{"id":13909,"date":"2024-02-17T06:29:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=13909"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:40:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:40:36","slug":"ahh-gotta-love-the-tryany-of-inclusivness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2024\/02\/17\/ahh-gotta-love-the-tryany-of-inclusivness\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahh Gotta love the tryany of inclusivness!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I started seeing little bit of chatter urging people to not donate any more money to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t sure what that was about. The Multiple Sclerosis Society has been around for a long time and has done a lot of work supporting people with Multiple Sclerosis.<\/p>\n

I always thought of them as a pretty honorable group, as such things go.<\/p>\n

Wherever there is money and tax free organizations, there is always misappropriation of funds and the nasty infighting of power hungry individuals scrambling to the top of the hierarchy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fact of life. My rule has been that if more than 60% of the dollars actually get to helping the people an organization claims to serve, then they\u2019re probably okay to donate cash to, as long as I get the tax deduction out of it. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Ever since my encounters with the HRC, United Way, and Several of the \u201cPride\u201d organizations in the 1990s. I\u2019ve been a lot tighter with my money and my volunteer time.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that \u00a0I don\u2019t want to help other people out, it\u2019s that I don\u2019t want to volunteer time, money, effort, and resources to make a bunch of assholes at the top of an organization wealthy and powerful.<\/p>\n

Most of the organizations I encountered behaved a lot more like High School Prom committees than actually wanting to help. Every organization was rife with back stabbing, misspending, cliques, the \u201cpopular\u201d shitting on the less popular, and all the shitty behaviors you can imagine people are capable of. Any of this sounding familiar? If you need a refresher course, go volunteer for one of the alphabet groups for just one week. I dare you!<\/p>\n

Believe me, after that you\u2019ll be ready to move off grid, never interacting with another human being for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n

Besides, we\u2019re already forced to participate in this sort of group behavior with our shitty government Federal and State!<\/p>\n

I learned my lesson!<\/p>\n

Imagine my surprise learning what the source of the chatter was. I absolutely agree that the Multiple Sclerosis Society needs to have its donations cut off.<\/p>\n

It turns out that Libs Of TikTok is the source of the chatter and once again I have to applaud them.<\/p>\n

The story is this,\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"A 90-year-old California woman has been fired from her volunteer role at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society after 60 years of service because she didn\u2019t understand the necessity of declaring her preferred pronouns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And why should she? I guarantee she understands Pronoun usage better than most people. Even if she isn\u2019t an English teacher.<\/p>\n

What she didn\u2019t understand was being forced<\/i> to declare her pronouns. Yes I said FORCED<\/b>!\u00a0<\/p>\n

To someone like her, or in fact myself, having to declare pronouns is a useless and pointless exercise. Pronouns have pretty much always been self evident.<\/p>\n

I personally despise being forced to declare my pronouns, because doing so, drags me into someone else\u2019s delusions and makes it appear that I support those delusions. Which I do not! Nor do I wish to keep up with the ever changing miasma of odd combinations of two or three letters which are unpronounceable, yet appear to serve as a pronoun for some visibly deranged individual.<\/p>\n

Upon seeing these individuals, it is not what pronoun I should use that is forefront in my mind. It is usually the verb, \u201cRUN\u201d.<\/p>\n

There is a YouTube interview here<\/a> with Fran Itkoff who is the volunteer the Multiple Sclerosis Society dismissed.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m linking the Breitbart article here<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Further I\u2019m lifting chunks of the Breitbart article<\/span> that are interesting. I urge you to read the entire article.<\/p>\n

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“An email from National MS Society Community Engagement Manager Kali Kulor accused the veteran volunteer of violating the nonprofit\u2019s \u201cDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u201d guidelines.<\/span>“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fran Itkoff is 90. She\u2019s been involved with the MS Society for 2\/3 of her life. I\u2019d say she fucking deserves a little consideration and courtesy.<\/p>\n

