A career civil servant described tension between their commitment to challenging rights abuses and their job.
“I’m trying to educate people about Palestine through social media, but I’m worried I’ll lose my security clearance for criticizing the president or blaming the U.S. for civilian massacre,” they told HuffPost. “I feel like there’s no place for me in America anymore, and I’m on thin ice with my clearance because of my heritage and because I care about my people dying.”
The seemingly stifled internal debate undercuts Biden’s narrative that his administration is historically diverse and open to perspectives from traditionally marginalized groups, including on questions of global affairs.
So it’s one of those stay silent but go ahead and talk type situations. I see.
More like one of those “we’re gonna pretend to listen and then we’re gonna keep providing financing and political cover for the atrocities no matter what they say” things.
If you as an employee feel thus abused, then the door is right over there. You are not employed to set policy.
Not everyone can afford to just change jobs because their current employer is committing and/or supporting human rights abuses. You’re sounding very “free” market libertarian right now.
You are an employee of the government. If you don’t like the rules you work under or those policies you object to then quit. You’re not an indentured servant.
Stop moving the goalposts and stop using pro-corporate talking points to defend abusers against the abused having a voice.
So now I’m defending something?
Well you’re sure as shit not conceding that it’s a bad thing to support genocide and then freeze out anyone who disagrees and you ARE deflecting blame onto the abused government employees so yeah, I’d say that amounts to a defence.
Nothing of the sort. They can disagree as much as they want, but they are not paid to do so. If they are dissatisfied with what is going on in their job they should resign.
… Yes, thats what the words you typed out mean in english.
Maybe in your head.
Children are being slaughtered. Is that a situation you happily shrug and find a new job over?
Do you have a police file filled with reports of torturing animals, by chance?