• [OT] Another DEI disaster

    From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Aug 10 10:14:24 2026
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    This came up in my YouTube feed and caught my eye:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeDUU173LA [14 minutes]

    In the aftermath of the George Floyd riots in 2020, Mt. Vernon hires a
    local community activist and makes her Deputy Police Commissioner
    despite her having not one minute of policing experience. Her husband
    has spent several years in prison for drug activity. In the next few
    years, her teenage son gets involved in a gang and gets shot by police
    in two separate incidents but recovers both times. Then, the son hatches
    a plan to shoot a rival gang member in front of the courthouse and calls
    on someone he can trust to drive the car: his mother!

    Only now has the mother finally been fired from her job and arrested for
    her part in the attempted murder at the courthouse. Yet *another*
    negative consequence of virtue-signalling in the aftermath of "St.
    George of Fentanyl....
    --
    Rhino

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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM to rec.arts.tv on Mon Aug 10 10:40:26 2026
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    Rhino wrote in article <115cmc0$340ge$1@dont-email.me>:
    Only now has the mother finally been fired from her job and arrested for
    her part in the attempted murder at the courthouse. Yet *another*
    negative consequence of virtue-signalling in the aftermath of "St.
    George of Fentanyl....

    This sounds terrible, but I'm not sure it's a problem with DEI
    per se. It sounds more like a problem with sinecures.

    Anyone at all can squat in an easy job with no real requirements,
    whether it's DEI or something else. Sometimes we find some
    unbelievable critters hiding in these jobs.

    If I got paid a zillion dollars to tell other people they're
    prejudiced, you can bet I'd be keeping my nose very clean indeed.
    --
    The meek shall inherit, we're told,
    But I'm not so easily sold.
    For supposing they should,
    It would do them no good --
    They'd lose it at once to the bold.
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Aug 10 15:10:41 2026
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    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    This came up in my YouTube feed and caught my eye:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeDUU173LA [14 minutes]

    In the aftermath of the George Floyd riots in 2020, Mt. Vernon hires a
    local community activist and makes her Deputy Police Commissioner
    despite her having not one minute of policing experience. Her husband
    has spent several years in prison for drug activity. In the next few
    years, her teenage son gets involved in a gang and gets shot by police
    in two separate incidents but recovers both times. Then, the son hatches
    a plan to shoot a rival gang member in front of the courthouse and calls
    on someone he can trust to drive the car: his mother!

    Only now has the mother finally been fired from her job and arrested for
    her part in the attempted murder at the courthouse. Yet *another*
    negative consequence of virtue-signalling in the aftermath of "St.
    George of Fentanyl....

    All 3 have experience! Reminds of the Batman episode. At a press
    conference, Penguin shows a picture of Batman and points out that he's
    always surrounded by criminals, whereas pictures of the Penguin show him
    always surrounded by police.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Mon Aug 10 08:18:05 2026
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    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
    Rhino wrote in article <115cmc0$340ge$1@dont-email.me>:
    Only now has the mother finally been fired from her job and arrested for
    her part in the attempted murder at the courthouse. Yet *another*
    negative consequence of virtue-signalling in the aftermath of "St.
    George of Fentanyl....

    This sounds terrible, but I'm not sure it's a problem with DEI
    per se. It sounds more like a problem with sinecures.


    I was today years old when I learned a new word


    Anyone at all can squat in an easy job with no real requirements,
    whether it's DEI or something else. Sometimes we find some
    unbelievable critters hiding in these jobs.

    If I got paid a zillion dollars to tell other people they're
    prejudiced, you can bet I'd be keeping my nose very clean indeed.


    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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