"People who aren't respected get ignored."

Or corrected.

Sorry, not Fourth Amendment. First Amendment.

Why do you think this subject is trolling.

Because you're using this example of a DEI program that brushed up against workplace protections, to say all DEI is bad.

Actually your article does that in the sentence I quoted at the top of #12.

"Government can train employees on lawful duties and express its own views; it cannot demand that private citizens agree with those views as the price of employment."

But a private company could. This raises a Fourth Amendment issue ONLY because the employer here is the government.

And that has nothing to do with DEI.

And this DEI module would be legal for any non-government employer.

And I don't think you understand that.

"No one believed she was an innocent mother just dropping off her kid."

So then why didn't they place her under arrest?

"DEI regimes don't just chill speech in the training room; they chill it in the courthouse."

NO they don't.

"Judge Ralph Erickson begins with a reminder: "It is important to note at the outset what this case is not about." The court isn't grading the district's politics or even deciding whether all DEI trainings are unlawful"

"On compelled speech, the opinion confronts the reality of those "correct answer" modules. A format that prevents employees from proceeding unless they pick the government-approved answer "forced acceptance or adoption of the school district's views." "

Okay.
So now when the math teacher insists two plus two equals four, they "forced acceptance or adoption of the school district's views."
When the history teacher says the Civil War was about slavery, they "forced acceptance or adoption of the school district's views."

And I'm guessing that's okay with the judge, because students aren't workers and don't have the kinds of legal protections we only give to workers.

"white supremacy is a "highly descriptive term for the culture we live in."

I don't see how anyone can argue with this either.
Blacks are 13% of the population and 2% of our Presidents.

White households had a median net worth of $284,000 in 2022
Black households: Median net worth was $44,000 in 2022

One of those groups has a significant financial advantage over the other.

Maybe you'd prefer if they called it White Dominance? White Superiority?

"So the position is Bartles and Jaymes is culturally sophisticated?"

Sure. Have fun with that.

"You can make an argument that's it's antithetical to our core values as a country"

Is it?

"There is nothing unconstitutional about deporting non citizens."

There is if they're here as refugees or other protected statuess under international treaties the United States has signed.

It's also unconstitutional to deport anyone without Due Process.

"mandated ideological conformity"

This is just Karl Popper's Paradox oF Tolerance turned on its head.
To Republicans, ideological conformity is when you aren't allowed to say people from Somalia are shistain people.
Expecting people to behave in a civil manner towards one another is the tyranny of ideological conformity.
To wit:

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The training featured a slideshow and a series of cartoon videos about "systemic racism" and "understanding white supremacy." Attendees were told that "systems of oppression" were "woven" into the "very foundation of America," and that white supremacy is a "highly descriptive term for the culture we live in." Trainees were directed to break into small groups to discuss these concepts before returning to a larger group discussion, where they were told that, if they didn't speak, they would get called upon.
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You'd have to be immensely racist to be an armchair Constitutional Scholar who knows that slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes only, thus taking power from the free states and giving it to the slave states, and deny that "systems of oppression" were "woven" into the "very foundation of America."

Do you deny that systems of oppression were woven into the very foundation of America, my little pumpkin?

How many DEI programs have you experienced personally, JeffJ?

"Bartles & James"

It's Bartles & Jaymes, you uncultured twit.

"This is why Biden's handlers brought them in by the millions, historically record high numbers:"

Why are you so incapable of understanding how immigration benefits America economically?

Why did your ancestors come here? Was it to have a better life?

"mass amnesty followed with a very quick path to citizenship conditioned on mandatory voting registration."

How does this harm America? It's been documented time and time again that immigrants have lower crime rates than us "regular Americans." Bringing in workers grows the economy and the tax base.

So why doesn't Trump simply offer immigrants the same deal, and win votes that way?
Because Trump is racist.

"This is why Biden's handlers brought them in by the millions, historically record high numbers"

You keep saying they're illegal.
If Biden's handlers brought them in by the millions, they're not illegal.
They are welcome here.

You come here illegally you get deported. It's that simple.
#213 | Posted by BellRinger

You lie.
We're deporting people who came here legally and wrote bad checks.

"Peaked in High School" describes a lot of the Republicans here.

JeffJ threatening to give other posters wedgies and swirlies is S-Class "Peaked in High School" vibes.

They just shot two gang members in Seattle.
#204 | Posted by lfthndthrds

And a Domestic Terrorist in Minneapolis!

"I honestly think Trump is looking at the long game here."

That's Boaz's way of saying he has no idea what Trump is doing.

When we want your opinion, we'll just get it direct from Trump, and cut out the middleman.

He knows we need to shore up our presence in that area. That liberals would be against this boggles my mind.
#15 | Posted by boaz

Taking a nation by force is not "shoring up our presence in that area."
And when have Liberals said we oppose expanding our military presence in Greenland?

Do you need an official cause of death to make a reasonable guess how somebody died
#183 | Posted by snoofy

And just like that, the party of due process flips on a dime.
#185 | Posted by lfthndthrds

How in your mind does Due Process enter the discussion?
I'm looking at the evidence I have and drawing reasonable conclusions.

Question is rhetorical.
We know you can't explain how my opinions raise a Due Process issue.
You know you can't explain it too.

I am extremely surprised at how many non-MAGA people are open to the idea of Greenland becoming the 51st state.
#13 | Posted by madbomber

What people? Do they write Op-Eds? I haven't heard anyone who isn't MAGA say we should take Greenland.

"So you agree there's no official cause of death at the present moment"

Do you need an official cause of death to make a reasonable guess how somebody died after struggling with five guards and repeatedly saying "I Can't Breathe?"

Of course you do.

You'll also doubt the official cause of death, if it does turn out to be asphyxiation by cop.

Just like you did with George Floyd.