Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs

Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday January 10, 2025 @07:58PM (#42662259)

Are you actually claiming that everyone in a US prison is a slave?

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by BriggyDwiggs42 on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:05PM (#42662312)

The constitution allows that they be used for slave labor, and many are.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:07PM (#42662330)

But are they slaves by virtue of being in prison?

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by ponow on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:21PM (#42663022)

Don't commit the crime if you can't handle it. It's a punishment.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by lesuorac on Saturday January 11, 2025 @07:22AM (#42665403)

I think you mean, don't be poor.

It's not like people in prison are actually all guilty of their convicted crime.

You'll see this double-standard a lot for minor offenses as well. How many times has MKHB been caught excessively speeding (including 90? in a school zone) and still have a license.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by BriggyDwiggs42 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @05:09PM (#42669325)

We forbid cruel and unusual punishment. If we lived by the morality you just articulated, we wouldn’t do so. I think slavery is cruel and unusual, I think that’s clear.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by BriggyDwiggs42 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @05:10PM (#42669333)

You’re saying that only those forced to do labor would be slaves? Slaves aren’t made free by a lack of tasks. What’s your point?

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