# It would appear that the DNC likes being in the minority **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 1, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427 "2017-11-01T20:01:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/1 "2017-11-01T20:01:35Z")
[http://www.dailywire.com/news/22939/exclusive-dnc-official-discriminates-against-elliott-hamilton](http://www.dailywire.com/news/22939/exclusive-dnc-official-discriminates-against-elliott-hamilton) > [@](#): > > … Madeleine Leader announced that the Technology Department is looking to fill several positions and asked interested parties to forward the openings to their colleagues. > > She included the following caveat: > > > [@](#): > > > > I personally would prefer that you not forward to cisgender straight white males, since they’re already in the majority. I’m curious if the Democrats among us have anything to say about their affiliation with a racist and bigoted organization? Will you be withholding donations to the DNC because of this? Is this mildly concerning? Or is everything hunkey-dorey here from your perspective? ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/2 "2017-11-01T20:38:02Z")
She should be fired. End of story. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/3 "2017-11-01T20:41:54Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > She should be fired. End of story. First off, bravo for the decisiveness. Secondly, if she is not fired, would that inaction taint the DNC in your eyes? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/4 "2017-11-01T20:46:47Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I’m curious if the Democrats among us have anything to say about their affiliation with a racist and bigoted organization? Will you be withholding donations to the DNC because of this? Is this mildly concerning? Or is everything hunkey-dorey here from your perspective? If one minor official in the RNC says something racist or otherwise not in line with your philosophy, do you withhold support from the entire organization? Do you halt contributions every time Trump (the nominal head of the party) attempts to smear ordinary citizens? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/5 "2017-11-01T20:53:34Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If one minor official in the RNC says something racist or otherwise not in line with your philosophy, do you withhold support from the entire organization? Do you halt contributions every time Trump (the nominal head of the party) attempts to smear ordinary citizens? I don’t contribute to the RNC, preferring instead to give to individual candidates that closely align with my political philosophy / beliefs. But if, for example, the campaign chief of one of these candidates sent out an email asking announcing some open positions in the campaign and said that they would prefer if we would only forward this email to straight white males, I’d ask the candidate what he thought about that and if some corrective action was not taken (firing seems appropriate to me too), I’d sever my ties and cease contributing time / money to the candidate and the campaign. This is pretty damn egregious in my eyes, but I don’t know if I’m an outlier here. I’d like to think not, but I guess we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/6 "2017-11-01T21:09:30Z")
Seems egregious to me, too. If I contributed to the DNC, and they didn’t fire this person pretty immediately, I would withdraw my support. On top of being bigoted and discriminatory, possibly illegally so, it’s like a conservative caricature of a SJW. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/7 "2017-11-01T21:22:04Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > … it’s like a conservative caricature of a SJW. I’m finding that parody and caricatures of Democrats are becoming increasingly difficult, at least for me personally. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/8 "2017-11-01T21:28:33Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Seems egregious to me, too. If I contributed to the DNC, and they didn’t fire this person pretty immediately, I would withdraw my support. On top of being bigoted and discriminatory, possibly illegally so, it’s like a conservative caricature of a SJW. Now that I think about it, it’s a little too on the nose. Is there any evidence that this woman exists apart from this story? I’m not saying for sure that she’s fake, but my quick and lazy Googling didn’t turn anything up besides a weird German LinkedIn page that doesn’t really exist. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/9 "2017-11-01T21:28:47Z")
This story apparently originated on The Daily Wire, which doesn’t appear to be the most trustworthy source. The story has bounced around the conservative press but hasn’t been picked up my any mainstream outlets as far as I can tell. The DNC has not commented as far as I can tell. I’d like to feel better about the authenticity of this email before I form any very strong opinions. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/10 "2017-11-01T21:29:07Z")
