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Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it

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Re: Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it

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Scapegoating politically and culturally disempowered groups is super useful to such movements. Notice how literally every single problem in our country is “caused by DEI” now? It helps because it’s easier to solve fake problems with fake solutions instead of real ones.

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Playing the victim is also another page right out of the Nazi playbook, thanks for bringing that one up too!

Re: Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it

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Scapegoating politically and culturally disempowered groups is super useful to such movements. Notice how literally every single problem in our country is “caused by DEI” now? It helps because it’s easier to solve fake problems with fake solutions instead of real ones.

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I wasn’t shaming anyone for condemning DEI, I was shaming them for being bad at solving problems.

Re: Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it

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Playing the victim is also another page right out of the Nazi playbook, thanks for bringing that one up too!

Yes — the people the US Supreme Court ruled were illegally discriminated against are just “playing victim”.

Re: Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it

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This is of course a deliberate move. By actively destroying ideas and work you don’t agree with, rather than archiving it, you make it harder for the other side to realize their vision. It’s a kind of scorched earth strategy.

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This is totally unprecedented.

Re: Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it

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Maintaining systems is an operational thing, not an administration thing. Are you saying purges of federal data is something routine after a US transfer of power?

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The difference is those were private platforms not giving a soapbox to certain politicians that were quite clearly violating private terms of service. This is the federal government deleting taxpayer-funded content, data and studies. They are not similar in any way and to imply otherwise is a disingenuous comparison.
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