thursday, august 29, 2024 at 11:38:51 a.m. edt
state of thursday | dEING oFF
"just a few years ago, woke acolyte and noted author of the book White fragility Robin Deangelo was making ~$750,000 per year on speaking fees at universities and libraries across the country preaching one simple truth: White people are racist and bad and need to do better.
DEING OFF
"good morning, callers!
"welcome to state of the day, where I strip the euphemisms of national politics and give it to you straight, no ice, no mixer.
"today, we'll be discussing …
dEING oFF
"just a few years ago, woke acolyte and noted author of the book "White fragility" Robin Deangelo was making ~$750,000 per year on speaking fees at universities and libraries across the country preaching one simple truth: White people are racist and bad and need to do better.
"surprise! the radical left's racist, neo-marxist ideology is intellectually bankrupt!
"it also doesn't work well with capitalism. who'd've thunk it?!
"enter conservative activist and pro-family rabble rouser Robby Starbuck. he's been on a crusade lately to get corporations to drop the Orwellianly-named 'human rights campaign corporate equality index.
"'the hrc is an organization dedicated to bullying corporations and governments big and small into installing policies that favor their special people, those being the alphabet people.
"'Starbuck got Harley Davidson, Jack Daniel's, Lowe's and now his latest scalp, Ford, among many others, to drop their participation in hrc's 'index.
"'what is their index? oh, dear reader, are you in for a treat.
"'their index operates on four pillars. first I will give you the Orwell-speak, then I will tell you exactly what they mean.
"'workforce protections": special rights that only get bestowed upon you based on sexual preferences or levels of gender-based mental illness.
"'inclusive benefits": special handouts that you only qualify for based on sexual preferences or levels of gender based mental illness.
"here's where things get truly gnarly.
"'supporting an inclusive culture and corporate social responsibility"
"there are several planks to this hrc pillar. firstly, all new entry-level, existing employees, and new supervisors must complete a re-education bootcamp. s econdly[sic], the company must collect all personal data on every employee, including sexual preferences, race, medical disability, etc.
"the company must also provide a structure for reporting infractions of this woke policy anonymously, so your fellow employees can target you for investigation without you ever knowing.
"the company must fund an internal politburo named the diversity council.
"the company must (chuckle) pay for 'three distinct efforts of outreach' – i.e. throw special gay parties – to 'broader lgbtq communities.
"the company must make gay commercials. (I'm not even joking, this is in there.)
"the company must give money to gay organizations. (seriously.)
"the company must use gay third party vendors. (yes, it's true!)
"the company must 'demonstrate public support,' i.e. voice public fealty, to the hrc's lefty ideology.
"and finally.
"'responsible citizenship': employers will lose 25 points off their index score for any 'large scale' or 'public' 'anti-lgbtq blemish.
"in effect, you can't fire anyone who is gay or put the kibosh on any gay initiatives that don't work and suffer public consequences over it, and if you do, we'll tell all the people you do business with that you're actually a bigot and they might be too if they continue doing business with you.
"*takes a deep breath* wild, right?
"as you can imagine, these have to be extraordinarily expensive, and ultimately what do you get in return from hrc? a gold star? increased productivity? does it open doors to new deals?
"nope. they get a drag on their bottom line and a class of self-righteous, unfireable hires who can never be offloaded and will never be productive. you get an internal politburo dedicated to finding ways to call your staff bigoted. you get vendors who probably don't produce good work, but you're forced to give them money anyhow. you get a sprawling hr bureaucracy, whopping bills and drags on your productivity.
"so in other words, you get woke, and you go broke.
[N.S.: Not exactly. This is a totalitarian movement, whose proponents seek to inflict themselves on all institutions. If all companies are submitting to them, then none of them goes broke. It is the customer who goes broke paying the gizya.]
"wHAT I'M rEADING
"did Biden/Harris attempt to interfere in Trump's visit to Arlington national cemetery?
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"Frank Luntz smells a peak
"renowned pollster says 'it looks like' Harris' honeymoon has 'reached its peak'
"did you do a horrible job as president of an elite university? Harvard will hire you!
"university president who resigned after disastrous congressional hearing joins Harvard staff"
People attempting to take advantage of the woke fad,by profiting from it--even if it takes pressure tactics,blackmail etc.
ReplyDeleteNow when I say "fad",I'm hoping it eventually disappears like many other fads have done,but it will take much work from normal people to accomplish this task.
--GRA