Mon Jan 21, 2013, 06:49 PM

LiberalFighter (31,076 posts)

Scalia has one of the stupidest hats for one to wear.

Sort of reminds me of those Italians during the middle ages.

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Scalia has one of the stupidest hats for one to wear. (Original post)	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	OP
I wrote, earlier, that he reminds me of Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor	Siwsan	Jan 2013	#1
It is a Tudor Bonnet	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#2
To be precise, modeled on Thomas More's	muriel_volestrangler	Jan 2013	#10
Whoops... typo... I meant "Turd Bonnet"	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#11
I think Scalia wouldn't mind	Cirque du So-What	Jan 2013	#12
Exactly! That's what I was just thinking!	cilla4progress	Jan 2013	#3
Very Lorenzo De Medici	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2013	#4
He thinks he is a bull fighter	Angry Dragon	Jan 2013	#5
Befitting of his medieval mindset. nt	SunSeeker	Jan 2013	#6
More Renaissance or Reformation era, I think.	Deep13	Jan 2013	#7
I think this would be a tweet we should blast the hell out of.	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	#8
Justice Stephen Breyer was shown	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#9
The trouble with that statement is it isn't true.	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	#14
Oh, I see...	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#15
I guess you are not out much in the real world to recognize typical hats.	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	#18
No one is saying its a "typical" hat	onenote	Jan 2013	#19
Yeah! In the "real world" I reside in...	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#20
Nothing wrong with it, particularly since he's in his judicial robe.	Bake	Jan 2013	#13
Yep. And in the off chance that anyone wants to know the history of the skull cap	onenote	Jan 2013	#16
Downgrade	kairos12	Jan 2013	#17
Rehnquist's gold robe stripes.....	yellowcanine	Jan 2013	#21

Response to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 06:52 PM

Siwsan (1,816 posts)

1. I wrote, earlier, that he reminds me of Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor

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Mon Jan 21, 2013, 06:55 PM

jberryhill (29,884 posts)

2. It is a Tudor Bonnet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_bonnet

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Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:24 PM

muriel_volestrangler (65,316 posts)

10. To be precise, modeled on Thomas More's

The twitterverse is alive with tweets about Justice Scalia’s headgear for today’s inauguration. At the risk of putting all the fun speculation to an end . . . The hat is a custom-made replica of the hat depicted in Holbein’s famous portrait of St. Thomas More. It was a gift from the St. Thomas More Society of Richmond, Virginia. We presented it to him in November 2010 as a memento of his participation in our 27th annual Red Mass and dinner.

http://walshslaw.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/about-justice-scalias-headgear/

Now, More is very admired in Catholic circles. He's literally a saint. But some also point out that, as well as being a martyr for his Catholic beliefs, he wasn't above sending Protestants to the stake to be burnt.

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Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:36 PM

jberryhill (29,884 posts)

11. Whoops... typo... I meant "Turd Bonnet"

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Mon Jan 21, 2013, 08:23 PM

Cirque du So-What (8,866 posts)

12. I think Scalia wouldn't mind

roasting a few of them himself.

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Response to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 06:56 PM

cilla4progress (2,962 posts)

3. Exactly! That's what I was just thinking!

I guess it reflects the evolution (or not) of his thinking!

Stuck in the Italian Renaissance. Not a bad place to be, if you are him!

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Response to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 06:57 PM

Bluenorthwest (24,127 posts)

4. Very Lorenzo De Medici

That has to be a special order...

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Response to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 06:57 PM

Angry Dragon (24,073 posts)

5. He thinks he is a bull fighter

when all the bull is inside

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Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:06 PM

SunSeeker (5,011 posts)

6. Befitting of his medieval mindset. nt

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Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:10 PM

Deep13 (37,219 posts)

7. More Renaissance or Reformation era, I think.

Still looks stupid.

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Response to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:10 PM

LiberalFighter (31,076 posts)

8. I think this would be a tweet we should blast the hell out of.

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Response to LiberalFighter (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:15 PM

DonViejo (4,492 posts)

9. Justice Stephen Breyer was shown

wearing the same hat when he arrived on the Inaugural stage, today. Going viral with pics of Fat Tony Scalia will backfire

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Wed Jan 23, 2013, 09:15 PM

LiberalFighter (31,076 posts)

14. The trouble with that statement is it isn't true.

It's an entirely different style.

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Response to LiberalFighter (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 09:25 PM

DonViejo (4,492 posts)

15. Oh, I see...

Justice Scalia wore a weird hat, but Justice Breyer wore a different style weird hat. Thanks for the enlightenment, much appreciated!

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Response to DonViejo (Reply #15)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:45 AM

LiberalFighter (31,076 posts)

18. I guess you are not out much in the real world to recognize typical hats.

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Response to LiberalFighter (Reply #18)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:09 AM

onenote (22,006 posts)

19. No one is saying its a "typical" hat

Skull caps are not typical, but there is a historical basis for wearing them. For example, seven of the justices wore skull caps to JFK's inauguration. Breyer and Scalia apparently enjoy maintaining the tradition. Breyer wore a skull cap not only to Obama's second inauguration, but also to bush's second swearing in.

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Response to LiberalFighter (Reply #18)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:52 AM

DonViejo (4,492 posts)

20. Yeah! In the "real world" I reside in...

75% of the population lives below the poverty level and subsists on welfare. A "typical" hat is generally known as a baseball cap, carrying the names of a baseball team, or companies, e.g. real estate, cement or a small grocery store that gave the caps to their customers during the December/January holiday season. I guess I should move to the real world of liberal fighters where a typical hat is weird but nonetheless "typical." BTW, how many of those Breyer style typical hats do you own?

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Response to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 09:03 PM

Bake (21,673 posts)