Sure, fire her. But who is this person again, and why should I particularly care about her? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/11 "2017-11-01T21:35:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Sure, fire her. But who is this person again, and why should I particularly care about her? Hillary Clinton in a mask. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/12 "2017-11-01T21:37:41Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I’m curious if the Democrats among us have anything to say about their affiliation with a racist and bigoted organization? Will you be withholding donations to the DNC because of this? Is this mildly concerning? Or is everything hunkey-dorey here from your perspective? I see what you mean. But I really must ask a question here. You seem to feel that liberals should all abandon the Democratic party because an obscure _ **data services manager** _ made a clumsy misguided attempt to promote diversity. How do you reconcile that view with the position put forward by so many of your Republican compatriots – including possibly even yourself (I don’t remember) – to elect as your goddam freaking President of the United States a raving racist bigot and pathological narcissist of staggering incompetence, and **justify it by saying that it’s OK because he’s a Republican and you support many of his policies**? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/13 "2017-11-01T21:37:44Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I’m finding that parody and caricatures of Democrats are becoming increasingly difficult, at least for me personally. I’ve read one or two op-ed pieces from conservative writers bemoaning the fact that Republicans are becoming or have become the liberal caricature of a conservative, so I guess that goes both ways. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/14 "2017-11-01T21:38:20Z")
I’m also curious as to why there’s no mention of the story anywhere else outside of conservative blogs. Not even picked up by The Hill or Politico. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/15 "2017-11-01T21:40:10Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I’ve read one or two op-ed pieces from conservative writers bemoaning the fact that Republicans are becoming or have become the liberal caricature of a conservative, so I guess that goes both ways. They’ve not only become the caricature of a conservative, they’ve lapped the caricature of a conservative and are pulling away. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/16 "2017-11-01T21:44:28Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Now that I think about it, it’s a little too on the nose. Is there any evidence that this woman exists apart from this story? I’m not saying for sure that she’s fake, but my quick and lazy Googling didn’t turn anything up besides a weird German LinkedIn page that doesn’t really exist. > [@Bayard](#): > > This story apparently originated on The Daily Wire, which doesn’t appear to be the most trustworthy source. The story has bounced around the conservative press but hasn’t been picked up my any mainstream outlets as far as I can tell. The DNC has not commented as far as I can tell. I’d like to feel better about the authenticity of this email before I form any very strong opinions. FOX has a story about it with a DNC spokesman’s response: > [@](#): > > “The email in question was not authorized by the DNC nor was it authorized by senior leadership," spokesman Michael Tyler told Fox News. "All hiring decisions at the DNC are made consistent with the DNC’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and hiring an inclusive and talented staff that reflects the coalition of the Democratic Party, because our diversity is our greatest strength.” If Madeleine Leader or the email were a hoax, you’d think he’d have just said so, rather than saying it was “not authorized”. ETA: [DNC: White men shouldn't apply for tech jobs | Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/01/dnc-white-men-shouldnt-apply-for-tech-jobs.html) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/17 "2017-11-01T21:44:29Z")
I want to know why Robert Mueller isn’t investigating this. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/18 "2017-11-01T21:44:47Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Seems egregious to me, too. If I contributed to the DNC, and they didn’t fire this person pretty immediately, I would withdraw my support. On top of being bigoted and discriminatory, possibly illegally so, it’s like a conservative caricature of a SJW. I’m not bothered by this at all. Maybe it would have been better to say “Please forward to women and minorities, as we’re trying to increase our diversity.” As a straight, white guy, I understand what they’re trying to do and don’t resent it. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/19 "2017-11-01T21:45:30Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’m also curious as to why there’s no mention of the story anywhere else outside of conservative blogs. Not even picked up by The Hill or Politico. Perhaps it’s because left-leaning media is an actual thing? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427/20 "2017-11-01T21:47:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Sure, fire her. But who is this person again, and why should I particularly care about her? Because the DNC, or at least one department at the DNC, is apparently racist and sexist in their hiring practices. I don’t know, maybe you’re cool with that though? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-appear-that-the-dnc-likes-being-in-the-minority/800427.md?page=2)