• @MajorHavoc
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    631 year ago

    I’m afraid they’ll be wearing their hooded white robes in public again soon.

  • @[email protected]
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    341 year ago

    As a university employee, honestly, I was kind of lukewarm on DEI programs. Now I say we must keep ‘em. You never negotiate with terrorists.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      They’re swinging a broadsword at, if there is a problem to be solved (not established in this article), you would want a scalpel. We can hopefully all agree it’s bad to check someone’s skin color during admissions (which, again, I have no evidence they’re doing - I’m just trying to come up with a problem that could theoretically exist). That doesn’t mean you cut the funding to things like ensuring all your buildings have wheelchair ramps! There’s just no possible world here where their actions have a genuine purpose.

      • @[email protected]
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        Here’s what I think they’re trying to do: They’re attempting to drive a wedge into the UW workforce, to make us blame the loss of pay raises on DEI programs, so we’ll turn against them. That’s exactly what terrorists do by trying to get the population to blame the violence on their government’s policies. And if it works, they’ll do it again and again. That’s why we have to draw the line here.

        For what it’s worth, the DEI programs in the department that I work for focus on recruitment and retention; they’re not connected to admissions. We try to make it a welcoming place for minorities, first-generation students, and the economically disadvantaged, so that they’ll apply, and once admitted, have the support that they need to finish their program. Dropping out is a big problem among these folks.

  • @rockSlayer
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    221 year ago

    I hope these maga dipshits know that with Protasiewicz on the bench, their artificial political security is in danger. I can see the tides changing already, Wisconsinites are fed up with maga republicans.

    • [email protected]
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      131 year ago

      They are trying to do as much as possible while they can. Their window is opportunity is shrinking. They are like a trapped bee.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Don’t they have the votes to just impeach and remove her on some bullshit? I thought that was the plan.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        They want to impeach, and then delay, delay, delay. The law says that she cannot rule on any cases as long as the impeachment trial is pending.

        • Unaware7013
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          21 year ago

          Nothing would stop her from resigning and letting Evers appoint someone to restore the majority that feels the same way. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s already got follow up candidates waiting to be appointed if they try their dumb bullshit.

  • oleorun
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    181 year ago

    Vos is the very embodiment of everything that is wrong with the hyper-polarized political system we enjoy today. He and his cronies need to go. Fair maps cannot come soon enough.