superrific
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While a lot of the rage against DEI is bullshit, the LAFD Assistant Chief made a head-scratching comment when pressed if the best people were being hired for the job:
“Am I able to carry your husband out of a fire? He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.”
Big oof.
How was that video an example of being "pressed"?
The response was perfectly valid. It is not actually the fire fighter's job to carry a person out of a fire. But if a person is trapped, the fire fighters will attempt a rescue. Not every fire fighter has to be part of the "rescue" team. Some of them can be part of the "putting out the fire" team.
Again, the sympathy from you guys is always for the hypothetical person who might in some theoretical situation be screwed, and never for the actual people who get frequently harassed, stalked, attacked, insulted or blamed just because they are who they are and are trying to contribute to the community. I can understand that response 100%. STOP. BLAMING. BLACK. PEOPLE. AND. WOMEN. FOR. YOUR. PROBLEMS. And in a world in which those people do get harassed, I don't think it's wrong to push back a little bit.
The reality is that LAFD personnel are better at their jobs than any of the dickheads here are at theirs. I am extremely confident that your performance at your job whatever it is you do would not meet LAFD standards.