Oh and this is just my opinion\u2026 FUCK Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<\/em>. How about we just treat each other with respect, kindness, and courtesy?<\/p>\n

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“Itkoff\u2019s daughter, Elle, said the move to fire her mom was \u201cironic\u201d because \u201cexcluding a 90-year-old disabled woman who has volunteered for 60 years\u201d doesn\u2019t seem to fall in line with the group\u2019s mission for inclusivity.<\/span>”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is one of the best examples of, \u2018Lets be inclusive by being exclusive.\u2019 You know, kind of like college safe spaces that say, \u201cAll are welcome here, EXCEPT WHITE PEOPLE!\u201d \u00a0If the people coming up with this sewage had the briefest moment of introspection, or the capacity to think with any kind of logic they\u2019d probably have their heads implode. Unfortunately, instead they assault the rest of us with their insanity.<\/p>\n

Frankly, I\u2019m DAMN sick and tired of the psychological assault<\/b><\/i>!<\/p>\n

The Libs of TikTok interview has gone viral.<\/p>\n

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“Following the viral interview, the National MS Society doubled down on their decision to fire Itkoff. In an email to other volunteers, the executive vice president of the group\u2019s general counsel implied that the 90-year-old was let go because others shouldn\u2019t have to feel \u201cunsafe\u201d at work.<\/span>“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Unsafe at work? What the fuck? How about the fact that through my entire career, there have been people who got my pronouns right but couldn\u2019t pronounce my last name?<\/p>\n

AHHHHHHHHH I\u2019m afraid! I\u2019m damaged, I\u2019m Triggered, I\u2019m not valued, I\u2019m unsafe at work! Where is my million dollar restitution????<\/p>\n

Unsafe at work… My Hairy ASS!<\/p>\n

Grow a spine, and thicker skin you fucking pronoun pussies!<\/p>\n

Can you tell I\u2019m over this kind of shit?<\/p>\n

Good I knew you could!<\/p>\n

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“The sudden resignation of the society\u2019s president and CEO, Cyndi Zagieboylo, further added fuel to the flames<\/span>.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I suspect that Cyndi Zagieboylo saw the handwriting on the wall and decided she didn\u2019t want to be at the helm of a society that was probably going to self destruct. So she exited stage left, getting out while the gettin was good.<\/p>\n

In a way I respect her if that is what she did and why. She probably realized the rot was too far gone for her to be able to do anything about it.<\/p>\n

In typically laughable fashion, The MS Society has attempted to, what? Explain themselves? Uh, hold the course? Ignore the real issue? (They\u2019re wrong, and they\u2019ve fucked up.) By releasing this statement.<\/p>\n

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“Recently, a volunteer, Fran Itkoff, was asked to step away from her role because of statements that were viewed as not aligning with our policy of inclusion. Fran has been a valued member of our volunteer team for more than 60 years. We believe that our staff acted with the best of intentions and did their best to navigate a challenging issue. As an organization, we are in a continued conversation about assuring that our diversity, equity and inclusion policies evolve in service of our mission, and will reach out to Fran in service of this goal.<\/span>“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, the MS Society has also taken down their Board of Directors page. Why is unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some are suggesting that perhaps the blowback has been intense enough that the board is attempting to \u201cHide\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

I hate to say it, but perhaps the National Multiple Sclerosis Society needs a good dose of the \u201cBudLight Treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n

When their donations drop to the point that they\u2019re laying off payed staff and not being able to keep the lights on, maybe they\u2019ll get the message that this Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion shit needs to fucking stop.<\/p>\n

At least now I get why X\/Twitter chatter was saying to defund the Multiple Sclerosis Society.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, I agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently, I started seeing little bit of chatter urging people to not donate any more money to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t sure what that was about. The Multiple Sclerosis Society has been around for a long time and has done a lot of work supporting people with Multiple Sclerosis. I always thought of … <\/p>\n

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