J6 hearing: People are by nature intolerant.

[madaboutharry]

We can't even tolerate a person who speaks slowly, regardless of the content of their words.

We just want to be entertained.

[elleng]

1. Sad, isn't it?

No wonder so few of us became lawyers!

[Magoo48]

17. Glad I live in the West. Most of us talk slow.

Now, at 74, I talk a lot slower than my brain sends words to my mouth. Sometimes my mouth balks altogether and, for no apparent reason, I have to use a more mundane “default word”.

[hlthe2b]

24. I think Colorado is the West, the last I checked. I find that a rather inflated generalization.

Not to mention all those Spanish-speakers.

[inthewind21]

25. SMH

[hlthe2b]

27. SMH, YMMV, ICYMI, IFYKYK, IJS, and Bless your heart!

Yup, SMH

[Magoo48]

28. I speak Spanish as well but only with people who speak it slowly.

[hlthe2b]

29. LOL

I ask for that too, but seems it falls to me to improve my Spanish.

[Magoo48]

30. I know, I hate that part.

[Ninga]

2. Ding Ding Ding! Thank you.

[hlthe2b]

8. Commenting on it does not equate to being intolerant. I am unaccustomed to slow speaking so I am

intently listening. Admittedly with some difficulty, but my respect for what this legal scholar has to say (whether a conservative or not) motivates me to make the effort.

I do not know how that equates to intolerance.

[Ninga]

14. Some posters

remarked about his delivery and not the substance of his remarks. That is the distinction in my mind that may indicate intolerance.

[Pantagruel]

3. Agree

Short attention span America.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. We've lost the ability to read a newspaper, to listen to the content of a speaker, and

demand an immediate, 60 second or 240 character recap of everything.

[mopinko]

5. du at it's finest.

not.

[hlthe2b]

9. Commenting on it does not equate to being intolerant. I am unaccustomed to slow speaking so I am

intently listening. Admittedly with some difficulty, but my respect for what this legal scholar has to say (whether a conservative or not) motivates me to make the effort.

I do not know how that equates to intolerance. Except, perhaps towards other DUers not deserving of such derision.

[mopinko]

11. how many threads are there right now about this?

yeah, no. it's whining and it's sad.

[hlthe2b]

13. I don't think any of us get to be the arbitors of how many can create a thread to discuss an issue.

Ignore feature is your friend using keywords. But assuming they are all being intolerant is quite the broad stroke.

[inthewind21]

20. irony

[hlthe2b]

23. Not at all. I am not calling out other DUers as intolerant for a different viewpoint--noticing a

a phenomenon with which they were unaccustomed And there is some irony for you to consider if you can't see that.

[inthewind21]

26. Yeah ok

W/E

[hlthe2b]

6. Commenting on it does not equate to being intolerant. I am unaccustomed to slow speaking so I am

intently listening. Admittedly with some difficulty, but my respect for what this legal scholar has to say (whether a conservative or not) motivates me to make the effort.

I do not know how that equates to intolerance.

[EndlessWire]

7. My new job

After studying the faces of those sitting behind speakers at the UN, and those that are sitting behind the witnesses today, I conclude that I could hire myself out as one of those backing people. I clean up well, and can look interested. I could make a bundle. Hire me!

The blonde sitting behind Mr. Jacob is plainly fighting to stay awake. She is really struggling. Let's hope that the ten minute break comes up sooner than later.

[Ocelot II]

10. Yup. Maybe it's on account of instant information from social media,

all presented in short sound bites, but too many of us have the attention span of gerbils. If you're old and had to read newspapers and do research in libraries using physical books and write without word processing, you might have more patience.

[NewHendoLib]

12. I find the judge considered, knowledgeable, impressive, and thorough

and I am a fast talker.

Slow, measured speaking is often indicative of the wish for the audience to pay attention - to put gravity on what it is said.

People, in general, are brutally hard on each other.

[meadowlander]

15. If it was just him, fine,

but there's a long tradition of Republicans sabotaging hearings by making them unwatchable with their shenanigans and I don't think it's "intolerant" to point out that he has been asked to speak on a national stage, to provide information to the American people, and that his appallingly poor public speaking skills are getting in the way of that.

[inthewind21]

22. As opposed to

the stellar public speaking skills of say Jim Jordan? Being WILLING to TESTIFY in a congressional hearing, against your own clerk, on national television is quite another.

[maxsolomon]

16. Frustration is not Intolerance.

It has nothing to do with Entertainment.

Obama often spoke slowly, and I often became frustrated by it. I feel the same way when Biden is slow and deliberate. I know why they do it.

When a witness speaks slowly, it can feel like they are stalling or wasting time to limit the number of questions they are asked. Everyone listening is well aware that the future of Democracy on the line.

Perhaps you need to tolerate the frustration.

[Nictuku]

18. It is ridiculous

Clearly this man thinks of the words he is about to say. He is very careful of what he says. That should actually mean something.

And good grief, how about a little respect for our elders. This man is a RETIRED Judge. Give him a break. Seriously.

[H2O Man]

19. Recommended.

I've just got back on DU during the break, so I haven't seen that here yet. But an old friend did make a snarky e-mail about it. In my opinion, it is shallowness.

[chowder66]

21. I thought he was just being pensive and very deliberate about what he was going to say.

[iemanja]

33. Yes, I agree.

[deucemagnet]

31. Good God, why is everybody so eager to set the bar so low for this man?

It's not about being entertained, it's about making yourself understood. Perhaps his testimony could be considered brilliant if he were composing at a keyboard, but he wasn't. He was giving oral testimony, and delivering it in a manner that made him very difficult to listen to.

If you interview for a job the way that Lettig gave testimony, you continue your job search. If you defend your thesis the way that Lettig gave testimony, you've wasted years of your life in grad school. Is expecting a federal judge to communicate clearly and effectively too much to ask?

[iemanja]

32. The threads about Judge Luttig are embarassing

Those posters show themselves in very poor light.

[we can do it]

34. Just pathetic. Content over presentation any time.

[Scrivener7]

35. I still don't get his point where he was saying there was a historic precedent, regardless of

the speed at which he said it, because there is NO historic precedent.

That statement was unnecessarily convoluted. If you got his point, please explain it to me.

That being said, his ending was awesome.