Anyone familiar with the despicable life of the Malignant Fascist knows of his racism and misogyny. Going back to his days in the 1970s as a partner with his father Fred in redlining their apartment holdings to exclude people of color, to his infamous "Central Park Five" display of racism, to leading the racist "birtherism" charge against President Obama, it's all there. His vile campaign to wipe out diversity, equity and inclusion not only in government but to pressure the private sector to go along is but the latest in a lifetime of discrimination. In his column, Jamelle Bouie writes about the MF's nasty campaign against DEI, and how his claim to want "meritocracy" is undermined by his absurd Cabinet nominees and other incompetent MAGA associates:
"Donald Trump does not care about merit.
If he cared about merit, then Pete Hegseth — a former Fox News host who has been accused of having a history of alcohol abuse and professional malfeasance — would not be secretary of defense. If he cared about merit, then JD Vance — with even less experience than one of his least experienced predecessors, Dan Quayle — would not be vice president of the United States. And if he cared about merit, then neither Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nor Kash Patel would be a hair’s breadth away from serving as secretary of health and human services or director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Trump does not care about merit, but he talks about merit all the time. It is the key term in his war on diversity, equity and inclusion policies, or D.E.I. But if Trump does not care about actual merit then what, exactly, is he going on about? What is “merit” and what is an anti-meritocratic D.E.I. policy?
Trump gave us one answer last week when he revoked a 60-year-old nondiscrimination order and shut down civil rights enforcement at the Justice Department. [snip]
...in the mind of the president and his deputy, the mere fact of diversity is evidence of incompetence and unfair treatment. To have women or nonwhites or people with disabilities in sensitive roles, says the president, is to necessarily court disaster.
What does D.E.I. mean to the president and his administration? It’s the presence — in a skilled or high-status role — of anyone who isn’t white, male and able-bodied, regardless of qualifications or abilities. And on the other end, in the Orwellian formulation of the president and his allies, it is meritocracy to bestow the highest public trust on men like Hegseth, who have, if nothing else, the right look." (our emphasis)
The column is well worth reading to understand what the MF is doing with his statements on DEI and "meritocracy." It's the MF's response the decades-old white males' complaint about affirmative action and that their jobs / promotions etc. were given to less qualified minorities and/or women for the sake of "diversity." White MAGA men see the MF as their champion against a changing nation that encourages non-white and female achievers, but it's racism and misogyny by any other name.
🤞 We've known since the election that we would be in hell for a long time to come. But, I kinda thought hell would be a slower roll than this...like a cartoon where the steamroller moves slowly and flattens you while you try to struggle out. I am now oddly hopeful that because Sphincter Face, et.al., hit the turbo button on that roller, the pain might be over sooner. Even the the deepest corners of MAGA are perked up to what might have escaped notice or been more easily rationalized at a slower pace. This administration is obviously testing boundaries, throwing out "norms" that sadly never really existed, and daring anyone to stop it. But, inadvertently, these lunatics are no longer successfully using the slow drip of a propaganda water torture. They have chosen waterboarding...people are drowning in it, they are choking, they can't get a breath. At the very least, it is something much harder to ignore and it should be the start of every message from Ken Martin and the "new" DNC! 🤞
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