We already know that everyone who ever gets accused of being a “DEI hire” had fought many times as hard to get where they are. The people who are often not where they are “on merit”, are the white, male, heterosexual etc ones.
I sat on a University board of trustees for a while. Like most colleges, we had a hard time recruiting enough qualified male applicants. They just weren’t applying. Despite women being better educated than men, particularly Black women, White men still hire into most positions of power.
There are still plenty of Indian and Asian guys in the high school honors and AP classes, just not many white guys.
A bunch of white teenage boys here seem to prefer to play video games over studying and don’t care. But there are a lot of white girls studying to get into good colleges… So merit.
The university I’m referencing had a fairly decent number of Asian American applicants, but more were women. It was striking, and when we compared to national trends, we were not that far off from what was happening nationwide.
Teenage girls are very aware that the main path for them to have a career is college — just ask them.
Not nearly as many girls are planning on going to a trade school. And trade school has finally gotten more attention in recent years, as it should because we definitely need plumbers, etc.
Yeah, but for how long?? "I'll stop drinking if I get the job". Said by many with addiction problems. With all the pressure of that job, and being so completely under-qualified, it's only a matter of time. Hope we don't have a lot of our service people hurt before that happens.
He should be reported as a DEI hire on the DEI hotline. He meets all of The Current Occupant's criteria: white, holds all the correct right-wing-nutjob prejudices, has no qualifications except that he'll be a disruptor and destroy enough of the command structure to enable Trump's takeover.
But the other guy has two things that Trump prizes above anything else ..he is willing to back Trump & kiss ass
AND he's a heavy drinker, giving Trump something to hold over his head.
Well yeah. The smoke clears and the truth is that this weak group of cis white men have to eliminate all the talented diverse options in order for their path to be successful. They are not competitive candidates without these actions.
I guess the illegitimate one didn't really qualify that his merit standards are scraping the bottom of the barrels that have been submerged in bogs, did he?
Every day, some uneducated white man tries telling me Kamala Harris was unqualified to be president. The same men voted for the NAZI SHITBAG you call Trump.
But she walked away from her duty! She needed to contest the election instead of being polite! 14th Amendment, Section 3 should have been enforced! Now We The People are stuck with this robber baron for the next four plus years! https://youtu.be/qtG_wTIGYUM?si=gnpqc2K8VvZgRw_X
we went from DEI flit to masculine dominance. anything short of that should never be admitted to the military. the job of the military is to fight and destroy.
The absolute icing on the cake is the gaslighting when they say “well, he’s gonna have experienced people around him”. HE is supposed to be the leader! I was ready to throw things when he was invoking “meritocracy”. The double standard is mind numbing
I bet you a dollar to a donut that General KNOWS how to execute an Audit. I don't condone him going AWOL by any count, and I'm sure he was reprimanded. However even on a Cancer bed that Man of honor has more expertise and qualifications than a drunk THUG with a history of Domestic Abuse.
I find the whole DEI argument under MAGA hillarious myself. They are saying: "People are ONLY chosen due to skin color". And they elect the dumbest fucking people on the planet that have no abilities. Just 'I like Jim Bob, he's ma friend. So I hired him!'
They also like to hire those those types because of control.
They didn't even bother finding another white guy who was more qualified than hegseth. Hegesth is out of his league, and thus, easily manipulated/blackmailed. He knows he'll be canned the moment his lips leave trumps' as$.
I’ve met several Gen who happend to be black. I find them to be tougher and more prof than the white ones. You know why? Because they had too to get past the inst racism.
If you’re white and you think we need to get rid off DEI. Look in the mirror, maybe you’re just not qualified?🤔
This is SO true. I learned years ago that the black professionals
(Drs.,dentists, accountants, lawyers)
Had to work twice as hard to be considered equal...they get my business ❤️
Are you seriously claiming that Austin didn’t get a DEI leg-up on each and every one of those promotions ? For the past 15+ years have been desperate to impress their superiors with the diversity of their appointments. Sure there was anti-black racism in 60s & 70s but Austin ain't that old
I remember desegregation and it was going on into the 70s . Just because you are too young to remember doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
Informal seg lasted into the 1980s . It was against the law to discriminate but black folks knew their place and didn’t push the boundaries in order to avoid trouble.
So you think 250+ years of oppression, discrimination, & segregation were cured in a little over 50 years? The current generations were raised by the people who were doing the oppressing & discriminating.
