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   Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 22:32:25 JST Bread up, Bro
   been a week since I said this, but once DEI takes a court loss, things will get crazy, fast.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 22:39:50 JST Bread up, Bro

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @doctorsex I don't know what victory for them looks like, but any court loss in terms of pay/reinstatment/etc will cause businesses to jettison DEI offices like nuclear waste
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     Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq. (doctorsex@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 22:39:51 JST Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.

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     They've been ramping up the rhetoric around this stuff but they've been running it in very counterproductive directions. I'm curious to see what such a "victory" looks like, what it's grounds are, and what the system is willing to sacrifice (in terms of exercising power vs. Maintaining some semblance of legitimacy)
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     Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq. (doctorsex@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 22:58:23 JST Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.

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     Maybe I'm getting too cynical but I would not be shocked if they were going to try and keep it around with a different name or change it just enough to keep it. They're not going to sacrifice something like DEI unless they absolutely have to, and it will be done very, *very* grudgingly.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 22:58:23 JST Bread up, Bro

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @doctorsex I agree with the caution, but the way I look at it is that as soon as it becomes something that is a risk, it will be a huge break on fun.
     
     Between how the courts have dealt with the gun laws and the college discrimination, my feeling is any but the largest companies will not think it is worth the risk.
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     Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq. (doctorsex@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:04:42 JST Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.

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     That's fair. I think it's reasonable to assume that (at least in most cases) the ideological compliance comes essentially from extortion in the form of ESG and similar things. Once you start chipping away at the one thing that's keeping a not insignificant number of peole in line you run into problems. I'm curious if there would be any momentum that comes from this, because so much of the rhetoric and moral/legal framing of "DEI" is parallel to or originates from "civil rights". I'd like to see that issue get forced, even if it takes a while to get anywhere.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:05:29 JST Bread up, Bro

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @doctorsex lots of people on twitter are saying all civil rights has to go, now.
     
     in 2016 no-one was saying that
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:11:01 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @doctorsex it really depends what happens in the next 6 months. Will they get the invaders to riot in response to Texas winning the closer of Eagle Pass?
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     Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq. (doctorsex@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:11:02 JST Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.

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     That's certainly one hell of a canary in the coal mine. Don't get me wrong, I think it's definitely a great sign, but my gut feeling is we aren't quite ready for that to not be a fringe position at this point. I give it some time between now and the next election cycle for that to be something candidates will sell their constituents on, probably like immigration from 2016-18
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     VishalThind (tornadoofterror@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:12:10 JST VishalThind

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @sickburnbro @doctorsex republicans will never do that
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:12:10 JST Bread up, Bro

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @TornadoOfTerror @doctorsex with friends like this who needs enemies
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     Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq. (doctorsex@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 00:07:46 JST Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.

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     That's a non-sequiter. It's a very
     >step 1: xyz
     >step 2: ???
     >step 3: total victory
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 00:07:46 JST Bread up, Bro

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @doctorsex @eee here's what I say: say both civil rights is wrong, and whites are a protected class. It's making them play by their rules.
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     Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq. (doctorsex@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 00:07:47 JST Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.

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     I get that from a rhetorical standpoint but what do you actually plan to get from this
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     eee (eee@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 00:07:47 JST eee

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @doctorsex @sickburnbro if state power is used to abuse you force state power to protect your rights and interests
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     eee (eee@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 00:07:48 JST eee

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     • Dr. Sex, Ph.d, Esq.
     @sickburnbro @doctorsex i say MORE civil rights now
     make White a protected class