Double Standard

DEI is all the rage -- diversity, equality, and inclusion. Companies and campuses have entire departments dedicated to promoting and even requiring it. Largely driven from "Black Lives Matter" theology that all whites are racist, the Feminism worldview that all men are sexist, and, of course, the current sexular society that lays the heaviest weight on the demands of less than 10% of society -- the so-called LGBT+ folks -- we don't find pleas for diversity, equality, and inclusion; it's all demands. It's required. It's not a conversation; it's a revolution.

Make no mistake; the battle is engaged. Institutions of higher education have stepped up big time, but corporations aren't far behind. It's no longer about economics for them; it's about "corporate social responsibility." But, oddly enough, it is, in its daily application, fundamentally opposed to diversity, equality, and inclusion. Yes, read that again. All this DEI stuff runs on the principle of not diversifying, equalizing, or including, but the opposite. The way to diversify is to eliminate those who aren't diverse. The way to equalize is not to bring what is lower up, but to bring down that which is higher. The way to include is to exclude those who don't agree. News organizations have stepped up to the DEI program by eliminating diverse thought in their ranks and homing in on a singular vantage point from which to attack those who are not diverse, equal, or inclusive enough on the right issues in their view. The once accepted notion of blind justice and diverse media are headed out the door. Repeatedly over the past 10 years (or more) stories have surfaced (e.g., Russiagate, Hunter's emails, COVID origins) that were intentionally drowned despite the evidence because they didn't fit the required message. The DOJ, the FBI, the mainstream media, etc., have been politically weaponized, grabbing the ear of the public in order to train them what to think. So we get things like rampant antisemitism and "Death to America" rallies in the heart of our American melting pot.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion ... these aren't bad things. I suppose that's part of the problem, the reason why we're confused. They are good things. They are not the problem. The problem is this double standard that says that the way to achieve those good goals is to eliminate opposition. Fine them. Fire them. Bury them. Ruin them. We can't even talk about it. It used to be the rallying cry of the media: "The people have the right to know!" Now it's more like, "The people have the right to know ... what to think!" And, almost biblically, "we, like sheep, have gone astray."