(R) Sen. Tom Coburn asks Elena Kagan whether she had ever contemplated the amount of freedom she had thirty years ago compared to today. Kagan didn't have an actual answer, but Sen. Coburn goes on to state that he has contemplated it and he sees a vast change.
However, (D) Sen. Amy Klobuchar does make a statement that I found to be very insightful. She goes on to state how freedom in is in the eye of the beholder, so to speak. And that to everyone the sense of freedom is different. She uses as an example how many women were working at the higher level of government. FYI, there were hardly any women in such positions. Needless to say the amount of minorities wasn't great at all either.
So, ya, Sen. Coburn may have felt more "free" back then but think about all the people who didn't have all the rights he had when he was young. If I where alive back when was a youngster I would have had the same rights or freedoms as him. I'd have two strikes against me 1) being a women 2) being a minority.
Hmm, makes you think does it not?
Anyway, watch the video if you please for how the situation of the question took place.
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