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Re:PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant p... by dragonwriter on Monday October 27, 2025 @12:14PM (#45722714)
> Is that even legal to add such an arbitrary and opinionated reason to a government grant?

On the surface, it is simply a requirement that the grantee comply with existing non-discrimination laws coupled with a completely fictional example of a potential violation (“discriminatory equity ideology”) provided as an example that happens to have an initialism collision with a real thing. This is legal and (but for the propaganda example) routine.

But... the text viewed in isolation is not the issue.

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Re:PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant p... by AlSweigart on Monday October 27, 2025 @05:03PM (#45726265)
Agreed. And it is... quite revealing that many people in these comments are so insistent to view the text in isolation.
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