He also apparently thinks hungry kids should be fed. He helped pack backpacks of food at Backpacks of Love (bottom of March 14 newsletter). I’d like to see his actions in congress reflecting his apparent values.
Yes exactly. He’s also done nothing about Marco Rubio’s decision to stop funding Gavi, which gives vaccines to kids around the world. 1.2 million kids will die in the next five years because of this decision. Why? What does the US have to gain from allowing a million children to die? How is this pro-life?
It seems that "DEI" is a term that has become disconnected -- for some users of the term at least -- from the words of which the acronym is created. Most people, including even Republicans, would say that they have no problem with "diversity," per se, or to "equity," per se, or to "inclusion," per se. But when these become "DEI" they come to stand for a policy that these folks mysteriously find offensive. The term DEI has become loosely analogous to other politically divisive terms such as "Woke," for example. The result becomes a form of "cognitive dissonance" in which people such as McGuire take actions that are consistent with practices espoused by DEI and Woke thinking (e.g., packing backpacks of food), while at the same time spouting anti-DEI/Woke verbiage. Another way to think about this might be to call it by its old-fashioned name: "hypocrisy."
Ha! Good observations. I think DEI also stands in for racial preferences in a lot of opponents’ minds. They seem to have less of a problem with the idea of diversity etc if it doesn’t evoke what they see as reverse racism.
He also apparently thinks hungry kids should be fed. He helped pack backpacks of food at Backpacks of Love (bottom of March 14 newsletter). I’d like to see his actions in congress reflecting his apparent values.
Yes exactly. He’s also done nothing about Marco Rubio’s decision to stop funding Gavi, which gives vaccines to kids around the world. 1.2 million kids will die in the next five years because of this decision. Why? What does the US have to gain from allowing a million children to die? How is this pro-life?
It seems that "DEI" is a term that has become disconnected -- for some users of the term at least -- from the words of which the acronym is created. Most people, including even Republicans, would say that they have no problem with "diversity," per se, or to "equity," per se, or to "inclusion," per se. But when these become "DEI" they come to stand for a policy that these folks mysteriously find offensive. The term DEI has become loosely analogous to other politically divisive terms such as "Woke," for example. The result becomes a form of "cognitive dissonance" in which people such as McGuire take actions that are consistent with practices espoused by DEI and Woke thinking (e.g., packing backpacks of food), while at the same time spouting anti-DEI/Woke verbiage. Another way to think about this might be to call it by its old-fashioned name: "hypocrisy."
Ha! Good observations. I think DEI also stands in for racial preferences in a lot of opponents’ minds. They seem to have less of a problem with the idea of diversity etc if it doesn’t evoke what they see as reverse racism.
Trump’s version of DEI: Disorder, Entitlement, Impunity. (And/Or Incompetence)