Trump

[leedswolf]

Fallen out of 5th floor windows?

 

[Keef]

US government has sent a letter to Stockholm city council ( yea the one in Sweden) demanding they end diversity, equality and inclusivity programs for US embassy contractors within ten days or face consequences.
Stockholm told them to get tae fuck

 

[Walshes Wolves]

US government has sent a letter to Stockholm city council ( yea the one in Sweden) demanding they end diversity, equality and inclusivity programs for US embassy contractors within ten days or face consequences.
Stockholm told them to get tae fuck

"Jan Valeskog, Stockholm's planning vice mayor, described as "bizarre" a letter by the U.S. Embassy in Sweden calling for the capital city's authorities to formally agree to cease diversity initiatives."

Well, I seem to remember people commenting only last week, that a Reform mayor had no right to make decisions on withdrawawing from diversity policies that are now in place, as this was above his remit.

 

[Sniffer]

Well, I seem to remember people commenting only last week, that a Reform mayor had no right to make decisions on withdrawawing from diversity policies that are now in place, as this was above his remit.

Link?

 

[AndyWolves]

You take issue with the position rather than a foreign power trying to dictate what another country should / shouldn't do?

 

[Del Woppio]

"Jan Valeskog, Stockholm's planning vice mayor, described as "bizarre" a letter by the U.S. Embassy in Sweden calling for the capital city's authorities to formally agree to cease diversity initiatives."

Well, I seem to remember people commenting only last week, that a Reform mayor had no right to make decisions on withdrawawing from diversity policies that are now in place, as this was above his remit.

I've just hurt my back trying to make sense of the mental gymnastics in that. Are you saying that you think Stolkholm's local government could or should operate under laws that are different to the rest of Sweden? Or that that would be the vice mayor's call?

If somebody asks me to do something that's illegal, I can happily tell them to fuck off, without having to check with the PM first.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Yeah, he'll come back with "I'm just trying to make it fair and equal for both sides of the argument" bollocks, forgetting that the side of the argument he's seeking to justify is utter shit.

 

[Walshes Wolves]

Yeah, he'll come back with "I'm just trying to make it fair and equal for both sides of the argument" bollocks, forgetting that the side of the argument he's seeking to justify is utter shit.

So employing people on merit, instead of box ticking is utter shit? I can guess the answer, but in my opinion employing the best for the job should get you a better service and the sexual orientation or the colour of the skin should not be the reason someone should be employed.

 

[Sniffer]

So employing people on merit, instead of box ticking I'd utter shit? I can guess the answer, but in my opinion employing the best for the job should get you a better service and the sexual orientation or the colour of the skin should not be the reason someone should be employed.

Sometimes you need such selection criteria for the long term greater good. For instance a multi ethnic police force is better than a white, heterosexual, male dominated one.
Guess what that led to…

 

[leedswolf]

Sometimes you need such selection criteria for the long term greater good. For instance a multi ethnic police force is better than a white, heterosexual, male dominated one.
Guess what that led to…

The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

 

[Alan]

So employing people on merit, instead of box ticking is utter shit? I can guess the answer, but in my opinion employing the best for the job should get you a better service and the sexual orientation or the colour of the skin should not be the reason someone should be employed.

Mate, you have no idea how Affirmative Action works.

Should you get a job explicitly because of your race, sexuality, or whatever else? No. But that’s not what Affirmative Action is. More to the point, your argument suggests that removing Affirmative Action will not result in the opposite, IE, people being denied a job because of their race, sexuality, etc. Kindly, that argument is not based in evidence. It’s a complete fantasy to believe that we’re even close to being a meritocracy.

Consider: as a White man in the United States, I am more likely to receive employment as a convicted felon than a Black American with a spotless criminal record.

It’s not a debate. It’s reality.

 

[Mel Evo]

So employing people on merit, instead of box ticking is utter shit? I can guess the answer, but in my opinion employing the best for the job should get you a better service and the sexual orientation or the colour of the skin should not be the reason someone should be employed.

The straw man in your first sentence is painful, but worth demolishing anyway. It’s not box ticking, it’s literally done to appoint people on merit. Only morons or the wilfully unpleasant don’t get this - take your fckin pick.

 

[Keef]

Trump now threatening 100% tariffs on the country of Mattel to stop their toys coming into the states

 

[leedswolf]

Spot the 'deliberate' mistake

https://twitter.com/x/status/1919053040734072844

 

[Walshes Wolves]

Mate, you have no idea how Affirmative Action works.

Should you get a job explicitly because of your race, sexuality, or whatever else? No. But that’s not what Affirmative Action is. More to the point, your argument suggests that removing Affirmative Action will not result in the opposite, IE, people being denied a job because of their race, sexuality, etc. Kindly, that argument is not based in evidence. It’s a complete fantasy to believe that we’re even close to being a meritocracy.

Consider: as a White man in the United States, I am more likely to receive employment as a convicted felon than a Black American with a spotless criminal record.

It’s not a debate. It’s reality.

I live in a town where nearly every pharmacist, doctor and dentist isn't white, but the vast majority of people living in the town are white. Should we have affirmative action to address the imbalance and train more white professional medical workers? In my opinion we shouldn't. All that matters is we have the best people available for the job and leave race and religion out of it.

 

[AndyWolves]

Unconscious bias is a thing unfortunately.

A really good example are cases like this

Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians | Gender Action Portal

The difficulties associated with proving and addressing gender discrimination in hiring processes have presented policymakers with a major challenge over the past few decades. In an attempt to overcome gender-biased hiring, a vast majority of symphony orchestras revised their hiring practices...

gap.hks.harvard.edu

 

[Jack Regan]

I can't wait for his reaction to the new American Pope.

"They wanted me to do it, but I told them I couldn't do that and make America great again. But there's this very very good American Cardinal, so pick him instead and he'll make Catholicism great again"

 

[Wolftone]

I can't wait for his reaction to the new American Pope.

"They wanted me to do it, but I told them I couldn't do that and make America great again. But there's this very very good American Cardinal, so pick him instead and he'll make Catholicism great again"

He's American and orangeish. I think he'll do a great jarb...

 

[Tredman]

Old white bloke comments on a bunch of old white blokes picking an old white bloke Pope.

Sure our resident DEI expert will have plenty to say there.

 

[Keef]

If they’d picked Cardinal Glick we could have had Catholicism wow, and buddy christ