• Re: OT: The purge continues...

    From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 15:47:18 2025
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    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 2:59 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 2:09 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 1:30 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 11:09 AM, TT wrote:
    Sawfish kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 20.53:
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/fbi-fires-agents- >>>>>>>>> kneeling-2020-racial-justice-protest

    This is obviously very wrong. However, looking at those
    damn
    "agents" I can't but feel some satisfaction about this.

    TT, since about the early mid 80s, and gaining momentum up
    until the
    present benighted and medieval administration, the US
    military,
    SS. FBI, etc., have had a strong element of politically
    motivated
    career-creation to it, the main beneficiaries of which are
    women.

    How about Europe?
    Not happening now?-a Explain Lindsey Halligan.-a Pam
    Bondi. Alina
    Habba.-a All deeply unqualified women put in position for
    their
    looks, politics, and loyalty.

    You'll note I was specifically referring to military or
    security or
    police organizations.

    Why are we now talking about civil service or cabinet? Does
    it mean
    that you agree with what I said about the organizations I
    named, but
    felt a pathological need to disagree with *something*?
    Not true, you made no qualification and you wrote "etc".-a It
    could
    easily extend to the justice department.-a And you know it.

    So you're stooping to "etc.", is that it?
    I'm not stooping.-a The justice department is part of the
    executive
    branch and works closely with the FBI and SS at least.-a Why
    *wouldn't* that be included in your list?

    Well, shoot. We may as well include the Boy Scouts of America,
    too...





    Nobody here is saying any of those people you name are any
    good, at
    all; nor is anyone saying the converse. That's an entirely
    different
    topic and I think you know it.
    Probably worse, no?-a I'd argue the women who were put in
    power
    previously as part of gender quotas were at least likely
    qualified
    for the position.

    Another topic, if you insist on going there.

    -a I'm assuming you have a long list of women as unqualified
    as these, that were put in place in previous administrations?

    Separate topic. Start a thread if you want to go there, and
    you won't
    haved to pointed try to shift the topic under discussion.
    This is rst, interesting dialogs begin when threads branch off
    into
    separate but related concepts.-a I think you just don't like
    "losing
    control" of the thread,

    Yes. It's becoming unfocused and unbounded, with either party
    skittering away when they don't want to talk about any
    particular
    point.

    To actually get anywhere with the topic at hand we need some
    kind of
    ethical ground rules, else it's just a bitching session that
    skitters
    from one topic to the next. Just serial bitching.

    So I'm basically willing to go back and forth in disagreement on
    a
    topic, but I don't like interlocutors sashaying away when they
    want to
    dodge the topic by changing it to one of their choice.

    I've never really liked that because nothing ever comes of
    it. There
    can seldom be a mutual understanding of the topic, or even the
    motivations of the conversant. So it can lead to mistrust and
    suspicion.

    OK, well I thought it was on-topic enough. This seemed like more
    of an ad hoc bitching thread anyway, why not add my own?


    or of dissenting replies to your bitter
    diatribes.-a It's a pattern any keen observer of rst would
    notice.



    What gives, j?
    Just pointing out your obvious biases.-a Got a problem with
    that?

    I don't see the biases *for* anything, only against DEI
    policies.

    Where's the problem? Do you think DEI as a personnel policy is
    generally a better policy, as compared to color-blind
    meritocracy? New
    thread for that one?
    imo, it *sounds* like you lost an opportunity to a woman you
    didn't
    think was qualified and are still butt-hurt about it deep into
    your
    retirement.

    Nah, all the DEI stuff was well after I was established in the
    workforce, and in point of fact I was out of it before "woke"
    was
    anything other than what happened at the end of a short nap.

    Leave it to you to always try for the most negative and
    demeaning
    possibility. That's for sure a recognizable pattern and we, you
    and
    me, have trodden this path before.

    You're welcome :)



    Personally, I'm all for judging people on their merits alone,
    blind
    to color and gender.-a I've never particularly liked DEI, but I
    also
    know I've had numerous well-qualified women and minority
    colleagues
    who might not had the opportunity otherwise.

    Ditto.

    Anti-DEI types like to pretend that it means "hire random
    people off
    the street based solely on gender, skin-tone and sexual
    preference". In my experience that's not the case at all.

    It has gravitated toward that increasingly, it appears to me,
    and so
    long as the underlying concept of DEI--to offer preferred
    treatment to
    groups who have historically been among the less financially
    successful socio-economic segments of society whenever two
    candidates
    are deemed to be qualified--it is essentially anything anyone
    wants it
    to be as regards hiring and promotion.

    A protective official policy that covers job discrimination if
    it is
    of the "right" sort.

