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  1. Again, what the fuck are you talking about? I'm talking about this specific release involving a couple million in alleged fraud and extrapolating into billions based upon literally nothing. Whether or not other significant fraud exists, I don't know, but would not be surprised. I haven't said anything about Somalis or made a pronouncement that certain social groups may or may not be more connected to this sort of fraud. Half the states Medicaid isn't fraudulent. That's not how this works. I have enough experience pursuing these to know how they work, how prevalent they can be, and how bad data analysis leads to absurd conclusions.
  2. Yes, it is. I don't have any basis to know if the number is significant or not. As to why someone may misattribute the reason for their denied jobs or promotional opportunities, for all the usual reasons: people have poor innate understanding of statistics, it is easier to attribute cause to something external rather than internal, DEI policies (and the sentiments surrounding them) are in their face and thus easy targets for blame, people mistake lessened advantage with unfair disadvantage, etc. It is hard to talk in generalities because for any individual the reasoning may be different. And it is entirely possible that certain people faced actual discrimination. The issue is whether there is evidence that the discrimination is systemic, I don't see any evidence of that. But, rather than play sophomoric games, why you don't you just answer my question? What is the response you're looking for.
  3. Well, then I guess we must believe that all Ukrainians are nazis because of few them might be, right? This is a disappointing take for you. I generally like you as a poster, but come on, they have evidence of small fraud in this particular instance and use it speculate that half the states Medicaid disbursements must be fraudulent. That's ridiculous and irresponsible. That's the only thing we have pushed back on.
  4. Again, what is an acceptable response in your view? Why is not ok to say "I understand how you feel, but let's address the real cause"? Why are you being a petulant child when people refuse, without any evidence, to believe unfair discrimination is happening en masse? Your posts have a shitty tone and you're not explaining yourself well. It is tiresome.
  5. Who is denying that things like that can happen?
  6. The article is about DEI policies hurting white, millennial males. Again, I don't think you actually know what point you're trying to make. Ostensibly you've asked us to agree that this is happening and that a well intentioned policy is having negative consequences. Many posts have pointed out while we may understand why he feels that way, the objective facts simply don't support it. For some reason, you seem to find these responses unacceptable and disappointing. It seems the only response you want is complete agreement this bad thing is happening. I get that anecdotes exist. I get that people may feel that they are being treated unfairly. I empathize with the anger and resentment that feeling can create. But I also think it is mistake to blindly agree with what I believe is a faulty analysis of the problem. I can commit to addressing actual problems that contribute to their lot in life, including inequity in how the fruits of labor are distributed. This isn't me rejecting someone's "personal lived experience" as you want to say. Again, I empathize with the way they are feeling. But just because they feel that way doesn't make it true. Are there individual instances of unfair treatment at companies that had poorly implemented DEI policies? Sure, I believe there are. Is there widespread unfair discrimination against white, millennial men? No. That statistics don't support that. Those men just don't have the same level of unfair privilege that they've had before. 28% of the population doesn't get to have 70% of the good jobs. And it especially doesn't get to do it when entering fields where it only makes up 10% of the applicants. What does unfairly affect a lot of white, millennial men is the refusal of the wealthy to share in the fruits of everyone else's labor. If they did so, you'd have more, better paying jobs, and more opportunities for advancement. I'm down for fixing that. And I'm down for telling them I understand your frustration, but this is how we address that issue, not blaming the DEI boogie man. Again, I ask you, what are you trying to accomplish here? Why are you disappointed in what I see as a pretty thoughtful discussion? If you don't believe there has been systematic discrimination against these men, why are you insisting that we agree with them?
  7. Nope. You've been unfairly discriminated against. Bozo out front should have told you.
  8. Everyone is poor compared to the truly wealthy. That's what I mean. If we want to fix the decline of real wage growth and how all economic growth has been captured by the top 1% of the top 1%, I'm here for it. I'm not here for pretending that white men are disadvantaged because they are white men.
  9. If you want me to say I can empathize with his point of view even if I think his casual analysis is faulty, I can. I get why he might feel that way. I think other progressive policies attempt to address the root cause of the problem (e.g., higher progressive tax brackets, universal healthcare).
  10. We can commit to helping the disadvantaged poor, including the white males in that group, without agreeing that DEI policies have systematically and unfairly hurt a subcategory of white males. If that is all you want, you got it.
  11. Do you also need to know how we relate to flat earthers? I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish and I suspect that neither do you.
  12. I get you're presupposing it. Why don't you prove it if you want someone else to agree with you? That's how this typically works. As to your non-sequitur, I can agree that poor people get shafted generally without agreeing that there is some sort of systemic discrimination against white males. Those examples have nothing to do with them being white males.
  13. Ok? I I honestly don't give a shit if he believes it. I'm willing to commit that DEI programs shouldn't unfairly discriminate. But 'm not going to agree it is happening without evidence. He seems to want us to jump to that point prior to providing any real evidence.
  14. Sure. Has it occurred to you that we simply don't believe white males are getting the short end of the stick? Certainly I don't think the guy who spends his time scalping tickets is getting the short end of anything, at least not unfairly.
  15. There is very little evidence in your posts or the original article of mass discrimination against white men.
  16. You're just ignoring the thoughtful posts and lumping everyone into a bucket that doesn't even really exist in this thread. The initial post was interesting. Now you're just being tiresome.
  17. Wife didn't want to leave while kids were in school. It has been discussed a lot in this thread.
  18. No offense, but I think the article and your posts on it are mostly bullshit. I get it. You've bought it. I don't.
  19. There is going to be real fraud. There always is with programs this size. I've been involved in bringing civil cases for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. But it isn't going to be billions or 50% of the Medicaid program. It'll be a very small fraction. And the fraud they appear to actually have evidence of here is a couple million.
  20. You're just seeing the multiverse bleed over.
  21. Having that flexibility is good for player development and good for defense. We can discuss whether PK did it more often than he should, but the general concept is sound. Georgia caught us by doing the same thing last year.
  22. Don't judge me.
  23. I don't think you understand where Alabama is.
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