, that is. Maybe after a century or two of further gene mixing, things will be better in this regard. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/75 "2009-10-16T13:04:34Z")
**Mighty** what races makes up your kid? I can’t work it out. Oh and btb, the quote of the justice is probably the best “I’m not a racist, but…” ever recorded. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/76 "2009-10-16T13:06:54Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > “Piles of black friends”? > :dubious: He cut 'em down. He just hasn’t gotten around to buryin’ 'em yet… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/77 "2009-10-16T13:11:46Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Nasty-minded and stupid, that is. > > In fact, the meme that the positive societal elements that existed in this country pre-1968 are inextricably interwined with and supportive of racism is probably the most stupid one that goes on around this place, so I can’t say I’m surprised to see you parroting it. > > For about the 848th time, the counter-culture revolution that took place in the late sixties had nothing to do with race, nor does contemptuousness for the results of it. If you wanna talk about things that truly made the civil rights movement take off, you’re going to have to go back to the polite, well-dressed and dignified black people of the fifties and early-to-mid sixties. You know, the ones who behaved in the same mature, adult ways that you call racist when it comes to white people. > > And thanks, **Miller**. I know we often disagree but I’ve always regarded you as an honest poster. Your response to **Zsofia** is another example of your desire to keep things honest and and accurate and I appreciate your words in my defense. I apologize, SA - I was, in fact, out of line. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/78 "2009-10-16T13:13:42Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Bad genes rarely occur in very different groups, so there is less chance of passing the “bad juju”\*. Some of my best friends know Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/79 "2009-10-16T13:15:40Z")
> [@Laudenum](#): > > **Mighty** what races makes up your kid? > I can’t work it out. > > Oh and btb, the quote of the justice is probably the best “I’m not a racist, but…” ever recorded. My mom is a dark-skinned mulatto Dominican, my Dad is a white, blue-eyed Dominican with a set of Spanish grandparents. My husband is Danish, with no other ancestry that they can ascertain going back a hundred years or more. So my kids have ancestors from Africa (black Africans and possibly “moors” via Spain), Europe (Spain and Denmark), and almost certainly a dash of Arawak Indian (genetics studies revealed that they were not so much exterminated as simply assimilated into the general population). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960/80 "2009-10-16T13:42:03Z")
It just occured to me that marriage is not a constitutional right in the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-louisiana-judge-who-is-apparently-stuck-in-a-time-warp/513960.md?page=5)