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Don’t generalize like this.

I have a very close friend who works for VA. Her patients are veterans, many far poorer and with no higher-education. She cares about them deeply. She has a husband, kids, and two parents that depend on her paycheck, and her first thought post-election when rumors of furlough and mass layoffs started circulating were about how she can make sure her patients are taken care of if they lose access to her care.



There are good people in every org. I'm sure there are people with similar values on the DOGE team. I responded to a generalisation with a generalisation.


Serious question: What good does that do?


What good does any comment here do? The person I was responding to argued their side, I argued mine, hopefully readers can synthesise something that comes closer to the truth than if no-one was saying anything.

If you think people shouldn't make that kind of generalisation, why didn't you call out the person I replied to? What good does calling me out do that calling them out wouldn't do?




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