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 When I first joined the Lab, the rules for holding a Q clearance included searching your background for anything that might leave you vulnerable to blackmail. Understandable, since a person might be forced into revealing classified information. Character flaws included illegal drug use, various crimes, and being a homosexual. That last rule had a lot of history to it, notably the story of Alan Turing.

A few years later came the phenomena of political correctness sweeping the Lab.  Suddenly I had a number of coworkers that were gay and lesbian. The notion that I had to think a certain way was disturbing. Personally, I accepted gay and lesbian lifestyles as long as no one tried to hit on me and I didn't have promote sexual activity. Which is the same standard I held heterosexual individuals to - keep your preferences in the bedroom, not at work.

Toward the end of my career that political correct mentality morphed into a more dark mindset. The Lab, with support from the Dept of Energy, started using DEI policies. There were actions like mandatory meetings where Caucasian managers were required to confess to injustices committed by their ancestors along with apologies. I'm glad both for having retired when I did and that I never let myself be promoted into a managerial position. Because I'll be be damned if I would be forced to lie about my family.

Additionally, a label used by these "woke" folks started to gain letters and now is so "inclusive" that I cannot honestly say I accept all who it claims as members. 

Looking at this collection of alphabet soup and explaining why....

  • Gay, lesbian, bisexual are still ok. I even have a few friends who are gay or lesbian. 
  • Queer - I had to look up the current definition. Gay plus radical politics is a non-starter.
  • Trans is a denial of your birth biology. I think that children should not be recruited by pedophiles to undergo mutilation, nor should they be allowed in girl sports or bathrooms. Plus, if you're going to bother transforming yourself, why do you chose to be so homely? You're not even trying to appear like a woman. 

    Running a lifelong campaign against religion did not help either. 
     
  • The rest fall into wildly eccentric mental choices. This government official thought that stealing clothes out of other people's luggage was fine. Disguising kleptomania as a gender identity doesn't hold water.


 
 I don't hate anyone, just find such radical views to be a bridge too far for me.

Here I stand....

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