Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News.

Summary

Federal employees at multiple agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from email signatures by Friday, following executive orders signed by Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

Agencies including the CDC, Department of Transportation, and Department of Energy issued directives citing the new policy.

Some employees expressed frustration, with one CDC worker calling it unprecedented.

The Office of Personnel Management also instructed agencies to disable pronoun prompts in email systems, marking another step in Trump’s broader rollback of DEI initiatives.

  • WideEyedStupid@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    But it’s not stupidity. I mean, I agree, it’s all stupid (as in: there are more important issues), but they’re not stupid. They planned all this. It’s exactly what they wanted and it’s definitely not ‘stupid’ - It’s insidious and malicious and cruel, but not stupid. This sounds like a dumb, tiny thing to do, I mean, it’s just about words in an e-mail signature, right? It’s not that big a deal? But a lot of things they’re doing are -in a vacuum- not that big a deal. However, if you add it all up, it’s all part of the wider persecution entire groups of people are falling victim to. In this case it’s just another way to silence a minority and their allies.

    Plus, don’t forget: they’ll use anyone who doesn’t comply with the ‘stupid’ little stuff as an excuse for punishments and retaliation and even worse legislation.

    Not stupid. Not ignorant. Not dumb. Incredibly fucking evil. And we should treat it like that. Don’t minimize any of it, however insignificant it may seem. Put in context this is another drop in what will become a fucking ocean of suffering.

    Edit: grammar.