DOJ friend resigns
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Imagine taking the principle seriously, and believing that the IRS is populated by people with higher than average motivation to help their fellow man. I think the IRS is populated by people with accounting degrees, who wanted a stable job.
@Horace said in DOJ friend resigns:
Imagine taking the principle seriously, and believing that the IRS is populated by people with higher than average motivation to help their fellow man. I think the IRS is populated by people with accounting degrees, who wanted a stable job.
Someone needs to take your extrapolation gun away.
I’m talking about my friend who served his country in the military and wanted to continue serving (volunteering at NIH for veterans with PTSD and at the Dept of Justice). For him to retire is substantial, knowing him. That’s all.
The IRS accountant is not the same as the veterans working at the VA is not the same as the National Parks person protecting an endangered species of mushroom.
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Not sure why he’d want to resign anyway. Look at these fun times!
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@Horace said in DOJ friend resigns:
Imagine taking the principle seriously, and believing that the IRS is populated by people with higher than average motivation to help their fellow man. I think the IRS is populated by people with accounting degrees, who wanted a stable job.
Someone needs to take your extrapolation gun away.
I’m talking about my friend who served his country in the military and wanted to continue serving (volunteering at NIH for veterans with PTSD and at the Dept of Justice). For him to retire is substantial, knowing him. That’s all.
The IRS accountant is not the same as the veterans working at the VA is not the same as the National Parks person protecting an endangered species of mushroom.
@89th said in DOJ friend resigns:
@Horace said in DOJ friend resigns:
Imagine taking the principle seriously, and believing that the IRS is populated by people with higher than average motivation to help their fellow man. I think the IRS is populated by people with accounting degrees, who wanted a stable job.
Someone needs to take your extrapolation gun away.
I’m talking about my friend who served his country in the military and wanted to continue serving (volunteering at NIH for veterans with PTSD and at the Dept of Justice). For him to retire is substantial, knowing him. That’s all.
The IRS accountant is not the same as the veterans working at the VA is not the same as the National Parks person protecting an endangered species of mushroom.
Please let me stipulate that your friend is exactly as awesome as you say he is. I am sure there are plenty of awesome people who work in the government. I don't think you'd find a statistical correlation between "awesome" and "government workers", as you consistently imply.
As for your friend's anecdote and your contention that it proves how terrible things are for your average government worker, no. I think there are specifics about your friend's situation that muddy those waters substantially. Not least his personal feelings for Trump, and his job duties that required him to give voice to things he felt violated his principles or beliefs. That is what I've inferred from what we've learned in this thread, and it is not how he framed his reasons in his resignation letter. I don't actually believe that the atmosphere in general in those government buildings is suffocatingly oppressive to the extent people are fleeing from jobs they otherwise love. He did not love his job of speaking for this administration, obviously. That's just a disingenuous framing.
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It's literally vaguely insulting for government employees to feel like they're serving a higher purpose than private sector employees, just based on the principle of working for the government. One can be proud of what they do, or who they work for, but to feel like a government job occupies a higher rung of service to humanity, is actually a little insulting. So, I don't actually feel too bad about pushing back on this. it's not only a flimsy narrative, it's also a little insulting.
@Horace said in DOJ friend resigns:
it's also a little insulting.
Is it more or less insulting than Canadians not wanting to become American citizens?
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@89th said in DOJ friend resigns:
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/breaking-donald-trump-named-epstein-34766895
ZOMG! Trump flew in the plane twice! With his wife and 7 month old daughter with him! What a sicko! I mean, taking his wife and daughter along on those evil trips?! Debauchery!
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@89th said in DOJ friend resigns:
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/breaking-donald-trump-named-epstein-34766895
ZOMG! Trump flew in the plane twice! With his wife and 7 month old daughter with him! What a sicko! I mean, taking his wife and daughter along on those evil trips?! Debauchery!
@LuFins-Dad said in DOJ friend resigns:
ZOMG! Trump flew in the plane twice! With his wife and 7 month old daughter with him! What a sicko! I mean, taking his wife and daughter along on those evil trips?! Debauchery!
Right, so if Trump's visit was completely innocent, lots of other people's would be, too. But that's not going to stop The Goodly and Righteous People of the Interwebz from hurling shit at all of them. Or at the very least the ones who don't share their particular political belief system.
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@LuFins-Dad said in DOJ friend resigns:
ZOMG! Trump flew in the plane twice! With his wife and 7 month old daughter with him! What a sicko! I mean, taking his wife and daughter along on those evil trips?! Debauchery!
Right, so if Trump's visit was completely innocent, lots of other people's would be, too. But that's not going to stop The Goodly and Righteous People of the Interwebz from hurling shit at all of them. Or at the very least the ones who don't share their particular political belief system.
@Doctor-Phibes said in DOJ friend resigns:
@LuFins-Dad said in DOJ friend resigns:
ZOMG! Trump flew in the plane twice! With his wife and 7 month old daughter with him! What a sicko! I mean, taking his wife and daughter along on those evil trips?! Debauchery!
Right, so if Trump's visit was completely innocent, lots of other people's would be, too. But that's not going to stop The Goodly and Righteous People of the Interwebz from hurling shit at all of them. Or at the very least the ones who don't share their particular political belief system.
Gee, you lurched into the truth?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in DOJ friend resigns:
@LuFins-Dad said in DOJ friend resigns:
ZOMG! Trump flew in the plane twice! With his wife and 7 month old daughter with him! What a sicko! I mean, taking his wife and daughter along on those evil trips?! Debauchery!
Right, so if Trump's visit was completely innocent, lots of other people's would be, too. But that's not going to stop The Goodly and Righteous People of the Interwebz from hurling shit at all of them. Or at the very least the ones who don't share their particular political belief system.
Gee, you lurched into the truth?
@Jolly said in DOJ friend resigns:
@Doctor-Phibes said in DOJ friend resigns:
@LuFins-Dad said in DOJ friend resigns:
ZOMG! Trump flew in the plane twice! With his wife and 7 month old daughter with him! What a sicko! I mean, taking his wife and daughter along on those evil trips?! Debauchery!
Right, so if Trump's visit was completely innocent, lots of other people's would be, too. But that's not going to stop The Goodly and Righteous People of the Interwebz from hurling shit at all of them. Or at the very least the ones who don't share their particular political belief system.
Gee, you lurched into the truth?
Every time you accuse me of bias, somebody dies laughing.
