Trump's Warrior Board

[RDKirk]

Not sure this is accurate as a general rule. Do you have a source? DC is mostly democratic as far as elections.

All government workers are not in DC. That includes, for instance, all civilians working on all the military bases across the country.

 

[Postvieww]

All government workers are not in DC. That includes, for instance, all civilians working on all the military bases across the country.

Never the less the claim was most. Is there a source to back that?

 

[RDKirk]

Never the less the claim was most. Is there a source to back that?

There was nothing to back up the original claim, either.

The claim made two unsupported implications: One, that most government workers in DC are black; two, that all the black government workers are not supporters of the status quo.

The population of Washington DC is less than 700,000.

The number of federal civilian government workers is 3,000,000.

 

[Pommer]

There was nothing to back up the original claim, either.

The claim made two unsupported implications: One, that most government workers in DC are black; two, that all the black government workers are not supporters of the status quo.

The population of Washington DC is less than 700,000.

The number of federal civilian government workers is 3,000,000.

But most government jobs require a college degree, where children pick up the liberal cooties, and if affects their politics. Are they “conservative” in that they’d like to keep their jobs? I’ll go along with that; yes, they’re conservative in that specific way.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Why would any employer in any endeavor hire someone who vows to undermine the company?

That was not a question in the list.

How many MAGA supporters did the Biden administration hire?

We'll never know, since no political litmus test was applied to them when they were hired.

 

[RDKirk]

Okay, now I've seen this implication that black people hold all the government jobs three times on conservative-leaning forums in just a week, which indicates to me that is the latest bit of propaganda currently revolving through the right wing echo chambers.

That's not true. It is probably true that a higher percentage of black people will tend toward federal government jobs because the federal government removed segregationist hiring practices about two decades before the civilian sector did. But that's talking about a higher percentage of only 10% of the population. Let's say, for instance, that a whopping 10% of blacks held government jobs and only 3% of whites held government jobs. Based on the 2020 U.S. Census data, that would still be 4 million black people and 6 million white people. White people always win the demographics.

I see the purpose of the propaganda clearly enough. The purpose of the propaganda is white right wingers keeping themselves convinced that cutting the federal workforce is only hurting black people, and they're okay with that because it looks like a two-fer deal.

Edit: I've further checked the numbers. The estimated number of public sector workers in the United States is approximately:

• 15.6 million White workers
• 4 million Black workers

 

[Postvieww]

We'll never know, since no political litmus test was applied to them when they were hired.

Do you really believe that? Wow!

 

[essentialsaltes]

Do you really believe that? Wow!

Yes, do you think the park rangers and air traffic control people were being vetted for their commitment to a liberal agenda?

There must be millions of job applicants; where are the conservatives griping about such questions on the interviews?

 

[RDKirk]

Yes, do you think the park rangers and air traffic control people were being vetted for their commitment to a liberal agenda?

There must be millions of job applicants; where are the conservatives griping about such questions on the interviews?

I'm pretty sure I could count the number of black applicants for those park ranger jobs on my hands.

Edit: I just checked and calculated the numbers. Hokey smokes, I was right. There are 10 black park rangers.

 

[Belk]

I'm pretty sure I could count the number of black applicants for those park ranger jobs on my hands.

Edit: I just checked and calculated the numbers. Hokey smokes, I was right. There are 10 black park rangers.

Wow! That seems inordinately low.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

There is a world of difference between an officer making an oath to obey the constitutional lawful orders of the Commander in Chief and vowing to be personally loyal to a particular president.

Case in point, when I was enlisted I had the President of the United States in my oath, as an officer, I am loyal only to the Constitution. No President or Commander in Chief mentioned.

Section 3331, Title 5, United States Code.

 

[RDKirk]

Case in point, when I was enlisted I had the President of the United States in my oath, as an officer, I am loyal only to the Constitution. No President or Commander in Chief mentioned.

Section 3331, Title 5, United States Code.

And as you probably know, your commission is authorized by Congress, not by the president.

 

[RDKirk]

Wow! That seems inordinately low.

It's not a job that's greatly desired by non-white people. It's strange that Native Americans (including native Hawaiians in this case) aren't attracted to it.

 

[Belk]

It's not a job that's greatly desired by non-white people. It's strange that Native Americans (including native Hawaiians in this case) aren't attracted to it.

Huh. Fair enough. Seems like a great job to me but I grew up in the country side.