No compassion
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What’s the appropriate attitude to take toward people like this Virginia couple?
A Virginia couple is hashing out their next steps after the husband, a disabled veteran and information technology technician with a federal agency, was fired Monday, as part of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
The news came in an email from the acting administrator of his agency. It said that it would not be in the “public interest” to continue further employment, citing his performance,
The man pointed to the fact that his performance was upgraded to “career conditional,” a step between one year and three years, and he was not a “probationary” employee. At three years, he would have qualified for “career” status. He also cited his military service, disability status and exceptional performance reviews.
“I was all in the range of fours, which means exceeding expectations,” he said, adding that his supervisor descrbied him as a “leader” and a “valuable member of the group.” . . .
The termination is complicated by the fact that last November they supported Donald Trump when he sought the White House for a second term.
“I voted for Donald Trump. But this is not what I was expecting,” he said. “We didn’t think they were going to take a chainsaw to a silk rug.”
The man’s wife said they also believed his years of military service would have offered him more protection against DOGE cuts.
“I recognize there are a lot of cuts that need to be made, but this is not the one that you think will happen to your family,” she said. “I encouraged him to take the job there, because he loved working for the agency, and I think it has a good mission.”
There are a huge number of stories out there right now exactly like this one.
Donald Trump says he’s going to get rid of jobs exactly like yours, because he’s going to balance the federal budget by getting rid of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.
He then gets rid of your job, via his chainsaw-wielding (literally) dope fiend Apartheid Boy’s too idiotic to describe Management Consulting As Massive Scam (redundant obvi) aka DOGE.
You then cry about this because you’re a Good Person, not one of Those People who Deserved to Lose Their Job.
Now a bitter small-minded critic might give in to the temptation to blame these people for having bad things happen to them that happen to be the exact things that the person they voted for said he was going to do.
All the terrible things Donald Trump is doing right now — weaponizing federal law enforcement to persecute his enemies, appointing utterly unqualified zealots to top jobs, randomly firing huge numbers of federal employees to battle the Deep State and save enough money to give every Real American a $5,000 check, betraying our allies, comforting our enemies, basically committing a smash/grab on liberal democracy on camera and in social media 24/7 — are all things THAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO if he won or “won” the election.
So why exactly am I supposed to feel sorry for you, Trump voter? Because you’re an imbecile and therefore can’t be held responsible for suffering the promised consequences of the vote you cast? Because I can’t come up with any other excuse for you than sheer stupidity on a mind-numbing scale.
This isn’t schadenfreude so much as sheer exasperation.
We are a nation of childish idiots.
Oh and let’s not overlook the editorial note at the end of this heartbreaking story of staggering moronicy:
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to remove identifying information for the person’s safety.