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Can we not do the R's are Nazis and Dems are communist crap. Let's stick to discussing policies. Please.

I'll be damned if I kneel before your color line.

The argument being made is that given our history DEI is a pathway to Equality, Merit and Integrity. Sure it's messy but outside of white suburbia there are a few otherwise nice but pointy hat wearing folks who need a solid framework jammed down their throats to quit being assholes.

Once upon a time that would have been an Onion post

For example, the color line that is terminating every female or non-white person from senior levels of command in the US military, and replacing them with white males. MAGA begs the question: when you say "make America great again", when exactly do you want to return to? When was America "great"? What year do you have in mind? 1950? 1925? 1850? It certainly seems that for a large number of MAGA devotees that was a time when women and minorities knew their place, which was far from any position of leadership. When even being able to vote was a bridge too far. When medicine consisted of leeching and cod liver oil, not vaccines or any science-based elitist crap. Maybe back when real leaders like Andrew Jackson (who Trump so admires) were willing to force the Cherokee off their land, to die on the Trail of Tears on their way to some God-forsaken patch of semi-desert in Oklahoma. Except of course when that land turned out to have a lot of oil, that had to get taken from them too. When, exactly, was America "great" in the eyes of MAGA? What is the destination? Because as you go back, and you don't have to go back far, it might look better for white males but it sucked for everyone else. That's what all this anti-DEI bullshit is about, a desire to return to the past when all those "other people" knew their proper place.

Yep. And they will be getting a lot cheaper in the near future.

Really. Given that the first of those "appeals" is thinly veiled bigotry manufactured to make people like you feel better, and your economy is currently nosediving because of trump's policies after Biden had it recovering quite nicely, you've got nothing.

It would be nice if this forum was devoid of liars. No one is pumping endless cash into DEI initiatives. That is a lie. This demonstrates that as well as being an incredibly shallow thinker you are fundamentally unserious about addressing the issues you profess to care about. All you're really after is an excuse to cheerlead Trump and Musks performative cruelty and owning the libs. The rest is just the flimsiest of cover. Again we come back to the fact that you have supposedly studied logic? If Trump is awful at everything except the economy and DEI (lol yeah right, but whatever) then that's a huge amount of stuff he is uniquely awful at. Therefore 'not being Trump' actually encompasses a plethora of redeeming qualities, you're just hoping we won't notice that's what you actually think. A statement for which you have just provided zero supporting rationale. No, the vague rambling about the Weimar republic doesn't count, and no-one is particularly impressed that you know what that is.

Measles also has an even more important secondary effect. It's long been known that people who get measles have a highly significantly increased risk of dying from other infectious diseases for up to 5 years after the measles episode. A couple of years ago it was discovered that the measles virus kills or inhibits B-cells, the cells that produce antibodies, including memory B-cells, which are responsible for much of the immune memory you develop after vaccination or after exposure to infectious agents. The immune response is suppresses to a degree similar to HIV for about a year, and it takes up to 5 years to recover normal immune function. It is estimated that before widespread vaccination, measles was involved, directly or indirectly, in as much as 50% of childhood deaths from whooping cough, rubella, and other serious infections.

There’s really no need for me to deal with this vitriol anymore. No one should. This is a hobby, not a bloodsport dude. Be well.