Asian people were just as oppressed by colonialism only 50-100 years ago, but have risen to the top without any DEI programs or white saviours. But you keep telling black people they cant progress without your charity (which you wont give because, lets face it, its all just signalling with you)
“Positive Discrimination” = older white bosses looking ‘progressive’ to move on up by openly blocking younger white mens careers (but keeping their own) has been a flex since the mid 70s
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Still, when he was in the service 70s-2020s he would have got a great run of positive discrimination in consideration for promotions. Probably helped to be meek and compliant in 70s&80s, but by the 2000s I’d say no “white” male rival candidate ever got fair consideration as superiors took credit for
My goodness, would you care to prove. But, in 2020, the % the share of black officers in the US military’s general officers corps was 6.5% vs 90% who were white.
Seems a lot of whites got ‘fair’ consideration as well.
Sounds like Asians and Latinos are hugely unrepresented in officer corps.. but strangely those demographics are unimportant to woke white people -why ?BUT ANYWAY, It naturally takes time for newcomers/ historical underdogs to work up the ranks. Lets not ‘play God’ by pushing undeserving individuals
DEI means being forced to consider more qualified people just because they are black, rather than the underqualified white guy you wanted to hire. You see their problem. They don't want to hire black people.
not really. They are routinely overlooked for promotion because the powers that be fear they will need to take months off to have babies, and are only usually given CEO positions only if all available men turned it down because that particular role at that company was career suicide.
marginalised and qualified. the worst combination for any failson corporate tyrant.
Those petty ogres hate losing any power, and having somebody competent showing them up every damn day must be hell for them. Particularly if the ogre is racist and the competent person is a minority.
People tend to hire people who remind them of themselves. They feel comfortable with them. People who refuse to work outside their comfort need an extra push that DEI can give. This is really sad
Fine words, but the reality is that for the last 50+ years we have needed the push because we can expect 'empathy' from enough people to provide an equal shot at what is common place.
Look at desegregation and the current push for school vouchers. They never learned empathy.
This is not, and never has been, about “empathy.” This is about the hoarding of resources and opportunities to maintain an unearned advantage. And providing that advantage, no matter how incompetent and undeserving the recipient.
Replacing Austin with the incompetent drunk is by design.
Imagine all that hate directed at a mother taking her very young children to school. Imagine being gleeful to harass families. Imagine using your righteous anger for something like this. I’ll never understand.
My organization needs to fill positions. They ask people in the organization to recommend people. Not being in the in group is what keeps people out of these positions.
No! I am NOT saying this is how I feel! I am saying my 40 years of work experience has shown me lots of people feel that way. Ugh! I am deleting my post. Never thought people would read it that way
My experience with black officers, including generals, is that they interpret the job as more listening and less bossing compared to their white colleagues, who had a tendency to come into the room with their decisions already made. That could come from a culture of racism.
My father was a Colonel and my grandfather was a Brig. I’ve had a ton of them in my house for dinner and drinks.
I had a few of them baby sit me in their offices while my father was busy. I have a pretty good feel for them.
All my favorites were the black officers. I have a lot of fond memories.
Come on, there is no way that dude has the ability to sit through a game of Risk. He gets hammered 45min in and knocks the board over reaching across to sexually harass another player.
China is facing instability in its defense ministry leadership, but the Central Military Commission remains stable, ensuring military continuity and discipline.
He was a Major in the Minnesota and the District of Columbia National Guard not in the regular Army (RA). Only 44 and on his third marriage, 7 children, an accused sexual and alcohol abuser. Not even close to being in the same league as GEN Austin.
Also, during his Senate confirmation hearings, Hegseth had little to no knowledge about geopolitical agreements, misunderstood A.S.E.A.N. for Asian countries & was asked categorically asinine questions by maga republicans like "How many pushups can you do?" & "How many genders are there?"
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Guess how many push ups you can do is the REAL qualification to be SecDef now. And that question coming from a US Senator. The GOP is a joke and the electorate that votes these imbeciles into office should have their voting rights questioned.
I think regardless of what country you live in, you should be able to successfully answer the simplest questions about how your own country's government operates in order to be eligible to vote. Many magas feel so "righteous" in their anger can't even answer how many levels of government there are.
Hegseth is a terrible person but let's not forget that Austin was on the board of directors for Raytheon, which is an absolutely insane conflict of interest. Insane that it was even legal for Austin to be Secdef after that and unquestionable profoundly immoral.
