Was this supposed to convince anybody?
A lot of these Republicans secretly hate that their disabled neighbor gets government assistance. They hate having to deal with the bagger with down syndrome, or the autistic barista. They think their pregnant friend should be married, a stay-at-home-mom, and it should be her husband making the money. They don’t want everybody to have an equal opportunity, they only want “people who deserve it” to have an opportunity. Where, of course, “people who deserve it” is conservative straight white men from rural areas, or whatever.
Honestly, how could you watch nearly 10 years of hateful rhetoric and think “oh, I just need to explain DEI better, then they’ll support it!”
Upvotes for correctness. But don’t forget the centrists.
The people you describe are a minority. And they convinced the centrists that DEI is just rich people keeping out working class people from top jobs.
These same centrists who did vote for Obama, did support abortion rights and marriage equality, just not as strongly as the left.
It all boils down to taking back the narrative and OP is trying to do that.
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They don’t care.
Unless it happens to them, and then it’s not really DEI. /s
Or it’s the Dems’ fault.
Hello I have a lot of those. I haven’t had a job in 10 years because nobody will hire me because I’m unable to “pass” as able bodied neurotypical. I require a service dog with me.
I’m pretty much fucked where I live as I’m in a heavy republican state.
Let’s see how long it takes for my public housing, medical and food stamps are taken away.
It pretty much just did get taken away. Trump didn’t even need the republicans in congress to help.
That’s been stopped in court, for now.
Why do you people think talking will help? You are so far past the point of honest discussion it’s mind-blowing.
THERE IS NO EUREKA MOMENT COMING FROM RHETORIC.
Starting a revolution without articulating the cause is just a mob. People need to know what they are fighting for which will bolster unity and resilience.
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The class conciseness is not there yet
Is that when a class can be described in 3 or fewer words?
“Eat the rich!”
(I’m aware this was a joke about the misspelling, but I couldn’t help myself)
I hear you, understand, and agree with you.
(Thought you might need to hear that from someone)
Eh?
Thats why when talking to conservatives you gotta target them, like if a pregant womans trying to make you agree with her on conservative points say hell yeah cant wait for them to get rid of all these pregnant woman that get paid for not working and just pop out babies to avoid work, if they’re old make sure you talk about how you hope they get rid of social security, etc. Fully commit especially when they try to act like it should be kept, call them libreral snowflakes.
the only time their brain processes anything is when it effects them so hold up a mirror basically
“Don’t care, these are not issues for rich people.”
–Republicans
They don’t give a shit. Stop acting like they care.
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It also includes type I and type II diabetes too so remember that when filling out those self identification forms
Oh you mean the useless eaters? They’re taking good jobs from hardworking abled Americans. /s
But seriously, disability rights are not as uncontroversial as she thinks.
Optimistic to believe that Republicans care about the disabled or differently abled. Them getting caught in the crossfire is a feature, not a bug.
This is why being infected with the Woke Mind Virus is the best plague imaginable.
I would argue that even if it was just about ethnicity, it’s the right thing to do to ensure that biases aren’t excluding people and that if you are now giving consideration to DEI policies simply because it might include people with lighter skin tone too, then you are a fucking racist asshole.
But maybe that’s just me.
What’s DEI?
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion laws. They hold companies accountable for discriminating against people with non-normal circumstances. This can include pregnant women, discriminated peoples such as people of color or immigrants, and disabled individuals.
Ah ok, got it. Never heard the acronym before.
Get ready to hear it almost every day now
Conservatives painted DEI as providing Equity in a discriminatory way.
IE: We are hiring 100 people; we have set a goal to hire 30 people of color, 20 neurodivergent people, 20 queer folk, and 10 Women but we are NOT setting a goal for Straight White Men.
The narrative has been made that Straight White Men are being excluded from graduate programs because these quotas must be filled.
In this extreme example it looks pretty bad, because we should be striving to hire and place people based on talent and reliability alone.
It is a branding issue. The outrage has nothing to do with what DEI really is but focuses on a rare example that does the opposite of what it was designed to do.
Another example of how the Truth™ is being used to divide us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llci8MVh8J4&t=156s
Edit: I want to know who the fuck downvoted this. I’m not mad about it for me, I’m mad for her.
