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Well I think regarding where the communist sentiment people are getting, is for her comments surrounding equal outcomes. On multiple occasions describing equity. Perhaps it can be dismissed as a stupid comment, but if this is something she believes, then there is reason to believe she is a communist

What you are describing is equal opportunity, which many on the right also agree with (so long as it's based on circumstance, not skin color) - a disadvantaged white person from west Virginia should get the same help as a disadvantaged black person

Trey Walsh 1y ago

No one in her campaign, the campaign itself, or anyone in American leadership outwardly fights for equal outcomes. That is communist I agree. I can understand the concern from that comment, but it’s not a reality in any action of the U.S.

and 100%! A lot of the equitable opportunity is around income and net worth, so I’m not saying based on race (I’m saying that often black Americans have less income in city center than white counterparts).

I agree with this definition of equity:

“The term “equity” refers to fairness and justice and is distinguished from equality: Whereas equality means providing the same to all, equity means recognizing that we do not all start from the same place and must acknowledge and make adjustments to imbalances. The process is ongoing, requiring us to identify and overcome intentional and unintentional barriers arising from bias or systemic structures.”

In my nonprofit world our support is all income based - not judged on any other metrics.

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ibe (no-till weed) 1y ago

This is so racist they gonna give the chinese more just cuz they a little shorter??? Stand for the tall kinda they dont get shit

new user 1y ago

Re: “Equity is not equal outcomes.”

I noticed that all the outcomes in the graphic are equal.

DefiantDandelion 1y ago

🤔 It’s not a reality that any policy or action of the US government attempts to achieve equal outcomes?

🤔 No American leaders fight for equal outcomes?

🤔 Harris herself and no one in the campaign fights for policy to achieve equal outcomes?

I’m not quite prepared to say pursuing equal outcomes is a sin. But ignoring that, I’m not sure how these claims can be true.

Isn’t it the policy of the United States to have a progressive tax code for the purpose of attempting to achieve a more equal outcome of income.

Isn’t it the policy of the United States to encourage affirmative action.

Isn’t school funding distributed to try to achieve a more equal outcome?

Isn’t SNAP eligibility and social security shaped to achieve more equal outcomes?

Isn’t the basis of your argument for equity based on observing outcomes, seeing the result is not equal, believing that to be an injustice, and implementing some tweak to the policy to try to eliminate the unequal outcome by distributing the resources in a manor other than equally.

GrumpyGardener 1y ago

Yes. This is why talking with liberals never goes anywhere. They're disingenuous or delusional. Sometimes both.

Liberals want to talk about the ideals of dei, but never the reality. They want to talk about problems, but never root causes.

Somehow, the answer to every problem is more government, more spending, more printing.