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Glad to know my tax dollars are getting spent on the new flavor of virtue signaling. Insane this was some super high priority.
This whole administration is a (very bad) joke. America was fun while it lasted. I encourage everyone to read this: https://archive.is/g6ElI The parallels are staggering.
In Europe, if given such instructions, the employee could likely refuse to comply. Upon the likely firing, they can easily contest the decision at an employment tribunal, and likely win, regardless of who is president.
In the US, I suppose it would be GTFO, and even more so as the employee is likely a H1B visa holder.
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It's intentional othering. Watch this video: https://graphics.social/@metin/113865450624948092 We knew what to do about fascists at one point. We have forgotten.
You've conflated fascists with the anti-DEI movement. NASA employees are still free to live together, work together, free to vote, free to say what they please and go to their own churches.
I'm not familiar with US employment laws (if it's a thing). In Europe, if given such instructions, the employee could likely refuse to comply. Upon the likely firing, they can easily contest the decision at an employment tribunal, and likely win, regardless of who is president. In the US, I suppose it would be GTFO, and even more so as the employee is likely a H1B visa holder.
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I suppose hiding the contributions of minorities would make it easier to argue that they're free-loaders, non-contributors, etc. if someone wanted to scapegoat them for societal ills.
> I suppose hiding the contributions of minorities would make it easier to argue that they're free-loaders, non-contributors, etc Agreed. > if I believe you mean "as our own history has shown us"
Glad to know my tax dollars are getting spent on the new flavor of virtue signaling. Insane this was some super high priority.
Do you know how much the FAA spent renaming “cockpit” and changing Notice to Airmen to Notice to Air Missions in all FAA publications? In the midst of a profound controller shortage, the FAA spent millions on changing words. If people want to criticize the current changes as wasting money, then it’s intellectually dishonest not to call out other agencies such as the FAA for their nonsense.
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You've conflated fascists with the anti-DEI movement. NASA employees are still free to live together, work together, free to vote, free to say what they please and go to their own churches.
I don't think you're pulling the wool over anyones eyes but nice try anyway. If you really do believe this, then perhaps you should read up on how fascism works. You know the whole "first they came for X and I did nothing"? That's what that's about.
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Flight deck. Also it was just a recommendation as far as my searching can find, for example https://www.nationalreview.com/news/faa-panel-recommends-cha... This summary of a 2024 FAA re-authorization has the word 'cockpit' 6 times, so I'm dubious that much was done with that recommendation.
That's a highly biased source. I recommend the WaPo article it links to or even the report itself I've linked below. The relevant part is on pages 108 through 135, so ~27 pages out of 217, most of which is title cards, references, and graphs. The document itself uses "cockpit" repeatedly throughout, so these suggestions weren't proactively adopted. EDIT: Fixed link, https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/faa-s-drone-…
Glad to know my tax dollars are getting spent on the new flavor of virtue signaling. Insane this was some super high priority.
Do you know how much the FAA spent renaming “cockpit” and changing Notice to Airmen to Notice to Air Missions in all FAA publications? In the midst of a profound controller shortage, the FAA spent millions on changing words. If people want to criticize the current changes as wasting money, then it’s intellectually dishonest not to call out other agencies such as the FAA for their nonsense.
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It isn't quite the same thing. There is a difference between trying to empower historically marginalized groups, and trying to re-subjugate historically marginalized groups. Improving the opportunities available to people tends to improve economic productivity, so it's hard to argue it is a total waste of money. On the other hand, removing mentions or attempts to improve inclusion of these groups in the face of risin…
> trying to empower > tends to improve > hard to argue Lots of weasel words there. > On the other hand, removing mentions or attempts to improve inclusion of these groups in the face of rising racism and sexism has no real upside unless you're a racist or misogynist. Lots of absolutism there It’s easy to argue it’s a waste of money if it is not effective. That being said, not all DEI initiatives are created equal (ha…
I don’t have a dog in this hunt (I didn’t vote for either of them), but I think its fair to say that Trump seems to be pretty much trying to do most everything he promised in his campaign (which obviously attracted enough votes for him to win). Perhaps people just believe that politicians say a bunch of shit to get elected—then do something else and never expected this level of follow through.
Either way, this is what America voted for…and are apparently what we are going to get.