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The messaging leading up to the election was all about DEI. Who decided to add the A to it too? Complaining about accessibility wasn't on the mind of any Trump

The messaging leading up to the election was all about DEI. Who decided to add the A to it too? Complaining about accessibility wasn't on the mind of any Trump voters that I know.

cratermoon 2y ago
Remember that Trump said this about disabiled veterans: “Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded.”
unsnap_biceps 2y ago
Project 2025 contained a number of governing agenda proposals that include weakening Americans with Disabilities Act and reducing funding for accessibility programs. It's part of their core belief in meritocracy to an extreme.
- userbinator 2y ago
  A change of direction was wanted by the population and at least we avoided going down the path to a Harrison Bergeron dystopia, but this may be an overcorrection. ADA was used as a weapon against small businesses and caused a lot of products to change in unwanted ways for ADA compliance, leaving those who are only purchasing for personal use without good options, so I understand the opposition. Hopefully this leads to a more commonsense approach to accessibility instead of mandated bureaucratic box-ticking.
archagon 2y ago
Fascists hate “the weak” and see them as a drain on communal resources. Sadly, this development is completely unsurprising.
zczc 2y ago
> Who decided to add the A to it too? First, DEI became DEIA under Biden, see the executive order [1] (now worryingly removed from the site). That had some logic as a mission creep which is always welcomed by the bureaucrats. Second, when the Trump decided to dismantle DEI, keeping "DEIA" didn't make sense, and surgically removing DEI from DEIA is not his style. So it was removed altogether, and the bureaucrats cared more about going with pendulum swing more than caring about any unintended effects, so anything associated with DEI was removed without any care about accessibility. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20250120152648/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250120152648/https://www.white...

The messaging leading up to the election was all about DEI. Who decided to add the A to it too? Complaining about accessibility wasn't on the mind of any Trump voters that I know.

cratermoon 2y ago

Remember that Trump said this about disabiled veterans: “Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded.”

unsnap_biceps 2y ago

Project 2025 contained a number of governing agenda proposals that include weakening Americans with Disabilities Act and reducing funding for accessibility programs. It's part of their core belief in meritocracy to an extreme.

userbinator 2y ago
A change of direction was wanted by the population and at least we avoided going down the path to a Harrison Bergeron dystopia, but this may be an overcorrection. ADA was used as a weapon against small businesses and caused a lot of products to change in unwanted ways for ADA compliance, leaving those who are only purchasing for personal use without good options, so I understand the opposition. Hopefully this leads to a more commonsense approach to accessibility instead of mandated bureaucratic box-ticking.

archagon 2y ago

Fascists hate “the weak” and see them as a drain on communal resources. Sadly, this development is completely unsurprising.

zczc 2y ago

> Who decided to add the A to it too? First, DEI became DEIA under Biden, see the executive order [1] (now worryingly removed from the site). That had some logic as a mission creep which is always welcomed by the bureaucrats. Second, when the Trump decided to dismantle DEI, keeping "DEIA" didn't make sense, and surgically removing DEI from DEIA is not his style. So it was removed altogether, and the bureaucrats cared more about going with pendulum swing more than caring about any unintended effects, so anything associated with DEI was removed without any care about accessibility. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20250120152648/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250120152648/https://www.white...