• dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I think the bigger takeaway from this is not that it was his wife who did it (regardless of whether that’s true), it’s that he readily threw his wife under the bus in an attempt to save face for himself. That, by itself, speaks volumes to the type of guy he is at his very core. Or even his supposed loved ones are safe if he feels threatened. Now that’s the sad part.

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      7 months ago

      It’s easy to do that when she will suffer no consequences whatsoever for it. He’s not sacrificing her to save himself, he’s using a convenient excuse whereby the member of the household who has some nominal expectation of impartiality and civic support keeps their hands clean because their spouse has apparently have zero implications for their impartiality or ethics (see Thomas, Ginni).

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        7 months ago

        You just described what it is to throw someone under the bus. 😊

        To “throw under the bus” is a figurative phrase in English meaning to blame or abandon a person for selfish reasons. It is typically used to describe a disavowal of a previously amicable relationship to avoid being associated with something controversial or embarrassing.

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          7 months ago

          “Throw someone under the bus” implies the other person going under the bus is bad for them and you’re doing it so they receive the harm instead of you. If someone says “hey, who shit in my flower bed” and you blame your dog, the dog isn’t going to suffer any consequences. I think Alito’s wife probably thinks he’s outplayed the haters, not that he’s harmed her to save himself, because nothing at all will happen to her.

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      7 months ago

      This is the selfish narcissist core right here. He threw his wife under the bus rather than backing her up.