Jeffro

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  Try To Be Less White

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  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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  this is ridiculous!.

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  Jeffro

  Not so much. Aside from the reference being quite dated, mixing up the names Jeffro and Jethro just makes you look dumb.
  
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  Try To Be Less White

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  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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  this is ridiculous!.

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  Jeffro

  Come on, that’s not even good ad hominem. If a personal attack is your best argument, at least say something clever.
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  Try To Be Less White

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  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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  this is ridiculous!.

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  Jeffro

  It’s not my problem that you still don’t understand the subscription basis for the training content. If you want to imagine they reviewed all 16,700 courses available from the provider (with new courses regularly added) including the 270 related to ‘diversity’, that’s your own issue.

  As to your nonsense about ‘calling you a liar’, making an assertion without evidence is just foolish, not necessarily dishonest.
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  Try To Be Less White

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  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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  this is ridiculous!.

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  Jeffro

  When did I say that? ‘There is no evidence for x’ is not the same thing as ‘x definitely didn’t happen’. But it remains the case that it is highly unlikely that management scrutinised all 270 courses about ‘diversity’.
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  Try To Be Less White

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  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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  this is ridiculous!.

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  Jeffro

  Repeating a lie over and over again doesn’t make it true.

  LinkedIn Learning has over 16,000 courses including 270 on ‘diversity’. It is laughable to think management scrutinised every course available from the provider.

  But instead of bothering to consider any facts, some just prefer the most sensationalist position.
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  Prince Harry and Meghan

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  what do you think of these two?.

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  Jeffro

  What do you think of these two?

  I don’t.
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  Masks Are Coming Off

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  a number of states are allowing people to not wear a mask.

  some think this is disastrous!

  what’s your view?.

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  Jeffro

  Obviously. All governments control people to some extent. It’s in the name. If governments had no control at all, you may find you do not like the alternative.
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  Try To Be Less White

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  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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  this is ridiculous!.

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  Jeffro

  I don’t think anyone has claimed that Coke and other corporations aren’t on the ‘woke’ bandwagon. But the specific claims made about the training were not supported by the facts.
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  Masks Are Coming Off

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  a number of states are allowing people to not wear a mask.

  some think this is disastrous!

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  Jeffro

  Minimus:

  Jeff, the government would never try to control people

  Sure, because if I don’t think Covid is a conspiracy, that ‘obviously’ means I think all governments are fluffy bunnies with my best interests at heart. 🤦‍♂️
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  Masks Are Coming Off

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  a number of states are allowing people to not wear a mask.

  some think this is disastrous!

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  Jeffro

  Anony Mous:

  the problem is exactly the mandates, government telling you what to do and what to wear isn’t healthy

  It does seem to be the case that in the US in particular, a section of the community is overly focused on wearing masks, with, as you say, some people even wearing them alone in their homes or cars (though in at least some cases this could simply be because they find it easier to put it on before they start their journey rather than later in their commute). Equally neurotic are the people who act almost as though wearing a mask at the direction of health authorities is a slippery slope toward the government enforcing mandatory sex changes (this is intentional reductio ad absurdum though there are probably some who consider it a real risk). Once again, the US seems to be a strange strange place.

  A mask that even reduces risk of infection rather than stopping it entirely is better than nothing, particularly for those at higher risk or those who having close contact with such people. But if you’re in an area where there are no cases and no untested new arrivals, there is little point wearing a mask.

  Anyone claiming that health authorities recommending or requiring masks is solely some government conspiracy to control people rather than an effort at containing a pandemic is straying into tinfoil hat territory though. I would certainly put a higher degree of trust in health authorities (who may not get absolutely everything right) than on random conspiracy nutters online.