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Comment Re: It's DEI bitching (Score 1) 273

Meanwhile you are filling out paperwork in which you are likely required to divulge all sorts of personal info but writing "he" on the paper work is hardship for you?

No, but this really lacks context.

Also, as I said before, I don't believe you that this was ever required of you and I'm noting that you're not responding to that which in my mind confirms my point that no such pressure exists.

I've actually responded to that already, making this the fourth time, so let me state clearly: No, I have not. And that is in no way a requirement to calling out people who do. Only a fool such as yourself would claim otherwise.

Comment Re:It's DEI bitching (Score 1) 273

Well, no, there is. Normal people don't have problems with incredibly mild requests like that.

What is normal? And the way I've seen these requests get made are in no way mild.

My guess is too much conservative culture war nonsense being pushed on you by your right wing news.

Guess again.

Outrage brings more viewers after all so convincing people things are problems that really don't negatively effect them at all is good for business.

You must have a lot of experience with being outraged by news.

Think real hard here, why would being required to write "he" on a piece of paper work be so hard for you?

Nothing, I do it all the time.

Keep in mind that said paper work likely has many other required and far more personal pieces of information that it requires from you that you will dutifully fill out without thinking twice.

What "said" paper? You're implying a form of some sort, obviously, but I'm trying to think of any form I've ever filled out that has explicitly asked for a pronoun, other than perhaps a complaint form or a witness statement. I haven't had the need to fill out any such forms in decades.

As I've already pointed out though, I don't believe for a second that you were ever required to do this. Those fields are always optional.

And as I've already stated twice: I've never been pressured to do this. I have however heard from others who have, and have seen others get pressured to do it publicly. You don't have to have personally been wronged before you're allowed to say something. The fact that you have made great effort to indicate that you clearly believe otherwise suggests that you have either no intelligence worth speaking of, no integrity, or more likely, neither of the two whatsoever.

Comment Re:Eating the seed corn (Score 1) 273

That does't make people illegal.

Asylum fraud is, as a matter of law, illegal. Committing asylum fraud while remaining in the country is also, as a matter of law, illegal immigration. A person who does this, is, thus, an illegal immigrant. You can't get more succinct than that.

There will always be a tiny subset of illegal immigrants. But that's not who is being deported now. They are mostly deporting people who are in the process legally.

I'd ask for numbers, but something tells me you will not provide any. Big Brother requires that you hate me, and you will obey.

Comment Re:Eating the seed corn (Score 1) 273

Nope, you're pretending the rule is an edge case.

And where are your numbers for this?

Then tell that to the people who are using the word incorrectly.

Even if that were true, what difference does that make? In my own experience, the words "fascist" and "socialist" are very commonly used incorrectly in political discourse, even in the pejorative, but I haven't heard of anybody arguing that this is some form of hate speech, in the manner you are here. Even if they were, asking people to not use the term when it accurately and concisely describes something defies all reason.

Go talk to your senators and to the white house. I'm sure they'll get to it right after your king agrees that people aren't eating your cats and dogs.

I don't have a king, and if I'm being totally honest here, your neurons are obviously crossed given you somehow jumped to the conclusion that I have any kind of political allegiance with any of the people who commented about eating cats and dogs. There is nothing wrong, morally or ethically, with wanting to curb illegal immigration, especially if it means providing more means of legal immigration. And wanting to do so is not at all in any way an indication of a political allegiance. The fact that you're claiming otherwise just tells me that you're only interested in being part of the problem.

Comment Re:Eating the seed corn (Score 1) 273

Correction. Those who complain about illegal workers shouldn't be hiring them, which only serves to enable all of that.

More likely some combination thereof, and I'm sure there are other contributors as well. Either way, shouting down a reasonable ask to have less illegal immigration and more legal immigration, if that is what you're doing, doesn't help.

Comment Re:Eating the seed corn (Score 1) 273

The administration is kicking out mostly legal immigrants, asylum seekers, people who have made even the tiniest mistake on paperwork, people who have paid taxes, in some cases people who have god damn fucking green cards.

I think you're making edge cases to be the rule rather than the exception, which is intellectually dishonest.

Everyone needs to stop using the term illegal immigration. It is pandering to the fuckwits lying in the Whitehouse pretending what they are doing is anything other than what it is: white nationalist racism.

It's nothing of the sort, it's a very concise term that says exactly what it means. Given the terminology used obviously matters more to you than the issue at hand, and given you obviously have contempt at a reasonable ask of allowing more legal immigration where it makes sense to do so, it's obvious at this point that you prefer to be part of the problem.

Comment Re:Eating the seed corn (Score 4, Insightful) 273

I believe the answer to that is certainly not more illegal immigration. It would make more sense to simply step up work visas, that way they can immigrate legally to fill in for any labor shortages.

Those who complain about lack of worker protections, tax evasion, etc., should similarly be opposed to illegal immigration, which only serves to enable all of that. Unless you're a nutter who hates the idea of borders, lowering illegal immigration and facilitating legal immigration should be a no-brainer.

Comment Re:It's always about what you want to pay for.... (Score 1) 273

What's deeply disappointing is how those goals seem to be nearly impossible to attain.

This is because the federal budget is basically built out of sacred cows. Every line item that ends up there was lobbied HARD for, and whoever lobbied for it will complain loudly if you gore their sacred cow.

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