People have explained the anti-DEI backlash to me as they were just tired of hearing about it. A lot of it was performative, but people couldn’t stop talking about it, having training sessions, including language on websites and in grant proposals, etc., and it irked people.
So ironically, now that the dragon is slain, the dragon slayers can’t seem to stop talking about it. You’d think they would shut up about it, since that’s a lot of what people hated. Maybe it’s like tribes who regularly re-enact great battles and victories over past enemies. But yeah, the tongue-in-cheek phrase would be “Thanks, Obama.” From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 12:14 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation He was joking about DEI. That's what tongue in cheek means. It's an old phrase, and honestly I don't know the context for why it means that. -Adam _____ From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > on behalf of Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com <mailto:darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 1:06 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Yes, they messed up. Why even mention DEI? The requirements to be a commercial pilot are the SAME for all races and genders. Stop parroting what the alt right is saying. There will be an investigation. They probably check for intoxication, enough sleep, distractions, etc. If they're both straight, white males, then what? What does Maga have to say about that? Mistakes, crime, whatever are bad no matter who the person is. Why does the right always bring race, sexuality, ethnicity, gender into everything? It's weird and cult like behavior. On Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 11:47 AM <ch...@go-mtc.com <mailto:ch...@go-mtc.com> > wrote: How in the hell do you mistake a taxi way for a runway? Red vs Yellow signs? Big assed white center stripe vs small yellow center stripe? Big Numbers and big stripes. Two guys or gals up front. Has to be a DEI situation…. (removing tongue from cheek). -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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