https://www.reddit.com/r/southcarolina/comments/1ieujbz/veterans_dei/
created by 907AK47 on 01/02/2025 at 00:59 UTC
180 upvotes, 39 top-level comments (showing 25)
I just hope when my fellow veterans hear the words DEI, that it includes them.
Comment by wha1isgoing0nhere at 01/02/2025 at 01:03 UTC
179 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Or any disabled person
Comment by justprettymuchdone at 01/02/2025 at 01:09 UTC
94 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The kind of people who buy into the demonization of DEI honestly wouldn't care if every vet lost their jobs, as long as SOME of those newly unemployed people were black, gay, disabled, or otherwise not approved by Fox News.
Comment by qbee198505 at 01/02/2025 at 01:10 UTC
115 upvotes, 3 direct replies
And women. I think people forget that part too. DEI and EEOC include women as well.
Comment by spiritual-witch-3 at 02/02/2025 at 05:10 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It literally includes anyone that isn’t a straight white male….. it includes women, people with children, foster kids, lgbtq+, disabled, etc. not just black people.
Comment by jacknifetoaswan at 01/02/2025 at 01:21 UTC
58 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I have three vets that work for me. They all voted for Trump. They weren't happy when I mentioned this fact.
Comment by HolidaeX at 01/02/2025 at 01:08 UTC
41 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It’s funny too because all government work is built with the preference of veterans…
Comment by NoMore414 at 01/02/2025 at 03:10 UTC
28 upvotes, 3 direct replies
100% disabled vet here - I’m scared the orange stain will go after our benefits and that I’ll lose my house and health care coverage (CHAMPVA) for my wife and daughter.
Comment by BibendumsBitch at 01/02/2025 at 03:54 UTC
16 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Veterans who lose an arm or a leg are suckers and losers anyways, they should have had their dads write a check for them to avoid actually serving our country. (Sarcasm, but I’m tired of military service members supporting this fucker, and I’m tired of them seeing lifelong generals who worked with Trump, then stand up against Trump, and them still believing and loving Trump over the generals)
Comment by chas79 at 01/02/2025 at 12:41 UTC
15 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I don’t think most vets realize they get special treatment when being considered for a job.
Comment by Jennasaykwaaa at 01/02/2025 at 23:37 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Any one but a white male is a DEI hire.
Comment by Kay312010 at 01/02/2025 at 02:56 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Someone posted that DEI stands for:
Don Jr
Eric
Ivanka
It made me laugh.
Comment by Rickardiac at 01/02/2025 at 01:29 UTC*
25 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I support our service members and veterans. Every single one. No matter what or who they support I appreciate their sacrifice whether it actually cost them anything or not. That being said…
Any veteran brainwashed and/or hateful or bigoted enough to vote for *any* Republican, for *any* office deserves to reap what they sow. They are unpatriotic, they are traitors. They want to destroy the society we have built, break the social contract and hurt their countrymen as much as possible.
It fucking sucks knowing what’s going to happen to them, but I’m afraid I’ll never be able to experience or manufacture any empathy for them.
Comment by cuhyootiepatootie222 at 01/02/2025 at 02:38 UTC*
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
DEI is not a label; it is a framework for deconstructing privilege so that everyone with the SAME COMPARABLE SKILLSETS is afforded access to the SAME RESOURCES. It’s literally just equity. Whether or not it hurts your feelings, privilege is real and most of us benefit from it in one way or another. Many of us both benefit and are put at a disadvantage. Even more are purely disadvantaged by it. Helping people to understand the cultural and systemic constructs responsible for that means more effective hiring and a more competent workforce.
Comment by southernermusings at 01/02/2025 at 02:17 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Or any white woman... (and I am one!)
Comment by BigCamp839 at 01/02/2025 at 22:27 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I’m a state employee. Whenever we have a job opening, we have to interview at least one veteran for the position. So yes, they are included.
Comment by CoCLythier at 01/02/2025 at 03:43 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I was thinking about this with government jobs too. Don't they know veterans are their biggest DEI focus for government jobs in this state 🙄?
Comment by JTSpirit36 at 01/02/2025 at 02:10 UTC
13 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Honestly, the best way to counter act this is to specifically hire those included in the DEI definition and noone else.
Hire people BECAUSE they're a veteran.
Hire people BECAUSE they have disabilities and want work
Turn away people who don't fall into the definition.
People who oppose this are just terrible people imo and think DEI is the same as the affirmative action requirement of having a certain percentage of different demographics.
Comment by FartedInYourMouth at 01/02/2025 at 05:49 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I sat in line to vote here and listened to some lunatic MAGA brag about being a veteran…of the Cold War. This stupid loser was standing in line making sure we lost the Cold War. Most vets I know went for Trump, they deserve what they get, they were just hoping this would happen to other people so I’m fresh tf outta sympathy.
Comment by Own_Box4276 at 01/02/2025 at 05:11 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Basically DEI just meant that you had to have a certain amount of each race hired. Now with disability you have rights with the ADA but they aren't always followed.
Comment by 06Hexagram at 01/02/2025 at 18:40 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Or spouses of active members of the armed forces.
Comment by JuniperChica at 02/02/2025 at 14:23 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Equal opportunity law also protects workers over 40 from ageism discrimination.
Comment by gearhead251 at 02/02/2025 at 21:45 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Of course! It always has. I was explaining to a coworker friend that the military taught us diversity feeds into battle readiness. It's good strategically to have different backgrounds and perspectives working together to solve problems.
Not sure if he's fully convinced, but maybe we will get there.
Comment by zephyr_sd at 01/02/2025 at 16:32 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Didn't 90% vets vote for this Thry get what they deserve Voting for a person that calls them losers and scum
Comment by hesh_17 at 01/02/2025 at 05:05 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Veterans are tax breaks. Thats all. And I am a veteran.
Comment by exegesis48 at 01/02/2025 at 16:56 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The family of the fallen helicopter pilot is refusing to release her name because they are afraid of the public reaction. That’s awful. A person gave their life in the service of our military and their family is forced to not only have to take on their grief, but deal with a Commander in Chief that dishonors the sacrifice of their daughter. It’s sickening.