To any young people working for DOGE: do what Elez did and get out now. Doing dirty work for these people will ruin your lives more than any stupid comment. These people don’t care about you and will destroy everything good in your life for political points
Here’s my view:
I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life.
We shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever.
So I say bring him back.
If he’s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that.
@Ike_Saul@JDVance Wait, he made these posts in the last few months? And he’s 25? And we’re supposed to believe when he made the posts he was just a child and since then (like in a few months) he’s grown and matured so we should give him a pass?
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool." — July
"You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity... Normalize Indian hate." — September
“99% of Indian H1Bs will be replaced by slightly smarter LLMs, they’re going back don’t worry guys" — December
"I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth." — June
Why the hell would anyone spend their time defending this? He isn't 16. He's 25. And he was granted extraordinary access to the U.S. govt with the power to make fundamental changes to where my tax dollars are spent. These posts were from months and weeks ago.
You guys promised the best and the brightest. This kid is a cowardly racist who was posting his true feelings behind a pseudonymous account. This is so embarrassing to try to justify/defend. Just say "we fucked up" and let him go.
50%+ of young kids say something stupid online in their youth today
This is down from 100% of boys in schoolyards in the 1980s — when we didn’t actually have a permanent record (even though they told us Tele did!)
Write an apology, say what you learned since then and get back to work
@PlugInFUD they were giving out an insane lease deal ($400/m 36m) and multiple friends got one. similar priced car at current interest rates are leasing at ~$600 per month for similar terms. some fuckery going on since you can't buy out the car at the end of lease. but good for the buyer
@lorakolodny Growing up in a religious setting it was to never use god’s name in vain. Later on switched to public schools and pretty much no one cared