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This change is no less "virtue signaling" than the previous policy; it's just signaling to a different audience.

They don't care about reality, watch them blame the democrats for everything wrong happening in the next 4 years, despite them no longer holding any meaningful power.

>This is one less talking point that conservatives will use when literally anything happens.

In this regards, I trust them to handle themselves well, even in a face of shortage. And it's not like grounded arguments matter in era that is being dubbed "post-truth politics".

I am open to discussing the efficacy of DEI vs its harms.

BUT

The right wing media machine will never run out of silly things to tell its consumers to be angry about.

I honestly think race/gender-based hiring or school admission is a legitimate thing to be angry about. Democrats have been clear about their stance on this for decades, and they can always change it if they want. It's not like the Hillary Clinton email "scandal."