Just when you think that they can’t go any lower, they say “wait hold my beer.” Getting rid of thousands of employees so he can install loyal ones. His lackeys.
The only requirement for the drunk was an absolute fealty to project 2025..he's an incompetent buffoon who will say yes to anything.
General Austin is the antithesis to everything the new regime wants. Accomplished, proven integrity, known leadership with a stellar career.
Trump cabinet picks are all so unqualified, that is why he wants to get rid of DEI, because he would never be able to get his loyalist in jobs if they had to compete with talented, capable, intelligent and hard working people.
they don't have to be anything but loyal, and the Senate lives in fear of Trump, so approval is assured. It's the ultimate DEI hire: loyalist without adequate qualifications or with significant disqualifications.
We are witnessing a repeat of naxi Germany in the early days of the Holocaust. The american people, every single one of them, have given to the world history repeating itself. The American dream is a nightmare now unleashed upon the world. We have learned nothing.
This is my grandfather Paul. He escaped being murdered by the Nazis by leaving Germany in the late 1920s . it was the 3rd attempt staying in the US as we were not just accepting German Jews. he was an undocumented alien resident the rest of his life. His 11 siblings stayed, and died in the Shoah.
i’m old, if they come for me i have nothing to lose. but my 3 adult children are another story. one is trans and in a cultural anthropology PhD program. They are a target
I know what you mean. Hard to look the kids in the eye. I always wondered how Germany accepted Hitler. Now I know, it wasn't everyone, but it surely was enough people. This is the direct result of taking people's opportunities and futures. Hopelessness leaves people to cling to anything different.
Best to stop trying to understand. The Boys Club got neutered and they are desperately trying to reattach their balls because it was shown they had to blatantly cheat to high lower qualified white men.
Here's a little anecdote on guerrilla DEI. In WW2 small town England, my (white English) grandmother had a visitor arrive for her husband who was out of the house at the time. The visitor was a white USAF officer, with a Black driver. My grandmother invited them both in for a cup of tea.
The officer said it wouldn't be proper for a 'colored' soldier to come into the house, so my grandmother said that she wouldn't accept the Black driver waiting outside and the white officer refused to allow him in. So my grandmother told him to wait outside as well.
On a bigger scale, this is worth a look. Reportedly village pubs had responded to US military demands to institute a color bar, by putting up signs saying 'Black Troops Only'. That may be an apocryphal story but I like it anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge
Better documented are examples where white British women refused to dance with white US soldiers at events where Black US soldiers were denied entry by US military officers. A world without racism is possible!
Agreed. I think part of the push back against conservatives (not the hard case fascists) around 'wokery' should be about manners, decency and minding-your-own-business.
Exactly! The focus was all about Hegseth's alcohol abuse. That totally seemed to overshadow his total lack of experience & incompetence to be the Sec. of DOD. I can't imagine how 4-star #GenLloydAustin feels about being replaced by the likes of Hegseth!!
They want to call him an Affirmative Action hire and not Hegseth who was a what? Nepotism hire? The extreme mediocre hire. I don't think people are talking about how absolutely dangerous this is. Every soldier, every American, is at risk now.
We are and have been talking about how dangerous Hegseth is going to be for the military. If you have a drinking problem that hasn't been address, there is no way you can convince me, that an unqualified, incompetent drunk will not be drinking the moment he sits and realizes he is over his head.
Most of us are, it just the crazy ass cult that think this is a competent pick, as they think their felon is a good leader, they all suck and our enemies abroad are rubbing their hands together as they snicker. God help us.
I mean the media. They keep talking about his drinking and not about how serious of a threat it is to have someone with zero experience at that position.
The problem is that I have never had a si hle Republican, in my lifetime, that I could vote for. I started voting at 18 in 1996 & have voted every single year since & the GOP was already trash then thanks to #NewtGingrich & his antics of no negotiations.
I voted for one in 1984. But he was running against another Republican and I was pretty sure my guy was going to be indicted and convicted, and so if he won, we were going to get new elections in a year with better candidates. The guy was convicted, we got new elections, and the felon did talk radio
Since we are talking about military and they want to get rid of all DEI, what is their target date for ending the GI Bill? You know….the same DEI program that JD Vance benefited from 😏
America: as dumb and racist as possible. Wait until they all discover that these white men don't want to actually do any of the jobs they claim immigrants have stolen from them. No food because it's rotted in the fields. No coffee because the tariffs Dump put on the countries with coffee go up.
