# I take no position on whether Justice Scalia is a homophobe

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 28, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-take-no-position-on-whether-justice-scalia-is-a-homophobe/654192 "2013-03-28T17:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-take-no-position-on-whether-justice-scalia-is-a-homophobe/654192/41 "2013-03-30T19:28:51Z")

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> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> You know, a couple years ago I think I would have argued that Scalia was an intelligent but morally reprehensible man, and yet not a troll. But after the whole “don’t obligate yourself to that” there’s just no way he’s NOT a troll.
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> Really Justice Scalia? Don’t obligate ourselves to treating people for life threatening conditions in the ER without making sure they can pay for everything ahead of time? REALLY? That’s a troll statement right there. There is absolutely no defense for it.

Maddow was in the Supreme Court for the Voting Rights Act debate, and saw his face as he said it and concluded that he was a troll [“He’s like that guy responding to your blog using the n-word.”](http://www.thedailyshow.com/extended-interviews/424307/playlist_tds_extended_rachel_maddow/424284?xrs=share_copy)

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Umm, it’s worse to be morally reprehensible than to be a troll. Scalia is multifacted, he’s both. Like a Twix of evil conservatism.  
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No, what is worst is that he is a troll…with power. In Straight Dope terms, he’s a ModTroll, and the banhammer would have crashed down on him long ago.

Kind of sad that a discussion board on the Internet has higher standards of behavior than the highest court in the land.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-take-no-position-on-whether-justice-scalia-is-a-homophobe/654192/42 "2013-04-01T15:53:59Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> Kind of sad that a discussion board on the Internet has higher standards of behavior than the highest court in the land.

This board is allowed to recruit membership from outside the U.S.

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