# An argument against DEI

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-dei/1013954>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-dei/1013954 "2025-02-06T15:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-against-dei/1013954/261 "2025-02-16T21:42:54Z")

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> [@Ms2001](#):
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> Is it possible that that was all an elaborate ruse? Am I the kind of person who would invent a whole fictional world just to tell anecdotes in support of political arguments I don’t really even believe? Go to all that effort just to prop up _someone else’s_ beliefs… _for free?_

Although it has no bearing _whatsoever_ on your own posting habits, it must be pointed out that what I quoted from you is indeed standard practice among many that oppose DEI, and not the extreme rarity you present it to be.

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