A DEI thread...

[RyanShort1]

Since it's being talked about everywhere else, maybe it should just be a thread of it's own?

First off, let's try to drop the oft-implied assumption that because someone is generally against DEI policies, that they are against women, minorities, or whatever. That's flat out a misrepresentation and bad argumentation.

 

[Doc Holliday]

 

[Llewtrah381]

First off, let's try to drop the oft-implied assumption that because someone is generally against DEI policies, that they are against women, minorities, or whatever. That's flat out a misrepresentation and bad argumentation.

OK…then what are “they” against?

My impression is people are “against” things they don’t fully understand and/or are uncomfortable with and see things they’re OK with (such as you listed) as “not DEI”.

And before people go ugly, I can guarantee most people don’t know my personal position on issues under this rubric, despite their assumptions.

Furthermore, and just to get the ball rolling, I’d contend BasicMed is a DEI initiative.

 

[eman1200]

 

[RyanShort1]

I think a lot of people are talking past each other on the topic, and I also believe that there are people who use the term who have differing definitions for that term...

 

[RyanShort1]

OK…then what are “they” against?

I think that most of my friends are against policies that deliberately lower the bar or the decision-making criteria to include candidates who are less skilled, or qualified than other candidates. My impression is that a lot of DEI angst is over what might be considered sins of omission rather than commission. This is one reason why it is so hard to prove that DEI is actually to blame for anything, at all. Of course the candidate was qualified for the job... because all the carefully-selected criterion for the job were met, but perhaps better-qualified candidates were turned away.

Personally, I'm disgusted that it's being brought up as a direct cause for the recent accidents, because it's so hard to prove, and will only discredit those who are perhaps rightly concerned about the general effects of said policies.

Furthermore, and just to get the ball rolling, I’d contend BasicMed is a DEI initiative.

How so?

 

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