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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
25. As a graduate engineer, I went into the working world all full of
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 10:56 PM
Sep 2019

idealism and a belief that right always won out over wrong. My parents were poor, but they always did what was right and just, and they helped those with less.

So I enter the working world and saw things that were just wrong, I also knew my coworkers knew about those things happening. No one did or said anything because they were concerned about losing their high paying jobs. Fast forward years and I see the same things happening. You, and I am sure me (as I did as a young engineer) would call out against injustice and face retribution, but I no longer expect that I will have an army of people backing me.

Those people had a choice, face down Trump and his unethical administrator of their agency and likely get demoted or lose the jobs outright, or lie to placate Trump and hope that ends it.

I no longer look for heroes in life like I did when I was a young engineer. People are going to protect their self-interests, rarely have I met ones that just did what was right.

Well, that will change Zero minds... spanone Sep 2019 #1
Huh? underpants Sep 2019 #13
man. so many cowards. every fucking where. mopinko Sep 2019 #2
We are seeing in real time how Hitler got what he wanted. Blue_true Sep 2019 #10
Please stop saying "when." Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #19
Oh, I treat him as a serious candidate and serious threat. Blue_true Sep 2019 #21
We wont' if we take it for granted that we will win. n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #22
Being united is taking him seriously, dead seriously, more seriously than our differences. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #28
This is worse than being a coward. still_one Sep 2019 #12
Stupid is as stupid does.... pbmus Sep 2019 #3
"unsigned" keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #4
Pretty obvious this was done under orders from the White House. The fool can't admit he was wrong... brush Sep 2019 #5
Collaboraters everywhere montanacowboy Sep 2019 #6
Those people are afraid of losing jobs that are hard to get other places. Blue_true Sep 2019 #16
I would refuse - and become homeless, if necessary, Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #20
As a graduate engineer, I went into the working world all full of Blue_true Sep 2019 #25
I'm close to retirement - Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #30
I don't give my blessing to wring doing, I still fight it. Blue_true Sep 2019 #33
I have some experience of expressing high expectations - Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #35
To have science agencies fold is a nightmare scenario n/t MBS Sep 2019 #7
I suspect the author was either Meredith McIver or John Barron. Eugene Sep 2019 #8
Barry Myers. See #14. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #15
Was it signed? Iliyah Sep 2019 #9
Yeah it was underpants Sep 2019 #17
WTF??!? secondwind Sep 2019 #11
Betcha kroner to krugerrands Barry Myers is behind this. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #14
+1. Barry Myers doesn't give a shit about data integrity dalton99a Sep 2019 #23
He hasn't been confirmed yet, has he? Tanuki Sep 2019 #32
You're right - I thought he'd finally been confirmed. Mea culpa. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #34
So I just sent them an email. Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #18
Outstanding. Everyone should read this. underpants Sep 2019 #26
Barry Myers littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #24
The scientists and forecasters will just roll their eyes DeminPennswoods Sep 2019 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #29
This is corruption. Lets see what Democratic Congressmen do rockfordfile Sep 2019 #31
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