Originally Posted by
Halon1211
he didn’t make it sound like that at all. I think you just just interpreted it that way.
You completely missed his point. He said people we getting promoted because of the color of their skin and not on merit or how qualified they are.
im kinda disappointed in you Simian. You are one of the better debaters around here on this forum and today you went down the dark straw man argument hole.
im coming down there and trying to pull you out of it.
Im sorry you are too blind to see but it’s not only rampant in military but corporate and government too. In fact people are pretty open about their DEI policies and only hiring/promoting based on boxes they check.
just look at Biden, he made it absolutely clear his last Supreme Court Justices pick was going to do nothing with merit or qualifications but skin color and sex alone.
I mean how awesome would that be if our next round of instructors/check airman were selected because they use they/them pronouns instead of their desire and willingness to teach and how good of a check airmen they are.
I mean, that’s what I would want in my check airman, right?
I am aware of DEI policies. And generally not against them. There was a long time where the policy for plenty of jobs was able bodied straight white male only, either written or unwritten. And I really don't believe that has fully stopped. So a bit of forced equality might still be needed. Do not believe it is a strawman argument. I do realize a lot of people will react to those policies with even more rancor against the preferential hires, and that doesn't help. I also know there are defintely cases of people that should not have gotten hired but played the card effectively (atlas). Standards should not be lowered more for specific groups.
As far as the supreme court appointements, GMAFB. Of the last 4 nominees Justice Jacson is at least as qualified as the 3 Trump nominees. And I will be really surprised if any Biden nominee won't be at least as (un)qualified as ACB.