I hope the former members of ACORN are enjoying a celebratory drink right now.

  • flipht
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    301 year ago

    Spoiler, they won’t. They’ll go work for some right wing spin propaganda company or roll out new versions of the same bad faith, likely illegal, operation.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I know… but I don’t want to celebrate people losing their jobs (unless they are CEO’s or board members of almost any corporation) - the only way I could think to do that in this situation is to hope they get a job where they can contribute to society in a positive way.

      • @dynamojoe
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        141 year ago

        I celebrate them losing their jobs and I hope their dreams are crushed. They should suffer for all the damage they have done to civil discourse in my country. I have no sympathy at all for them.

          • @dynamojoe
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            61 year ago

            especially no sympathy for the video editor. If there was anyone in that organization who knows the scope of their lies, it’s the video editor. That person took raw video and intentionally filtered it into misleading lies. Fuck that person in particular.

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              -11 year ago

              Ok fair enough

              But what about the audio editor? The only thing she or he did was mix some clutter out, cut and paste some partial sentences to *checks notes * clarify the message and maybe add some funky intro music

              • Lexi Sneptaur
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                41 year ago

                Stop this. You know it’s silly to defend these people and that anyone with any morality is breathing a sigh of relief they no longer have to be part of this scummy org.

                • @dynamojoe
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                  11 year ago

                  Naah, it’s an interesting exercise. I’ve thought more about it and if I feel any sympathy for anyone in the org, it’s for any service workers such as janitorial staff that are out of a job. So I guess I have some sympathy after all. Then again, that was probably outsourced anyway.

                  • Lexi Sneptaur
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                    11 year ago

                    Sympathy for your fellow worker is a good thing. I just don’t really “get” why anyone would willingly work for a place like this and figure they will be fine if they were any good to begin with

      • flipht
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        91 year ago

        No one worked for Project Veritas without buying into their mission. According to their 2021 Form 990, they had 59 employees and spent north of 6m on salaries. James okeef was the highest paid at 396k.

        These people were well compensated for years to do illegal and immoral things. Do not pity them. Save that energy for the people whose lives they’ve destroyed. They got Acorn shut down, which employed a bunch of people across a lot of communities doing actual good work.

      • @MotoAsh
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        51 year ago

        It’s OK to celebrate bad things happening to bad people. Even if you yourself don’t want to punch a Nazi, you might have a problem if one getting punched in the face makes you sad…

      • @AbidanYre
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        21 year ago

        Don’t worry. The executives kept their jobs.

        One former Project Veritas staffer said just 11 people remain on the non-profit’s payroll, including CEO Hannah Giles.

      • Drunemeton
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        11 year ago

        I love your attitude! Never change Scooter… ❤️