    Well, that's your opinion anyway, and maybe you have some first
    hand experience that I don't. Or, maybe you're just parroting
    right wing talking points. I don't know.
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  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 27 17:19:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.tennis

    On 9/27/25 4:47 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 2:59 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 2:09 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 1:30 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/27/25 11:09 AM, TT wrote:
    Sawfish kirjoitti 27.9.2025 klo 20.53:
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/fbi-fires-agents- >>>>>>>>>> kneeling-2020-racial-justice-protest

    This is obviously very wrong. However, looking at those damn >>>>>>>>> "agents" I can't but feel some satisfaction about this.

    TT, since about the early mid 80s, and gaining momentum up until >>>>>>>> the
    present benighted and medieval administration, the US military, >>>>>>>> SS. FBI, etc., have had a strong element of politically motivated >>>>>>>> career-creation to it, the main beneficiaries of which are women. >>>>>>>>
    How about Europe?
    Not happening now?-a Explain Lindsey Halligan.-a Pam Bondi. Alina >>>>>>> Habba.-a All deeply unqualified women put in position for their
    looks, politics, and loyalty.

    You'll note I was specifically referring to military or security or >>>>>> police organizations.

    Why are we now talking about civil service or cabinet? Does it mean >>>>>> that you agree with what I said about the organizations I named, but >>>>>> felt a pathological need to disagree with *something*?
    Not true, you made no qualification and you wrote "etc".-a It could
    easily extend to the justice department.-a And you know it.

    So you're stooping to "etc.", is that it?
    I'm not stooping.-a The justice department is part of the executive
    branch and works closely with the FBI and SS at least.-a Why
    *wouldn't* that be included in your list?

    Well, shoot. We may as well include the Boy Scouts of America, too...





    Nobody here is saying any of those people you name are any good, at >>>>>> all; nor is anyone saying the converse. That's an entirely different >>>>>> topic and I think you know it.
    Probably worse, no?-a I'd argue the women who were put in power
    previously as part of gender quotas were at least likely qualified
    for the position.

    Another topic, if you insist on going there.

    -a I'm assuming you have a long list of women as unqualified
    as these, that were put in place in previous administrations?

    Separate topic. Start a thread if you want to go there, and you won't
    haved to pointed try to shift the topic under discussion.
    This is rst, interesting dialogs begin when threads branch off into
    separate but related concepts.-a I think you just don't like "losing
    control" of the thread,

    Yes. It's becoming unfocused and unbounded, with either party
    skittering away when they don't want to talk about any particular
    point.

    To actually get anywhere with the topic at hand we need some kind of
    ethical ground rules, else it's just a bitching session that skitters
    from one topic to the next. Just serial bitching.

    So I'm basically willing to go back and forth in disagreement on a
    topic, but I don't like interlocutors sashaying away when they want to
    dodge the topic by changing it to one of their choice.

    I've never really liked that because nothing ever comes of it. There
    can seldom be a mutual understanding of the topic, or even the
    motivations of the conversant.-a So it can lead to mistrust and
    suspicion.

    OK, well I thought it was on-topic enough.-a This seemed like more of an
    ad hoc bitching thread anyway, why not add my own?


    -aor of dissenting replies to your bitter
    diatribes.-a It's a pattern any keen observer of rst would notice.



    What gives, j?
    Just pointing out your obvious biases.-a Got a problem with that?

    I don't see the biases *for* anything, only against DEI policies.

    Where's the problem? Do you think DEI as a personnel policy is
    generally a better policy, as compared to color-blind meritocracy? New >>>> thread for that one?
    imo, it *sounds* like you lost an opportunity to a woman you didn't
    think was qualified and are still butt-hurt about it deep into your
    retirement.

    Nah, all the DEI stuff was well after I was established in the
    workforce, and in point of fact I was out of it before "woke" was
    anything other than what happened at the end of a short nap.

    Leave it to you to always try for the most negative and demeaning
    possibility. That's for sure a recognizable pattern and we, you and
    me, have trodden this path before.

    You're welcome :)



    Personally, I'm all for judging people on their merits alone, blind
    to color and gender.-a I've never particularly liked DEI, but I also
    know I've had numerous well-qualified women and minority colleagues
    who might not had the opportunity otherwise.

    Ditto.

    Anti-DEI types like to pretend that it means "hire random people off
    the street based solely on gender, skin-tone and sexual
    preference". In my experience that's not the case at all.

    It has gravitated toward that increasingly, it appears to me, and so
    long as the underlying concept of DEI--to offer preferred treatment to
    groups who have historically been among the less financially
    successful socio-economic segments of society whenever two candidates
    are deemed to be qualified--it is essentially anything anyone wants it
    to be as regards hiring and promotion.

    A protective official policy that covers job discrimination if it is
    of the "right" sort.

    Well, that's your opinion anyway, and maybe you have some first hand experience that I don't.-a Or, maybe you're just parroting right wing talking points.-a I don't know.

    Typically I'm not parroting but verbally bar-fightin' such as it is. And
    I don't really like fightin'.

    Understood, j.
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