| In that video he calmly replies "You're an appalling idiot" to the person calling him* "disgusting". I was more interested in the alleged shouting at civil questions. *Correction: The student is calling what he's doing disgusting, not the man himself. > Your typical Stanford student, assuming they're not a legacy, is extremely hard-working and bright. Top of their class. Whereas your typical judge is a mediocre lawyer who happened to be a known commodity among oily politicians. The typical judge, perhaps, but Duncan [0] graduated summa cum laude [1] from Louisiana State University, which seems to be well regarded, and earned a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School, which is "widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked in the top five schools in the United States" [2]. But more pertinent is engineer_22's comment [3] that he was invited to speak by some of those students you think so highly of. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Duncan_(judge) [1] meaning "with highest praise", typically awarded to graduates in the top 1%, 2%, or 5% of their class - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_honors#Distinctions [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Law_School [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35121972 |