<p>^ In other words he doesn’t play to the crowd but just considers the cases and casts, what we can assume, is a considered opinion. Must Supreme Court justices be loud to be good? Thomas has stated that he does not like to give interviews because he believes that the media has a preconceived storyline in mind for him. He went through what he himself described as an “electronic lynching” when he was up for confirmation. Is it so hard to fathom why he likes to be circumspect? Does that mean he’s dumb?</p>
<p>I have found in life that some of the most eloquent speakers and writers are pretty vacuous upstairs. </p>
<p>My guess is that Thomas is reluctant to craft opinions often because he believes himself a target of the media and the liberal establishment and that anything he commits to print will be scrutinized and found to be evidence that he is . . . dumb!</p>
<p>I see this as analogous to classic bullying. When you’re ridiculed and bullied by a mob, one response – and often the sensible response – is to simply hunker down so as not to attract the mob’s attention.</p>
<p>The irony, of course, is that hunkering down posture is now evidence of being dumb.</p>