Samuel Alito

This man has the 'deadest' eyes I have ever seen.

I do make a sincere effort to be realistic about people, most are nether as bad, nor as good, as they appear to be. All of us are an idiosycratic combination of past experiences, genetic dice, sub-surface motivations, and fear. So I try to keep an open mind when I meet someone, or am introduced to them by the media.

When I meet someone, look them in the eye, shake their hand (man or woman), listen to the sound of their voice and the cadence, I can get a general sense of the person. My perception is fairly good, I can tell alot about the person, their happiness/sadness, fear/calmness, curiosity/disinterest, and health/illness.
These are general observations not specific, or intrusive to them.

People I am introduced to in the media, are a much larger mystery. The person can be professionally disguised and photographed. The image is not necessarily the person. So, I evaluate movie stars, personalities, game show hosts, policians, newscasters, and normal folks just caught in the bright lights of cameras with a real caution. They may be great people or not, but I wouldn't be able to tell their real story. So, in truth, I don't know who the person really is.

But from the moment I laid eyes on this Samuel Alito, I knew this is a bad man. I don't mean that in a light hearted or frivolous way. I mean this guy is genuine evil.
Look at his eyes, they are dead. There is nothing there but malignancy. He is a rigid, moralistic, grim lipped, sadistic human being.

The human form of a thumb screw.

There is no mercy, light, hope, or sparkle of empathy. The eyes are dead.

Because of this I have no hope that he will be a compassionate and reasonable justice. He will be a tyrant that supports tyrants.

The American way of life, the collective attempt at culture we have, the fabric of our legal and social lives is about to change. We have Clarence Thomas, Aton Scalia, and now Samuel Alito. The Salem Witch Trials had more impartiality and respect for others. These three, combined with Roberts, are going to be a force for darkness and repression.

There it is.

I don't know what to do about it. Don't know that I can do anything about it.

It is what it is.

I think bad times are ahead, and I really hope I am wrong. I really hope these particular Supreme Court Justices turn out to be fair and honest men, if a little bit rigid in their ideology. I don't really care that they are Theocratic Fascists, just as long as they keep their opinions, their beliefs, and their foamed-mouth religious insanity to themselves.

But looking in the eyes of this Alito, I am filled with fear.