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The levels of pettiness in this administration know no bounds. I'm sure they'll forbid the use of "woke", and require all government employees to say "I termina

The levels of pettiness in this administration know no bounds. I'm sure they'll forbid the use of "woke", and require all government employees to say "I terminated sleep this morning".

stronglikedan 10mo ago
What an odd take. Every administration does this sort of petty stuff. nothing new under the sun.
- mgkimsal 10mo ago
  Petty as in 'small and does not really matter' or petty as in 'vindictive'. All administrations do many small things that may not ultimately have much impact, but often those may be for benign reasons. Understanding the reasoning behind the decisions would help in determining what kind of 'petty' this is.
  - TheOtherHobbes 10mo ago
    Both. It's so utterly juvenile and unprofessional. The kind of thing a petulant twelve year-old does for attention.
  - baggachipz 10mo ago
    Absolutely vindictive. He goes out of his way to cite "DEI" in his comments.
- Swenrekcah 10mo ago
  This is demonstrably false. Previous administrations have not. It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents or not put up a mocking picture of your predecessor in the white house.
  - dragonwriter 10mo ago
    > It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents This particular thing was not all that common between Presidents who succeed normally by election. I think the most recent was Robert Gates serving as SecDef across the Bush II/Obama transition, before that there were five kept across the Reagan/Bush I transition, and no more in the post-WWII period. (It’s true that the pettiness level in this Administration is unprecedented, but this is not a valid example.)
    - Swenrekcah 10mo ago
      True, I didn’t mean it was routine but it was somewhat normal. I just wanted to show the incredible range of professional behaviour that has disappeared.
rbanffy 10mo ago
> The levels of pettiness in this administration know no bounds https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelt...

The levels of pettiness in this administration know no bounds. I'm sure they'll forbid the use of "woke", and require all government employees to say "I terminated sleep this morning".

stronglikedan 10mo ago

What an odd take. Every administration does this sort of petty stuff. nothing new under the sun.

mgkimsal 10mo ago
Petty as in 'small and does not really matter' or petty as in 'vindictive'. All administrations do many small things that may not ultimately have much impact, but often those may be for benign reasons. Understanding the reasoning behind the decisions would help in determining what kind of 'petty' this is.
- TheOtherHobbes 10mo ago
  Both. It's so utterly juvenile and unprofessional. The kind of thing a petulant twelve year-old does for attention.
- baggachipz 10mo ago
  Absolutely vindictive. He goes out of his way to cite "DEI" in his comments.
Swenrekcah 10mo ago
This is demonstrably false. Previous administrations have not. It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents or not put up a mocking picture of your predecessor in the white house.
- dragonwriter 10mo ago
  > It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents This particular thing was not all that common between Presidents who succeed normally by election. I think the most recent was Robert Gates serving as SecDef across the Bush II/Obama transition, before that there were five kept across the Reagan/Bush I transition, and no more in the post-WWII period. (It’s true that the pettiness level in this Administration is unprecedented, but this is not a valid example.)
  - Swenrekcah 10mo ago
    True, I didn’t mean it was routine but it was somewhat normal. I just wanted to show the incredible range of professional behaviour that has disappeared.

rbanffy 10mo ago

> The levels of pettiness in this administration know no bounds https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelt...