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Live not by lies.

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David WS
David WS
Saturday, August 16, AD 2025 4:18am

Pronouns in an email signature does say a lot about a person, but not their gender -that’a almost always easily deduced from their first name.

Ezabelle
Ezabelle
Saturday, August 16, AD 2025 6:12am

This is true. Unfortunately. Sometimes for the sake of career progression (or just job preservation) one has to hold one’s tongue and/or pick your battles. Or even hide your beliefs. Even if you are self employed, the fair work legislation (where we are from) prevent you from discriminating against certain individuals. Even if they don’t fit the company culture. As a good employment lawyer told us, do not ever tell a potential employee that they weren’t hired because of anything other than qualifications. Even though the system is not fair if it were a left-leaning employer hiring a conservative employee. The system isn’t “fair” in fair work

CAG
CAG
Saturday, August 16, AD 2025 8:45am

Sure … 88% are quasi-sane but support the remaining 12% who are militant ideologues by their silence and inaction.

Is Islam any different?

Pinky
Pinky
Saturday, August 16, AD 2025 9:17am

I worked in an organization that only flirted with DEI, but we never got too thick into it. If you didn’t like to work, you could join a committee. The committee was mostly black, wildly disproportionately. A few white guys. White women endorsed it but didn’t get involved. Asians, Hispanics, and gays had no interest.

I remember they once sponsored a World Foods lunch on Ash Wednesday.

A few pieces of my job looked vaguely pro-diversity if you didn’t understand them, and that provided enough cover for me, I guess. The organization pulled out of it before things got too mandatory. It must have been scary for the younger staff, particularly. Fortunately, we were just too practical to self-inflict a lot of damage.

The Bruised Optimist
The Bruised Optimist
Saturday, August 16, AD 2025 11:40am

To keep the job, you don’t contradict the boss.
To get the degree, you don’t poke the morally bankrupt leftist who will find a way to maim your GPA if you disagree with them.

Ain’t right, but that’s where we are.

Pinky
Pinky
Saturday, August 16, AD 2025 3:01pm

I don’t know about chestless, but it’s people saying things without even bothering to check if they believe them. Nearly everything in our society encourages it, from sarcasm to conspiracy theories to your beloved profession.

Pinky
Pinky
Saturday, August 16, AD 2025 3:55pm

Also, if you do A work, you’ll get at least a B. Just don’t put them in a position where they could look reasonable if they undermine you. Faculty advisor, thesis team, any important references.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Sunday, August 17, AD 2025 12:44pm

The young are too other-directed.

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