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No, you're just falling into the sort of left wing "people who disagree with me can only do so because they are a bad person" trap. You can read the full text o

No, you're just falling into the sort of left wing "people who disagree with me can only do so because they are a bad person" trap. You can read the full text of the actual memo (and a reasonable interpretation of it) below, but it appears to me that the principle reason as stated is that Calibri is less professional, inconsistent with all other government communications and even inconsistent letterheads on the very same department's material, and that appearance matters. It isn't in fact about "sticking it to the woke", but it does seem like the original decision to use Calibri was not based on anything and just about appearing to be woke. https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/full_text_of_marco_rubio_state_dept_directive_times_new_roman https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/full_text_of_marco_rubio_...

oneeyedpigeon 10mo ago
> No, you're just falling into the sort of left wing "people who disagree with me can only do so because they are a bad person" trap. I'm not sure where this conclusion came from. I even acknowledged that the original change was problematic. > the principle reason as stated is that Calibri is less professional That's fair, but it doesn't erase the 'DEI' comment in the memo. If that weren't there, we might actually be having a discussion about the merits of one font vs. another. > It isn't in fact about "sticking it to the woke" Again, that might be believable if the memo hadn't explicitly complained about DEI.
- JetSetWilly 10mo ago
  DEI was mentioned in a footnote, it didn't seem to be the main thrust of the memo. I agree it would have been better to not mention it at all, the decision is perfectly defensible on the basis of all the previous non-footnoted points. I apologise for my first comment, it seems like those critical of the latest decision are painting a simplistic picture - "this was one side attempting to be kind vs other side deliberately being unkind". But it doesn't appear to be the case to me.

oneeyedpigeon 10mo ago

> No, you're just falling into the sort of left wing "people who disagree with me can only do so because they are a bad person" trap. I'm not sure where this conclusion came from. I even acknowledged that the original change was problematic. > the principle reason as stated is that Calibri is less professional That's fair, but it doesn't erase the 'DEI' comment in the memo. If that weren't there, we might actually be having a discussion about the merits of one font vs. another. > It isn't in fact about "sticking it to the woke" Again, that might be believable if the memo hadn't explicitly complained about DEI.

JetSetWilly 10mo ago
DEI was mentioned in a footnote, it didn't seem to be the main thrust of the memo. I agree it would have been better to not mention it at all, the decision is perfectly defensible on the basis of all the previous non-footnoted points. I apologise for my first comment, it seems like those critical of the latest decision are painting a simplistic picture - "this was one side attempting to be kind vs other side deliberately being unkind". But it doesn't appear to be the case to me.