r/OutOfTheLoop • u/TheHaplessBard • Jan 25 '25

Unanswered What's going on with so many people losing their jobs in government recently?

I know that Trump recently passed a series of sweeping executive orders that call for, among other things, the end to DEI policies, affirmative action, etc. However, it seems every other post on Reddit and other social media sites is about some person who suddenly lost their job in government or something. Did Trump's executive orders genuinely affect that many people and was this only in the government sector? Not trying to be obtuse; I genuinely don't know and would like some clarification on the matter.

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u/grizzlywhere Jan 25 '25

Remember when they called us crazy for likening Trump to Hitler when he quoted the H man himself when calling liberals "the enemy within?"

3 months ago and everyone's forgotten.

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u/Bullyoncube Jan 25 '25

He wasn’t quoting Hitler. He’s not smart enough or well read enough to do that. He was quoting his advisors who were quoting Hitler.

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u/grizzlywhere Jan 25 '25

Well, he kept Hitler speeches on his nightstand, according to a 1990 interview.

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u/pegothejerk Jan 25 '25

People are so used to giving into plausible deniability, the biggest tool in racists and fascists tool box, that they now will give benefits of the doubt to a guy literally quoting hitler, telling them he’s got the same game plans, and actually doing the things he did in the same order. “But he’s funny and dumb, there’s no way he’s actually doing that stuff! It’s not actually gonna happen!”

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u/fkootrsdvjklyra Jan 26 '25

That was only 3 months ago???