There Are No Words...

[Gunnar]

To add insult to injury, while Musk is trying to cut social security, especially, it seems, for the neediest and most vulnerable, he is being subsidized by the government 8 million dollars daily. No one is going to convince me that he needs or deserves even a penny of that money! What he does deserve is prosecution and prison time for outright fraud, as does Trump.

[Some Schmo]

I'm at the point now where if I know someone is a Trump supporter, they have become a person I never have to deal with again, because they aren't worth my time or any other of my resources. It's an easy way to determine who's deserving and who certainly isn't. I don't care about Trump voters because they don't seem to care about themselves. Why should I bother if they can't?

I don't have time or the will to help stupid along.

[Some Schmo]

If I were doing job interviews still, the first question I'd likely ask is, "Did you vote for Trump?" If they said yes, it would be immediately disqualifying on the grounds that they are a poor decision maker and detrimental to the future of the company.

If they refused to answer, I wouldn't hire them on the grounds that they were hiding a decision they just found out was bad.

Essentially, I've become prejudiced against Trump voters. They're proven idiots. I suppose bigotry breeds bigotry.

ETA: And if I were confronted on such hiring practices, I'd claim we hire based on merit, not on DEI metrics.

[Gunnar]

If I were doing job interviews still, the first question I'd likely ask is, "Did you vote for Trump?" If they said yes, it would be immediately disqualifying on the grounds that they are a poor decision maker and detrimental to the future of the company.

If they refused to answer, I wouldn't hire them on the grounds that they were hiding a decision they just found out was bad.

Essentially, I've become prejudiced against Trump voters. They're proven idiots. I suppose bigotry breeds bigotry.

ETA: And if I were confronted on such hiring practices, I'd claim we hire based on merit, not on DEI metrics.

What about if they expressed deep regrets about having voted for Trump?

[Jersey Girl]

If I were doing job interviews still, the first question I'd likely ask is, "Did you vote for Trump?" If they said yes, it would be immediately disqualifying on the grounds that they are a poor decision maker and detrimental to the future of the company.

If they refused to answer, I wouldn't hire them on the grounds that they were hiding a decision they just found out was bad.

Essentially, I've become prejudiced against Trump voters. They're proven idiots. I suppose bigotry breeds bigotry.

ETA: And if I were confronted on such hiring practices, I'd claim we hire based on merit, not on DEI metrics.

Wouldn't that interview question be against the law? What if they declined to answer?

[Gunnar]

Wouldn't that interview question be against the law? What if they declined to answer?

I suspect you're right that that interview question would be against the law, just as are questions about a prospective employee's religion, marital status, sexual orientation, age or birthdate, political party affiliation and ethnic background. Of course, that doesn't stop Trump and his minions from illegally rejecting out of hand any candidate who is not Christian, nor straight, nor hard-right conservative, nor unconditionally loyal to Trump nor, sympathetic to any minority group or view that Trump doesn't like.

[Jersey Girl]

Wouldn't that interview question be against the law? What if they declined to answer?

I suspect you're right that that interview question would be against the law, just as are questions about a prospective employee's religion, marital status, sexual orientation, age or birthdate, political party affiliation and ethnic background.

It might be considered discriminatory. Not sure.

Of course, that doesn't stop Trump and his minions from illegally rejecting out of hand any candidate who is not Christian, nor straight, nor hard-right conservative, nor unconditionally loyal to Trump nor, sympathetic to any minority group or view that Trump doesn't like.

Agree. He's everything wrong, Gunnar.

[Some Schmo]

Of course, that doesn't stop Trump and his minions from illegally rejecting out of hand any candidate who is not Christian, nor straight, nor hard-right conservative, nor unconditionally loyal to Trump nor, sympathetic to any minority group or view that Trump doesn't like.

This was the point I was alluding to. Of course I couldn't ask that interview question.

It would be nice if you could, though. Quick way to weed out the problem employees.

What about if they expressed deep regrets about having voted for Trump?

I'd tell them that's nice, but we want employees who make the right decision first when it's so obvious what's right, not realize what what they should have done after it's too late.

[Jersey Girl]

Brian Tyler Cohen video short. This is what supporters are following.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gs57BRD0xdY

The man doesn't know crap.
The man doesn't know how crap works.
The man doesn't know how to do crap.

Conclusion: The man doesn't know crap about crap.

By yeah, Donald. Pull troops out of Ramstein while you're kissing Putin's butt.

[Gunnar]

Of course, that doesn't stop Trump and his minions from illegally rejecting out of hand any candidate who is not Christian, nor straight, nor hard-right conservative, nor unconditionally loyal to Trump nor, sympathetic to any minority group or view that Trump doesn't like.

This was the point I was alluding to. Of course I couldn't ask that interview question.

It would be nice if you could, though. Quick way to weed out the problem employees.

What about if they expressed deep regrets about having voted for Trump?

I'd tell them that's nice, but we want employees who make the right decision first when it's so obvious what's right, not realize what what they should have done after it's too late.

That's what I thought you meant!