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DEI Dies in Another Red State (townhall.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

The opening quote is such a self-own lol

It's soooo smart of Alabama to focus on this instead of improving their education system (5th worst in the country)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

The legislation outlines eight “divisive concepts” including discussions around conscious or subconscious racism and sexism, and whether “meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist” that are now prohibited.

The government is banning discussions. How is this not policing speech?

[+] [email protected] -8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Anytime this woke bs dies the world becomes a better place

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Agreed! Homogeneity, inequity, and exclusion are core principles of conservative America. Merit is the only means by which others should be judged, their achievements a testament to their productivity and usefulness. And if that means hiring less minorities and excluding lesser people who aren't a good cultural fit because of "the system" or whatever, then so be it. The few that make it through will prove to everyone else that, if they submit to the grind, they too can succeed.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Merit is the only means by which others should be judged, their achievements a testament to their productivity and usefulness. And if that means hiring less minorities and excluding lesser people who aren’t a good cultural fit because of “the system” or whatever, then so be it.

Are you really trying to imply minority groups have less merit? Do you want your surgeon to be merit based or diversity based? Do you want your pilots to be blind because they are underrepresented in airline pilots?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Are you really trying to imply minority groups have less merit?

That's literally the implication of dismantling DEI initiatives. Because no DEI program sacrificed merit for diversity. A diverse candidate qualifies on merit first then other characteristics.

Do you want your surgeon to be merit based or diversity based? Do you want your pilots to be blind because they are underrepresented in airline pilots?

...you know what? Yeah, why not? What's the difference began a good minority surgeon and a good majority surgeon? It's not like stitches are going to stitch themselves. And better someone who won't dismiss my pain because of my skin color than someone who will.

And if there are technologies that allow blind pilots to perform at the level of seeing pilots, then...actually I hate flying altogether so I'll sit this one out.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The reality is, boomers and their offspring for various reasons felt really horrible about how minorities were treated in western nations and about colonialism and slavery. They sought equal rights for POC & That’s good, but to abandon merit based systems of promotion and success is ridiculous. The best people should move forward in every situation. If A POC is the better than his white counter-part then so be it, everything should be equal opportunity not forced outcome based on skin color, gender, sexuality ect.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

everything should be equal opportunity

That's impossible when the opportunities to even be prepared for opportunities is unequal. The children in San Francisco's most prestigious private schools (itself a function of wealth) aren't drinking leaded water like public school attending kids in Flint, Michigan.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There in lies government corruption, not to harp on easy prey but how can the usa fund hundreds Of billions of dollars in ukraine but not fix a problem that would cost a fraction of that, same with the border wall, homelessness, rehabilitationof drug addicts ect……. Our government is run by fools and corrupt politicians along with intelligence agency deep state people that dgaf about poor people here cz that’s not what makes money

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I actually agree with you, even for some of the same reasons.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wars are only fought for two reasons (usually) money and power

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you haven't, you should read Smedley Butler's War Is A Racket, which was written in 1935. US wars have been waged for bullshit reasons for at least a century.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Truth be told, most wars are for bs reasons, few wars are fought for valid reasons like liberation of oppressed people or fighting off aggressive nations. Hell Vikings raided Europe for centuries just for Catholic church gold and bad bitches lol

[+] [email protected] -7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Michigan should get its shit together end vote for new leadership, however they vote in the same bs every year expecting things to change, replacing one corrupt democrat with another corrupt democrat. Look at the last two governors, there is nothing they have done to fix it, just broken bs promises. Meanwhile we fund billion dollar satellites to take pictures of pluto, something’s broken here and it’s not opportunity systems, its government

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Michigan should get its shit together end vote for new leadership, however they vote in the same bs every year expecting things to change

The question to ask is why they don't vote differently. It's too easy to say they're stupid, brainwashed, it's the deep state, it whatever. None of those actually helpful. How do you get stupid people to vote differently if you think they're too stupid to do so?

Instead, what's the Republican party offering in Michigan and why aren't voters taking it?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Fuck the rnc and the dnc we need people that are willing to do what’s right for the people and the country, not dinners and ceos at mega corps, im a registered republican, yes. But im not a trump guy, romney guy, none of that. Its about what’s right. I’ve written my dem congressman in ma about certain things and they got help fii out r my dad when he needed it. Its about what’s right. If u asking me what’s wrong with the rnc in Michigan it’s that it’s run by establishment fools and scam artists who take peoples money and don’t deliver. Hopefully getting rhonna McDaniel out the rnc is a good start