Deny it all you want. I am sharing verifiable evidence that I came in contact with.

Anonymous wrote:Many of the disabled employees at my federal agency vocally disliked the Agency’s DEI initiative. They felt left out and overlooked. I know this for a fact. (I can not elaborate how).

“I” = inclusion
Why would disabled employees at federal agencies feel left out? I understand feeling overlooked if they weren’t considered for promotions or salary increases. We’ve come a long way. Sadly, Trump will dismantle progress. I won’t repeat here what he said about his nephew’s son. Before he returns to ashes, Trump should spend a bit of time as a physically disabled person. He’s already mentally impaired.

Anonymous wrote:He is a naturally charming person. I met him for 6O second in an elevator at the National Book Fair. It felt a lot longer. He came across as humble and approachable to me.

I am not sure about this particular thread topic. What I can say is that I saw was a winning personality and “open communicator”
in a small space where he could have easily ignored me. Some people have that confidence. I saw it.

That’s how they get you - charm and confidence instead of actual skill or ability. Bernie Madoff and Ted Bundy were really charming, too. In fact, every successful con man and quite a few serial killers had a certain something about them

At the end of the day, it’s all in what the boss thinks about your performance. Trump isn’t sold, it remains to be seen what the real boss Peter Thiel thinks of his employee’s performance. Is Vance all charm or is he going to deliver the goods to Daddy? .

Many of the disabled employees at my federal agency vocally disliked the Agency’s DEI initiative. They felt left out and overlooked. I know this for a fact. (I can not elaborate how).

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Anonymous wrote:What is an dei grad? You lost me. Why do people continue to use worda-that-are-not-du-jour. DEI is over. That acronym is only ten years old. Instead, “say equal opportunity” “a hand up” -and “social safety nets.”

That was safe in the 90s and 2000s. Everyone “got” that. Time to stop fussing around with words and language. Word play lost this last election.

DP. Sorry you’re lost. Let’s move beyond acronyms to actual words. Yale — including Yale Law School — has actively valued a modicum of diversity of many kinds at least as far back as Kingman Brewster’s presidency. Diversity means a lot of things — from admitting women to Yale College in the late 1960’s, to mentioning how many states and countries are represented in their student body, to noting that someone from an underrepresented state with military expertise and a possibly compelling backstory might add something to their class. It’s not really about equal opportunity, or social safety nets. It’s about adding something to the class that otherwise would be minimally represented— if at all.

OK, cool. Most people know how higher ed institutions selects students. We have seen it evolve with the Supreme Court. Got it.

My point, which I failed to make, is that DEI is now toxic. Think of it as the word “promiscuous.” We know that phenomenon exists. We deliberately choose not to use that word for various reasons. No one has called me that in years! (joke).

Anyhow, the faster we retire those letters the faster we move on.

I honestly believe most people want the same things. During my childhood, my black friend, every year,
would recite the MLK Dream speech at a school assembly. It was so powerful. Let’s get back to that!

We are a modest and quiet people. Some of these forces changes lost the election.

—that my point.

Anonymous wrote:P.S. I also met Bill Clinton and I swear I felt like he had a glow about him. It was also memorable and he made me feel like time stood still when he shook my hand and smiled at me. It’s a thing.

I met Bill too. You describe him well.

Anonymous wrote:What is an dei grad? You lost me. Why do people continue to use worda-that-are-not-du-jour. DEI is over. That acronym is only ten years old. Instead, “say equal opportunity” “a hand up” -and “social safety nets.”

That was safe in the 90s and 2000s. Everyone “got” that. Time to stop fussing around with words and language. Word play lost this last election.

DP. Sorry you’re lost. Let’s move beyond acronyms to actual words. Yale — including Yale Law School — has actively valued a modicum of diversity of many kinds at least as far back as Kingman Brewster’s presidency. Diversity means a lot of things — from admitting women to Yale College in the late 1960’s, to mentioning how many states and countries are represented in their student body, to noting that someone from an underrepresented state with military expertise and a possibly compelling backstory might add something to their class. It’s not really about equal opportunity, or social safety nets. It’s about adding something to the class that otherwise would be minimally represented— if at all.

Anonymous wrote:P.S. I also met Bill Clinton and I swear I felt like he had a glow about him. It was also memorable and he made me feel like time stood still when he shook my hand and smiled at me. It’s a thing.

I agree with you that it’s a thing, and I’ve heard many many people say that about Bill Clinton. So far, you’re the only person I’ve heard say similar things about Vance. That could say something about the people that I know — including more than a few Yalies. It could also say something about how Vance chooses to exercise his charm. I’m not likely to be in the demographic that Vance would try to charm, so, there’s that. I do appreciate your efforts to add your personal experience with Vance to what we know of him thus far. (Same PP)

Bill Clinton was a DEI admit to Georgetown from Arkansas.

Anonymous wrote:I am just saying… think what you want, but also know what and who you are dealing with. The guy I met made a strong impression.

That’s nice. I mean that. It means he has a wider range of social skills than I’ve been giving him credit for. I also mean that I hope he can sustain that for more than 60 seconds. I do believe that he makes a strong impression. I’m just not convinced that most people have a strong POSITIVE impression. PP

What is an dei grad? You lost me. Why do people continue to use worda-that-are-not-du-jour. DEI is over. That acronym is only ten years old. Instead, “say equal opportunity” “a hand up” -and “social safety nets.”

That was safe in the 90s and 2000s. Everyone “got” that. Time to stop fussing around with words and language. Word play lost this last election.

How did Vance pay for college? Was it Gi bill? Did he ever have Medicaid or welfare benefits as a kid supposedly living the hard life?

And yes, he is a DEI grad.

P.S. I also met Bill Clinton and I swear I felt like he had a glow about him. It was also memorable and he made me feel like time stood still when he shook my hand and smiled at me. It’s a thing.

I am just saying… think what you want, but also know what and who you are dealing with. The guy I met made a strong impression.

Anonymous wrote:He is a naturally charming person. I met him for 6O second in an elevator at the National Book Fair. It felt a lot longer. He came across as humble and approachable to me.

I am not sure about this particular thread topic. What I can say is that I saw was a winning personality and “open communicator”
in a small space where he could have easily ignored me. Some people have that confidence. I saw it.

Lol While it’s nice to know that he has that capacity for at least 60 seconds, it would be even nicer to learn that he could sustain it for a bit longer. He does, indeed, have “confidence”. Most white guys who graduate from YLS and get mentored by a Peter Thiel probably do. Confidence, ideally, would be backed up with actual skills — beyond the psychopathy of accusing POC of eating pets.