Qualifications really are forward looking, not backward. The question is always, "What will the DOD look like a year from now?" After 4 years of Biden, et al., it looks like this:
Regardless of what they look like or their personal preference they all were qualified to do the jobs they were tasked to do. These people are not qualified. They are yes men for Trump.
Qualifications are not the standard - performance is. We judge people NOT by their Resume but by their performance, their achievements over time. The Biden regime failed US, including the DOD. The Trump administration will not. Check back in 6-12 months & you'll have proven to yourself your error.
Past performance is no guarantee of future greatness. Greatness is the ability by great men to complete the mission set forth by their great visionary leader. Trump chose based upon a genuine articulation of adherence to his vision for a Great America, not ribbons or medals or resumes.
What have they done to warrant them to be qualified for the positions they’ve been handed? Don’t try and move the goalposts. Just tell us what have they done to make them qualified.
Petey boy won’t be there long! He will do something that pisses Trumpty dumpty off. But then he will just be replaced by another idiot! Drink up Petey!!!
It is disgraceful!!! Unless we do something this will continue!!! They want white supremacy! I hate this time we are living in! We can’t just sir back and watch! We need to raise some hell!
It is frightening how unqualified hegseth is. It makes me wonder who will be doing the job? Putin? It certainly makes the US weaker. I don't think having a drunk in command will help recruitment either. The services are going to have to lower their standards to meet quotas.
Trump Had Gen. Austin’s Portrait Removed From The Wall In Pentagon! Remove Security Clearances For Retired U.S. Military Generals And Defence Leaders—Who Are Called On For Advice In Emergencies And Their Firsthand Knowledge On Issues Past -To Present! Removed Their Security-Need After Trump’s Lies!
While I agree, I think we can still narrow it down a bit to white, anglo-saxon, male putz. I still think some of Kamala's loss was due because she was a woman.
To get a job in the administration: one must prove their self worth is based on 47’s approval, you must shove your 👃 far enough up his ass you can see through his mouth, you must praise his every utterance and you must be willing to lie to protect 47 if subpoenaed to testify against him.
I can't get past the fact he admitted a TV to not washing his hands, let alone this full comprehensive list of reasons that make him woefully inexperienced to hold such an office. I still think the best way is to continue to give him enough rope and eventually...
My comp. practices DEI, I checked some of these “supposed DEI” hires(as some would claim),they are 5x more qualified than their white/other counterpart, many graduates of top IVY league schools w/ masters and PHD. The marginalized groups have to be more qualified for be hired ! So there is your DEI
DEI is just this year’s racist dog whistle replacement for “affirmative action”. The idea that anyone who benefits from these programs would not otherwise be there because of their lack of qualifications (and because not because of racism) is racist AF.
that's not all the other guy had. also had sex offenses that he paid off & probably a drink in his hand.
maybe Trump likes him cause his payoff was successful & his wasn't.
Such a disgrace. rump doesn't care about excellence or the state of the country. He only cares about surrounding himself with weak people that he can control to carry out his will. Power play. If however they object to his will they will be ridiculed and punished (fired).
…and a talk host on Fox. Well, I guess if you can have a realty tv show (the apprentice) you can be president of the United States twice anything is possible 🤷🏽♀️
And both of my Trumplican senators voted for him. One even said he was a man if good character. Both my senators used to be Republican. Now they are for the dictator Trump
That unfair discrimination against white people! 🙄 Reminds me of Ginger Rogers not getting equal props that Fred Astaire did for dancing when she had to "dance backwards and in heels." I was accidentally Caucasian at birth, but know skin color does not relate to intellect/ability/character/bravery.
Black excellence to straight up Hegseth trash.
A drunken bum, abuser of women,
Now in charge of over 400,000 women. Anyone see the disaster headed for hegseth . Let's make predictions. I say 6 months and I believe I'm being nice.
Depends on if it’s refrigerated, frozen or fresh. I would choose the frozen option if we can find a big enough freezer to fit the drunkard in. We’ll find out soon enough if there’s truth to the statement that “alcohol doesn’t feeeze”
Its like the US is on a bad trip. It's psychedelic level madness. Almost like deliberately scripted that way. I fear their is method to the madness for a real purpose. It a russian word.
