A personal experience story:I am a far-left progressive-type liberal. I was a ranger and "visitor use assistant" for the US Forest Service in Mammoth Lake, CA, in the late '90s. Twice I trained women to be my boss. Because of a consent decree I was not eligible for those positions. I applied for a job as interpretive ranger at the then new Great Basin National Park and received a score of 97 out of 100. A young woman I know got the job. She was 20 years younger with a fraction of the experience I had.
I am not against DEI. I have mixed feelings about Affirmative Action. I mean, why would I be for something that was against my own interests? Diversity: Good. Keeping qualified white dudes out because they are white dudes: bad. I know DEI never did that. Maybe AA didn't either. Consent Decree did. Just sayin'.
“would also bar them from ‘belittling’ conservative ideas”
So just what is it about “conservative ideas” that require special legal protections? Are these ideas not able to stand on their own merit? Do they require DEI of their own?
Wait til they start letting boys start kindergarten a year ahead of girls, an idea that’s been floated as a way to fix our poor, downtrodden boys and men.
So much for the one year in middle school when girls get to be taller.
"40 percent more women than men are enrolled in college — and it seems that number would actually be a lot higher if colleges hadn’t been admitting men at higher rates than women for many years now, for the purpose of keeping a relatively gender-balanced campus."
Republicans would prefer if fewer people in general went to college.* College to them is just where kids go to catch the woke mind virus. Plus, a college degree opens up opportunities for economic advancement for members of the working class and we can’t have that. The peons need to learn that the only avenue for them is to work three minimum wage jobs until they drop dead.
*that of course, does not apply to the children of elite elected and corporate republicans who will continue to get legacy admissions to Ivy League schools. That way, they can be trained to take their proper place as masters of the universe.
If I didn't see them as being so inept, I would think this was the intention all along...fool their followers into thinking it would benefit them, while it just serves to decrease the educational opportunities of young white males = more republicans = profit!1!
If these white men who think immigrants are qualified ever leave their own caves and go out in the world, they will be the people who constantly complain that the people don’t speak English. They will yell slowly in their faces as if that magically translates for them. They are the same people who complain that immigrants here should speak only English. There is absolutely no logic in that. But logic is even more foreign to them than Spanish.
How many of those male students are Asian?
How many would there be if colleges were considering things other than test scores?
Because it's going to be hilarious if white men discover they can't compete in a blind admission structure.
The Dildo of Unintended Consequences never arrives pre-lubed.
they GOP sure are turning into the 'shoot my own dick off at every chance i get' party aren't they
A personal experience story:I am a far-left progressive-type liberal. I was a ranger and "visitor use assistant" for the US Forest Service in Mammoth Lake, CA, in the late '90s. Twice I trained women to be my boss. Because of a consent decree I was not eligible for those positions. I applied for a job as interpretive ranger at the then new Great Basin National Park and received a score of 97 out of 100. A young woman I know got the job. She was 20 years younger with a fraction of the experience I had.
I am not against DEI. I have mixed feelings about Affirmative Action. I mean, why would I be for something that was against my own interests? Diversity: Good. Keeping qualified white dudes out because they are white dudes: bad. I know DEI never did that. Maybe AA didn't either. Consent Decree did. Just sayin'.
But what if male freshmen want to go to an Ivy league school with twice as many ladies as men?
“would also bar them from ‘belittling’ conservative ideas”
So just what is it about “conservative ideas” that require special legal protections? Are these ideas not able to stand on their own merit? Do they require DEI of their own?
Ta, Robyn. Campuses are not the only places to benefit from diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Wait til they start letting boys start kindergarten a year ahead of girls, an idea that’s been floated as a way to fix our poor, downtrodden boys and men.
So much for the one year in middle school when girls get to be taller.
I, for one, welcome our female overlords...
"40 percent more women than men are enrolled in college — and it seems that number would actually be a lot higher if colleges hadn’t been admitting men at higher rates than women for many years now, for the purpose of keeping a relatively gender-balanced campus."
If it's about women, the correct term is "ovalords".
Monarches. Estrovators. Layder.
Wait…you’re telling me Grampa Assmouth and his little bitches DIDN’T THINK THIS THROUGH?!?!? Well slap my ass and call me Sally!
Unintended consequences are a bitch, yeh?
Education should require only Money. Nothing but Money. Godspeed you! Codename : Shambles!
This won't be the only backfire from this BS.
Republicans would prefer if fewer people in general went to college.* College to them is just where kids go to catch the woke mind virus. Plus, a college degree opens up opportunities for economic advancement for members of the working class and we can’t have that. The peons need to learn that the only avenue for them is to work three minimum wage jobs until they drop dead.
*that of course, does not apply to the children of elite elected and corporate republicans who will continue to get legacy admissions to Ivy League schools. That way, they can be trained to take their proper place as masters of the universe.
If I didn't see them as being so inept, I would think this was the intention all along...fool their followers into thinking it would benefit them, while it just serves to decrease the educational opportunities of young white males = more republicans = profit!1!
If these white men who think immigrants are qualified ever leave their own caves and go out in the world, they will be the people who constantly complain that the people don’t speak English. They will yell slowly in their faces as if that magically translates for them. They are the same people who complain that immigrants here should speak only English. There is absolutely no logic in that. But logic is even more foreign to them than Spanish.
Jan and Dean are on the case:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERrwjR4ZlfI&list=RDERrwjR4ZlfI&start_radio=1
You know, driving around in a woody station wagon with no rear window, Jan and Dean are pretty lucky they didn't die of monoxide poisoning.
I guessed the song before clicking. I'm pretty proud of myself right now.