What is your view on Virginia Thomas' recent request for an apology from Anita Hill?

Ancient history (though I condone nothing). I think Mrs. Hill must have been knocking down Margies when she left such a voicemail.

The only possible rationale I can conceive of is that Mrs. Thomas is in therapy and was told that she should exorcise all of her old issues. Otherwise, I’m with Austinlad and the margaritas.

@Austinlad You mean Mrs. Thomas.

I’m surprised by it. Why after all these years drag up that old story? I honestly think there’s more to Mrs. Thomas’s request than meets the eye.

@gailcalled Thanks for posting the link.I heard a radio story with Virginia’s side of the story and thought it sounded appropriate. Seeing the full message she left leaves me in the margarita camp.

Mrs Thomas has the proverbial screw loose. I watched the entire thing and Mrs Hill was quite convincing.

Whether you believed Thomas or Hill at the time (or today), this is just so weird. Does Mrs. T really think Hill would apologize? Why ask now, after all these years when nothing’s changed? And at 7:30 on a Saturday morning?

@Perg, yes I meant Mrs.Thomas. Sorry. Must have been the double Margie.

@Austinlad may I join you?

LET’S EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD HAVE SOME !!! First one I’ve seen in a while where everybody agrees on something! ;-)

Virginia Thomas is CRAZIER then Anita Hill.

What, she had nothing better to do?

Menopausal ? Drugs? Combo? She Is weird. (Thomas)

Virginia Thomas and her husband were both cut from the same Narcissitic stone me thinks. It’s a pretty high and mighty woman that continues to deny her husbands wrong doing and then request that one of his victims apologize to HER? The audacity is beyond mind-boggling. But then we seem to live in the land of Narcissistic entitlements these days.

she really wants her to say she lied to Congress back then? Only on my death bed would I even think about doing that. On second thought, not. I hope this twists up into some good TV. There’s not much of anything worth a damn on anymore but I would get hooked up on this. WHERE’S JERRY SPRINGER GET HIM IN HERE NOW!

@Austinlad – Pass me a margarita, would you?

Here, @tedibear, take the bucket !!!

Sounds like this belongs in Social now… thought I find a margarita very helpful and always on-topic.

It confirms my notion that we’ll reach infinity before we see the limit of some people’s sense of entitlement.

On the other hand, I don’t worry about Anita Hill. A woman who can write this:

”[O]ne can imagine that she is guided by her own romantic interest in her husband when she assumes that other women find him attractive as well.”

can take care of herself.

@Jeruba truer words were never spoken.
I also like this comment by one reader…....Ms. Hill should offer the following statement to Mrs. Thomas: “I’m sorry your husband sexually harassed me”.

That should be apology enough.

Feel free, anyone, to rephrase and ask this in “Social.” I deliberately chose “General” because I found the event so inexplicable, particularly given that Clarence is a Supreme Court Justice, that I wanted some serious speculation.

Too bad, in some ways, that we do all agree. I’d like to hear an opinion from a dissenter.

The reality may not be margaritas. It could be “nut case.” It could be “off her meds.” It could be “pawn of someone with a new axe to grind” or simple runaway narcissism. There are probably dozens of possible explanations, ranging from delusions of persecution to advice from a crackpot psychic. What I don’t think we have here is normal, sane, logical, healthy behavior. I’m guessing not even Justice Thomas thinks so.

If we all agree hard enough, perhaps this thread should be archived as an exhibit just for the sake of the novelty of it.

All joking aside, Ruth Marcus had an interesting perspective on Mrs. Thomas’s actions in this column in the WaPo. To paraphrase, “As a wife, I get it. As a reporter, I don’t.” And a good explanation of both views. Kinda makes you feel for Mrs. T… until your feet hit the ground again.

FWIW, here is my take on it. I think that what bugs Mrs T is that what Anita Hill said might be true. Otherwise there would not be much point in asking for an apology after all these years. My sympathies go out to Hill. She is clearly a very private person. It must have been painful for her to do what she felt was her civic responsibility. I am sure she wishes this whole issue would just go away.