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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 140 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

It’s been said better by other people but the general understanding of the right’s use of “DEI” is as a convenient blanket slur.

It’s typically used against Black and Hispanic people the most, followed by trans people, but any/all women are convenient extra padding under the bus tires of their bigotry and insecurity.

Remember that their fascism is based in feelings of superiority in addition to fear. Use that against the cowardly bastards. They can’t stand to see someone “undeserving” do as well as or better than them, so they try to mow it down.

Fuck ‘em.

EDIT: It seems like Rose Ferreira is of Hispanic descent, hailing initially from the Dominican Republic then moved to NY and eventually secured an internship at NASA, and is now an astronomer and aerospace engineer. It seems like her NASA page got reinstated, maybe after backlash. She’s awesome. Hell yeah for the Streisand effect.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 55 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh absolutely. Anyone who rails against "DEI" is by definition a white supremacist.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not necessarily. They might be a misogynist, a militant christian or some other form of bigot as well. That's the beauty of it, you can be "against DEI" as well as a woman or someone with more melanin than the "default" and you get to imagine they don't hate you, just all those other people.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just because you're not white doesn't mean you can't be a white supremacist.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 37 points 2 months ago

just like women can be enforcers of patriarchy, and the poor engines of capitalism

[–] Soulg@ani.social 14 points 2 months ago

Also just fucking stupid ignorant assholes who know absolutely nothing other than the TV and their pastor and their radio tell them everyday that DEI is bad.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone who rails against “DEI” is by definition a white supremacist.

This is such a backwards take. "DEI" could always only end in misery, because it pulls people ahead of the line in a time when the working people are already having a hard time. "Is that person hired because of the colour of their skin or the sex of their body, or have they been hired because they're actually good?". It could only make a large part of the population feeling left behind because of their sex or race. What do you think that does to the social foundation of a nation?

Alas, I have no idea what a good alternative would be, but I always recognized "DEI" as a bad idea. I don't have to be a chef to be able to tell that this dish tastes like ass, even if I can't cook for shit myself.

That does not make me (or anyone else who thinks DEI is ass) a white supremacist "by definition".

At the end of the day, it's the ultrarich hoarding all the money that's the actual issue - an economy that's not fair to the citizens of the nation. The top 3 wealthiest persons in the USA have the same amount of money as the bottom 50%.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Careful now thats a nuanced opinion that doesn't stroke my victim complex or reductively imply anyone who disagrees with me on complex systemic social issues is a nazi supremacist.

Prepare to be downvoted and hit with five paragraph essay replies picking apart everything you just said. You racist, mysoginistic, hateful, privileged, homophobic, transphobic, double checks progressive slurs & insults 101 field guide uhh third Reich bringing supremacist scum.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 22 points 2 months ago

As I keep telling people, they keep saying "DEI" because even most Bible belt folks get uncomfortable when you drop the hard R they really want to say.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

They can’t stand to see someone “undeserving” do as well as or better than them, so they try to mow it down.

in australia and new zealand we have a concept called “tall poppy syndrome” (people who stand out from the crowd, who promote themselves excessively and publicly) and the reaction to that: “cutting down the tall poppy”. cutting down the tall poppy originally meant just bringing them back down to earth, but kinda morphed into simply criticising anyone that does well

we tend to have a relatively strong egalitarian streak, and perhaps that change was tearing people down rather than distributing their success to equalise

anyway, related: tearing down the tall poppy, ie pulling down anyone that stands out

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember that their fascism is based in feelings of superiority in addition to fear.

Hi, it's me, I'm the "well akshuslly" guy today. Fascism (and the whole right-wing mindset) is based on fear, primarily fear that they, personally and individually, are interior. That's why they need the constant and over-the-top demonstrations of dominance and claims of superiority—to drown out those fears.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I appreciate where you’re coming from. I said it the way I did because for some, at least from my observation, there is a sick sadism to it rather than fear alone.

Academic definitions would agree with you and it does hold true for the general populace; however I wanted to add the caveat so as not to mistakenly give the impression that fascists should be pitied, in any capacity.