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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Remind me which political party wants every institution up to and including the federal government to have offices devoted to promoting a political ideology (DEI), along with all kinds of incoherent regulations and policies regarding same?

And which political party wants everyone to pretend that boys can turn into girls and vice versa? And will try to drum out of office or otherwise publicly shame anyone with who argues otherwise?

What’s that you were saying about authoritarians?[/quote]

Neither of what you are describing is authoritarianism. It is a shame you don't understand what compassion and understanding are.[/quote]

When university professors can’t get hired without signing statements affirming their ideological commitment to anti-racism in, you know, astrophysics or something - is that authoritarian yet, or still no?[/quote]

When science projects can’t get funding unless they bend the knee to the same amorphous political principles - still not authoritarian?[/quote]

how is agreeing not to be a racist "political"?

How would it be if all of said professors were of color, would it be ok for them to not hire asian or white colleagues because of their biases?[/quote]

Those statements are absolutely not about “agreeing not to be a racist” - nice Motte & Bailey though!

Had you lived in East Germany, maybe you’d be scolding dissidents for complaining about loyalty oaths and whatnot - I mean, Communism’s just about equality! Why won’t you just say the words?

Anyway, when speech is compelled, it’s political [/quote]

Agreeing not to be racist is not the same as pledging fealty to the state. Please provide an example of what you are referring to, because what you are suggesting is not the same as authoritarianism.[/quote]

Funny you mention that, because I think it's actually illegal in the US to force people to pledge fealty to the state  :D

However, it's legal to do this sort of thing: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/higher-ed-new-woke-loyalty-oaths-dei

And before you say harrumph, it's from Tablet, they're..... [conservative]! Yes, I tried to find coverage on the left, but man, it's hard! Anyway, there are lots of in-text citations.

A couple disquisitions on "authoritarianism": https://www.britannica.com/topic/authoritarianism, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

Seems to fit the definition quite nicely - rejection of pluralism and individual agency, "Political legitimacy is based upon appeals to emotion and identification of the regime as a necessary evil to combat "easily recognizable societal problems, such as underdevelopment or insurgency" - and on an on.

[b]You want to get the job, you want to get the promotion, well, bend the knee! And you better use the words our grifter consultants taught us so we know you're not faking! Doesn't matter if your work actually has anything to do with DEI, or if, God forbid, you think it's not the most important thing in the universe. If you want to feed your family, you better act like you do.
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Does that sound like.... freedom? Or diversity?[/quote]

People can get a different job or different employer. No one is forcing you to take that particular job. Boostraps and free country.[/quote]

Tell that to liberal arts PhDs! World’s already got enough bartenders. [/quote]

In the context of this thread, why would this statement even apply? The complaint was about physicists who were alleged to have to sign fealty to DEI or something something[/quote]

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