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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think her comments at the hearing got everyone looking at her (and the other two presidents)  --  but it was the evidence of pervasive plagiarism that actually did her in. [/quote]

I agree.

The real scandal here is how come she was hired to begin with. Would have taken 5 minutes to properly vet her.

Nepotism, racism, or both?[/quote]

It's not difficult to see Gay was (and still is) everything that was wrong about the DEI movement. Elevating highly unqualified and mediocre talent into senior roles and fast tracking people simply because of the need to fill an identity gap. Her academic history is weaker than a typical community college adjunct professor and yet she made tenure at elite universities, and she will retain her yearly salary of $900,000.   And she is part of a pattern that includes Kamala Harris and some of Biden's vastly under-qualified appointees.

It is a pattern of corruption.

This form of corruption isn't unique to DEI. The same pattern happened in the Soviet Union as people with the right ideology were promoted over more capable talent. It happened in the aristocratic regimes where noblemen were appointed to high offices due to the title, not talent. Hopefully this means going forward people will be wiser as to the risks of failing people upward.[/quote]

Oh, please. Wealthy "elites" (you guys love that word) have been hiring their relatives, friends, and friends' relatives for eons, regardless of merit. White men have hired other men over equally qualified women for eons as well. Thin people get hired over equally qualified fat people and so on and so forth. People often hire the people they identify with the most. There is inherent bias in many/most hires. Is that a "pattern of corruption" as well?

And surely you are trying to be humorous when referring to the hiring of "some of Biden's vastly under-qualified appointees." What, exactly, were Jared and Ivanka's qualifications to serve as senior advisors to the president? Or those of the many misfits and cray-crays that Trump hired?[/quote]

DP.

Two wrongs make a right?

But agree that conservatives are grossly hypocritical on this.[/quote]

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