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Can we stop calling it DEI rules? It is pro bigotry rules.
Even if you set aside the bigotry and hate. They have implemented this government-wide in the most idiotic and wasteful manner.
Over the last month, internally, federal agencies have had to waste insane amounts of employee time removing and assessing and sometimes altering/redacting, or explaining internal working documents for all the same reasons.
Incredible amounts of government waste and disruption of work just appease snowflakes who don't want anything to contain these words, regardless even of the context. And they had it implemented in the dumbest amd most unprofessional and disruptive manner.
Imagine coming in to work and finding everything down or blocked internally cause of this. With no notice. And then wasting a week or two in meetings at all levels figuring out how to proceed. Only to wind up explaining how 99% of these documents don't even fall under the context of this because they idotically did stupid fucking word searches, and trying to find out the policy so employees can get this shit behind and move forward with regular work.
They are NOT saving the government money with their shitty executive orders or shitty doge moronic stuff.
So… uh… why should we set aside the bigotry and hate?
You shouldn't. I wasn't arguing for that. I was pointing out other issues with all of this on top of that which has already been heavily discussed.
The whole saving money deal is just the cover story. It obviously has nothing to do with money given that they are trying to destroy the IRS. They are destroying the civil service because it was a check on trumps power in the last administration. They plan on destroying it and then only hiring people who are 100% on board with fascism.
They are against diversity, equity, and inclusion. Make them say it.