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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by jtgverde on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:58AM (#42949324)
I suppose it shouldn't be but it's stunning to me the level of cognitive dissonance it takes to maintain that Trump is bringing back "meritocracy" while putting a weekend Fox News host with ZERO experience leading a large organization in charge of our military and DoD of 3 million people.

"but he served in Iraq!!" is the go-to defense of this. I was unaware that the hundreds of thousands of troops who served in Iraq are all equally qualified to lead the entire military. Seems...problematic

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by mistermann on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:16AM (#42949629)
Your reductionist, pejorative mischaracterization of the details of this situation is also problematic.

But don't worry, there's no requirement for you to improve your cognition, only other people are obligated to do that.

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by alistairSH on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:56AM (#42950349)
Well, he's also an alcoholic sexual abuser, both of which would have DQed him 20 years ago. But, then the guy that hired Hegseth is a felon and rapist, so here we are, as a nation, mostly totally ok with the current state of affairs.
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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by tclancy on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:31AM (#42949896)
If anything, I think the characterization of the candidate's qualifications is kind, as it fails to mention any of the obvious disqualifying issues.
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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by mistermann on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:30AM (#42963988)
Out of curiosity: in your model, can something be kind and unkind simultaneously?
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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by ailun on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:33AM (#42949940)
Your post added nothing to the conversation except insults though. I would have been interested in hearing an alternative perspective on why GP's post was reductive because as far as I know it's accurate.
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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by mistermann on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @03:12PM (#42954460)
>Your post added nothing to the conversation except insults though.

You are describing your experience, but stating it as if it is a universal fact.

A relevant post from this morning:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42946854

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by ailun on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @05:11PM (#42956027)
I guess I'll save a click for other readers. The post linked is completely unrelated to the subject of this thread. This person isn't interested in real conversation.
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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by mistermann on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:20PM (#42956790)
As a fan of irony, many thanks!
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