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kkoshkin's avatar

Not a single DEI admin in the nation will take advantage because they constitutionally oppose every word of what is essentially The Free Press' mission statement:

We are committed to upholding the principles of free speech, intellectual diversity, and the ideals that once were the bedrock of great journalism: honesty, doggedness, and fierce independence.

Those are all badges of whiteness and oppression. At least in the twisted, insane universe of DEI.

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Bob K's avatar

Dunno. I’ve known one high-level administrator in a university’s office of diversity who has always been up for considering various points of view on matters of fairness and inclusiveness, including my insistence on classical liberal principles of equal opportunity and decisions based on merit. Unfortunately, he’s retiring, but there are likely to be others out there who might take up this offer.

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Razadaz's avatar

And don't forget "Colonialism" That one's really super-duper important!

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Gary A Santorella's avatar

Unfortunately, same is true within corporate America

DEI structures.

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J. Matthews's avatar

Not a single DEI admin will subscribe because they're affected by Cluster B personality disorders in which they are never wrong and it's always someone else's fault.

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Michael Mohr's avatar

👍🔥❤️

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Kathryn Dawson's avatar

So you don't think she should even give it a try? Pessimism abounds

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AK's avatar

I agree. We are talking about jobs here, lucrative and, with DEI training being mandatory in the corporate world, the easiest job to carry.

I believe that this is a naive fallacy on FP part to attempt to convince DEI crooks to reconsider their positions.

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LovingMother's avatar

It could at least inform DEI crooks that not everyone likes this. They live in bubbles and think the entire nation thinks like they do. And, an essay could find its way into the hands of someone who is already becoming a little disaffected - or else understands about backlash. - Me being an optimist, LM

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Samhain's avatar

Better yet, give subscriptions to those victimized by DEI ghouls. At least you have a chance to get your message to somebody ready to hear it.

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Jeffrey Bigman's avatar

No need to preach to the choir. Those of us that agree with TFP should be paying to support the mission. Educating those that oppose our viewpoints is an admirable goal.

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vsm's avatar

I agree. FP should make its own list of university presidents (easy enough to find) and send them subscriptions directly, with a note that subscriptions for their underlings are available upon request by the presidents and/or their underlings.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

I think I should be eligible for a free DIE subscription. My wife and I have two cats here at Kitty Cat U and my wife, the president of the university, has made me the DIE administrator.

Whenever our cats catch a bird, I demand they go right back out and catch a squirrel or a rat (which we call a democrat) or some other vermin.

I vigorously pursue my DIE duties.

Does this make me eligible for a free subscription?

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Lloyd Kirchner's avatar

It is my opinion your wife should have broadened the field of candidates available for the position Lonesome Polecat. But, then, what do I know!

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Bobby's avatar

I'm sorry to rain on your parade Lonesome...

But because my two boys who are both "tuxedo "cats ,align themselves with Barak Obama who as we all know is black/white

So as you can see that DEI runs in the family

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

A little correction for you. It is really DIE not DEI.

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Bill Cribben's avatar

What does DIE stand for?

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Philip Inwood's avatar

Discrimination, Indoctrination, Exclusion

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PSW's avatar

Division, Inequality and Exclusion.

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vsm's avatar

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. The rearranged initials are much more apt.

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William Suesholtz's avatar

Dysfunction, Exaggeration, and Idiocy

Dystopia, Extremism, and Irrationality

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Skinny's avatar

😂😂it does, even if it’s just for this post.

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Timothy G McKenna's avatar

Eh - cats. As if teaching them free speech is going to do anything….

Now, DOGS - there’s something to do. My dog, Abbey (full name, Abbey Normal) is another case altogether. We taught her to “ speak” almost two years ago, and we have a better chance of the DEI officer of Trump University taking Bari up on her offer than this damn dog shutting up.

She IS very inclusive, though - she annoys us, our neighbors, our mailman, birds, squirrels, rodents, etc., etc. at every turn of the road.

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TruthCanHurt23's avatar

So then, what you are saying is... you simply assumed Abbey identifies as a "she"?

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Timothy G McKenna's avatar

Must be- the damned dog never misses an opportunity to bark at me…

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TruthCanHurt23's avatar

lol. Okay, I usually cancel people first and ask questions later, but your supporting comments are airtight, so you're good... for the moment... 😂

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Maureen Mehlman's avatar

I have a couple dogs like that. Especially the malamute. He doesn’t seem to have a mute button anywhere and if you know anything about malamutes, they “talk” more than bark. I think he understands more English than the cats do. They yap a lot too.

All that aside, I don’t know if our institutions of higher learning are really doing any higher teaching any longer. In fact it seems they’ve been busy indoctrinating and now their fruits are returning ten fold. Society is sicker than ever, violence and crime are more prevalent, the sanctity of human life has never been lower, our populace is dumber about pretty much everything and now they want to confuse even very young children about who and what they are. America was once a global leader in the sciences and we are no longer ranked in even the top ten. Diversity of thought was once accredited for fostering innovative ideas but now any step outside main stream ideology gets one silenced. We can expect only to continue on this downward trend unless there is near immediate change to this stupid and destructive mentality of DEI. It’s nothing more than Marxist philosophy that pits ppl against one another. His methods and ideas have only produced bad fruit everywhere it’s been applied.

Maybe enticing some of these ppl might help but imma guess it’s too little too late.

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Antoine's avatar

Your reject of cats reeks of felinism, and you should shamed and doxxed for it.

I must say i should not expect anything else from somebody so blatantly supporting the fascist canine agenda, you biggot !!!

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

I hadn't thought of it in that way. You are spot on.

CAT POWER!!!!

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

She is eligible to go to Harvard or Yale on a full scholarship.

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PSW's avatar

My Border Collie mix is smarter than most Harvard grads.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

I believe that.

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