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If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
Moving ADA protected accessibility concerns into the literal DEI departments (I don't mean individual people) is clearly part of that attempt to "harden" themselves from executive orders and top down policy changes.
Indeed the ATF has just blatantly violated the executive order ending DEI programs[1].
Ultimately it's the bureaucracy using accessibility as a shield who are responsible for it being attacked.
What I say is certainly... pithy but I take exception with saying any of it is un-substantive or flamebait.
[0] https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/politics/resistance-trump-lib...
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/atf-accused-of...
If you had posted this later comment originally, it would have been fine, or almost fine—it's probably still too much of a political battle post to be completely fine.
No I’m going to blame the people reducing accessibility for disabled Americans via executive order.
All that being said, they seem like similar principles to me, but I'm not the one throwing around what's racist, and based on your use of it, I guess you'd disagree.
Also, you crossed badly into personal attack here. Please don't do that on HN, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. You may not owe people who you feel are losers better, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it.
In my defense, I’ve been advocating for accessibility in computing for over 20 years, and reading the original post really enraged me as it goes against all I stand for, hence reacting too strongly here.