Excellent post except it is from the nazi extwitter network. Please don’t repost anything from there. Don’t take screen shots. Don’t visit it. Don’t say its new weird name or its owner’s weird name.
For real. Concerned Vets for America CVA (koch$) + Vets for Freedom Charities. Hegseth Allegedly: 1. harrassed females,2. ran through the money till they were almost out, 3.drank a few bars dry...
Who was somehow considered a big enough security threat to not let him anywhere near Biden during his presidency, but not enough of a security threat to kick out of the service.
I don’t work NG HR, can’t comment on why they kept dead weight. Pete clearly had issues that made him a risk - alcohol, abuse, etc. I know from my time in uniform, mil moves slow. Bureaucracy is bureaucracy 🤷♂️
But in wake of J6, different security lens applied as risk management. We did it in close
protection/ VIP, too. Minimize all potential eruptions, bozo, violent or otherwise.
But yeah…. Curious that a guy with Pete’s leanings would ‘volunteer’ for guard duty on inauguration day.
Moot point: unstable alcoholic with no experience now running largest military. This’ll be fun.
He only ever led a platoon—a fraction of the people an NFL coach manages on game day. And now, this man, with no real experience in large-scale defense operations or military strategy, is in charge of overseeing millions of lives and a $700+ billion defense budget. Cool, cool, cool 🫠
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Plus do it backwards, in heels.
I say if they want merit-only decisions, make them merit-only for ALL people instead of being hypocrites.
A bunch of white teenage boys here seem to prefer to play video games over studying and don’t care. But there are a lot of white girls studying to get into good colleges… So merit.
Not nearly as many girls are planning on going to a trade school. And trade school has finally gotten more attention in recent years, as it should because we definitely need plumbers, etc.
White
Guy
Hire
AND he's a heavy drinker, giving Trump something to hold over his head.
https://youtu.be/qtG_wTIGYUM?si=gnpqc2K8VvZgRw_X
How far we have fallen. 🥴
#drunky
#sloshy
#doused
#peteywetwhistle
Dumb
Embarrassing
Idiotic
They didn't even bother finding another white guy who was more qualified than hegseth. Hegesth is out of his league, and thus, easily manipulated/blackmailed. He knows he'll be canned the moment his lips leave trumps' as$.
The end result would largely be the same but would definitely be more equitable and wouldnt have as much push back.
In the end it really boils down to their own strategic incompetence.
If you’re white and you think we need to get rid off DEI. Look in the mirror, maybe you’re just not qualified?🤔
(Drs.,dentists, accountants, lawyers)
Had to work twice as hard to be considered equal...they get my business ❤️
Informal seg lasted into the 1980s . It was against the law to discriminate but black folks knew their place and didn’t push the boundaries in order to avoid trouble.
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If Austin had been WWII vet, at that time, he wouldn’t have been afforded the benefits of the GI Bill that white vets received.
Seems a lot of whites got ‘fair’ consideration as well.
Those petty ogres hate losing any power, and having somebody competent showing them up every damn day must be hell for them. Particularly if the ogre is racist and the competent person is a minority.
Look at desegregation and the current push for school vouchers. They never learned empathy.
Replacing Austin with the incompetent drunk is by design.
"Yeah....."
I had a few of them baby sit me in their offices while my father was busy. I have a pretty good feel for them.
All my favorites were the black officers. I have a lot of fond memories.
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They will dig a hole… and fed up Americans will bury them.
General Austin is the antithesis to everything the new regime wants. Accomplished, proven integrity, known leadership with a stellar career.
It is straight up a crime in and of itself.
It shouldn't be like this.
Betrayed mine too.
Whte people were always the “DEI hire”. 🤷
From Democrat to Repugnantican
Same..
total fail up who will never garner respect
maybe Trump likes him cause his payoff was successful & his wasn't.
I'd be calling out the declined background check.
A drunken bum, abuser of women,
Now in charge of over 400,000 women. Anyone see the disaster headed for hegseth . Let's make predictions. I say 6 months and I believe I'm being nice.
Hegseth shouldn’t have more than 7.
Then came back thinking he was some sort of GI Pete, supersoldier.
But in wake of J6, different security lens applied as risk management. We did it in close
But yeah…. Curious that a guy with Pete’s leanings would ‘volunteer’ for guard duty on inauguration day.
Moot point: unstable alcoholic with no experience now running largest military. This’ll be fun.
A weekend warrior. A class VI defender.
Would that be the new Defense Secretay's Office?