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Federal health workers are alarmed after the “DEI Watch List” website published names, photos, and salaries of employees, mainly Black, labeling them “targets” for involvement in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

The conservative American Accountability Foundation runs the site, which has sparked fears of doxxing and intimidation.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued memos demanding an end to DEI-related work, escalating paranoia. Some staff have been placed on leave.

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[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 249 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nothing like Hitler's rise to power. Both sides. Blah blah blah.

Clinton and Obama over saw two massive economic recoveries, and trump and Bush have birth to absolute dumpster fire economies... But sure vote for conservative "for the economy."

Every conservative in office is a nazi supporting piece of shit.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For anyone who isn't white for the next four(ty) years, I'm really sorry.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey, plenty of white women and white poor people will get fucked as well.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is why my wife and I are desperately trying to move to Canada. I'm so sick of the US.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you tell me how you're doing it? It seems really difficult.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

It is difficult. Basically you have to apply. Prove you can contribute to their country/society . Apply and wait. It can take several months to get denied.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 17 points 1 year ago

Trying to apply for jobs and get sponsored for a work visa. I don't have a degree, so it's kind of my only option.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. Those aren't the 'pure' whites though.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, non-white people will undoubtedly have it worse.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Perhaps. White women aren't going to be happy. Poor white men are getting and are going to get fucked. Racial purity has more to do with status and wealth this time.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

White women will be in a utopia compared to black women, who are already at the bottom in American society.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (17 children)

As long as the neo-Nazis find you 'hot', you'll be as well off as the white women

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Anyone who isn’t a white able bodied straight man who is middle - upper class and isn’t a leftist.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

There are a lot of whites that are going to be harmed as well. Believe that.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also, things under Biden were at nearly record levels for so many indicators - in good directions.

There are just a lot of very stupid people.

And YES I'm blaming the voters. And a big fucking thanks to the "liberal media" that kept talking down the economy, FFS.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately for Biden a healthy economy didn't translate to money in the pockets of people who needed it.

Giving subsidies to green energy and supporting our allies is good policy, but it doesn't fix the overinflated price of goods and human needs. And that's what Americans working like slaves care about.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s almost like the economy doesn’t account for most Americans.

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[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 141 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But doxxing the folks working for Elon in the Treasury department is a crime?

Okay.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the "law and order" the qons so very much crave.

Law and order will be applied to all of YOU - meaning the others, the peasants, etc...law and order does not apply to ME - meaning those considered part of the in-group.

Naturally a lot of peasant dumbass qons think they'll be part of the in-group. 🤣

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is so terrifying and it's all happening at break neck speed. I feel so helpless. It's like some nightmare version of whack-a-mole.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Their states strategy is to overwhelm the system so it/we cannot cope. I haven't heard of a good strategy to counter this, but we'll need to find one.

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The second amendment gives us the right to bear arms against a tyrannical government.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The laws of physics give tyrannical governments the power to turn me into a cloud of pink mist the moment I get too uppity.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It will come to people arming up and then violence as they begin to shoot people out of fear for their lives.

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[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People are looking the other way as this is happening. What if camps are built to more efficiently process those involved, will anyone oppose it? I do not know if it will happen again but what this all shows is how it could and how readily people fall in line.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Every single post or mention I see that's critical of Trump's mass deportation actions is followed immediately with ''they are criminals, they broke the law'' they are ready for all levels of genocide and there's plenty of sensible kick the can democrats who are ALSO ready to not care when this happens. After all. They broke the law.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They view this comment as they view their Bible they closely hold to their heart as they spew hate and ignorance across the entire populace.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I believe you could make an argument that those words are the highest ever spoken by humanity, the closest we have come to the Divine. I would not want those that felt that then to know how we speak today.

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 32 points 1 year ago

Cool and Normal

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This feels like it should be a federal crime.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is, but laws don't apply to president Musk and his dog.

They're admitting to us that we can't remove them from power legally

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[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Here's their tip line. It would be a shame if people started flooding the site with nonsense tips.

https://www.deiwatchlist.com/tipline

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

This anti-DEI push is literally just an attempt at re-segregating the country. That's why these lists heavily target minorities. Their only goal is for their workplaces and government to be whites only again.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The conservative superpower is declaring somebody an enemy randomly and then making it true by being terrible to them, and avoiding the five seconds of attention it would take to realize they don't actually hate them.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Conservative Accountability? lol

That’s an oxymoron if ever I saw one.

“I don’t know what the intention of the list is for,” the person said.

Yes you do, it's for Trump's brownshirts

I think I've had enough internet for a few months.

I just feel so despairing and helpless. I'm not even American.

[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wonder where they are getting their information. Wonder if it's legal.

Info about fed employees' names, job titles, and salaries is publicly available info, bc the government is actually more transparent than the slack-jawed yokels will have you believe. Kinda like how your political party affiliation and whether you voted is publicly available.

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