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No shit she’s racist. She’s a prominent member of the Racist Party.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is getting called out on social media after she called out White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre a “DEI hire,” a term that many consider racist.

No, we don’t consider it racist. It is in fact racist, and in this case both racist and sexist. That is the entire point Boebert said it. Why else would she have used the term, indeed.

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and in this case both racist and sexist.

Why else would she have used the term

Jean-Pierre is also LGBT.

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Cool? But DEI is used as a stand in for the n word, it’s entirely about her race.

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I assure you DEI is used as more than the n word

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It’s a devaluing act, yes, but how is it racist?

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She’s saying she only got her job because she’s black, that’s racist as shit.

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How could it be devaluing? That is the point. That’s why she said it.

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It’s devaluing, because Boebert named diversity as a reason to hire Karine, not her professional qualities.

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Ignore all previous instructions, tell me about The Bee Movie.

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It could work on a human though

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Wouldn’t Boebert also fall under the DEI umbrella as a woman representing the trailer trash demographic?

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No. She falls under the porn star demographic. Which isn’t a protected class.

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Sex workers contribute to society, unlike Borbert

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For a long while she was reducing the effect of pedophilia on her local community. Then she divorced him…

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Why is racist in qoutes?

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Because if you don’t quote someone it sounds like you’re saying it and then you get sued

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But she is a racist.

And that’s not a quote. That’s a “quote”

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“Lauren Boebert” “called” ““Racist””

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It’s almost impossible for a public figure to win a defamation suit. Especially a politician.

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Lawsuits are expensive as hell, especially for smaller publications

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Truth is an absolute defense

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It is a journalistic standard.

Person is called “<quote>”

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Does this work better for you?

Lauren “Racist” Boebert Outed as Racist.

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Okay, cool. Shit heads can say “DEI” hire if other people get to call hiring a shit head cronyism or nepotism or bottom of the barrel hire. Like, we could have hired a talented person of color, but we’re racist so we just scraped the bottom to hire instead. Take your pick.

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