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Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri

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386 points italophil | 1 comments | 10 Dec 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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praptak ◴[11 Dec 25 05:46 UTC] No.46228088[source]▶
Calibri was supposedly easier to read by people with disabilities. While this itself is debatable, that's not the reasoning behind the font switch. The mere attempt at making life easier for disadvantaged people is labeled DEI and as such cannot be tolerated by this administration.
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midnitewarrior ◴[11 Dec 25 06:20 UTC] No.46228261[source]▶
I don't think that much thought went into it. The change was initiated by the department's DEIA ("A" for Accessibility) office. Anything that office did was a priority for this administration.

Keep in mind that the transgenic mouse breeding program used to make lab mice for research got defined because the President claimed Democrats were so woke they were funding "trans" mice research.

Half of what they are doing is virtue signalling and posturing without any real understanding of what they are doing.

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rdiddly ◴[11 Dec 25 07:10 UTC] No.46228535[source]▶
All true except the fact that it's not virtue that they're signaling.
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ndsipa_pomu ◴[11 Dec 25 10:20 UTC] No.46229646[source]▶
Cruelty signalling?
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oneeyedpigeon ◴[11 Dec 25 11:07 UTC] No.46229949[source]▶
I prefer "ideology signalling" so that it's neutral and we can use it to apply to both sides.
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buellerbueller ◴[11 Dec 25 15:07 UTC] No.46232309[source]▶
"Virtue signaling" still works because the actor indeed believes they are being virtuous.
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ndsipa_pomu ◴[11 Dec 25 16:15 UTC] No.46233250[source]▶
Since when is it a virtue to needlessly make things harder for some people?
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1. rootusrootus ◴[11 Dec 25 18:16 UTC] No.46234912[source]▶
I cannot decide to what extent they see it that way. They certainly have entirely plausible virtuous reasoning for everything they do. Whether that is what they actually believe or not, I have no idea. It is hard to understand the point of view of someone who seems like causing pain is their only priority, and I prefer to think that only describes a small fraction of the people I disagree with politically.