January 11, 2025
Timothy Birdnow
When you LIFE is at stake you don't give a damned about what race or "pursuasion" they may be.
Resurfaced video of fire dept. assistant chief inspires outrage after devastating wildfires in Los Angeles
From the Blaze article:
So this woman thinks it's your own fault if you have to be carried by a fireman fireperson and so you don't deserve rescue. Well, if that's the case she should refund taxpayer money. It's the job of the FD to actually do that.
So it's important that first responders "look like you" eh? Does that mean if you are Eskimo they have to hire Innuit? If Moari do you have to hire New Zealand Islanders? Why stop there; why not pair the attractive with the attractive and uggos with uggos. Make everyone post a photo in the Fire Department office so they can match them with the appropriate responder. If you look like the Elephant Man then they have to find some horribly disfigured person to rescue you - if they can't find one then you are out of luck!
I know; I'm engaging in reductio ad absurdum. But the logic is still inevitable. Her argument is so absurd as to deserve it.
If you are going to make this argument then no black or Hispanic or Asian folks should be sent to white neighborhoods. Put that in your bong and smoke it chickadee! A black woman shouldn't be called except for to maybe Watts and then they should have to ascertain the sex of the citizen needing rescue.
How about just hiring the best people, those who can do the job better than anyone else? I know; it's a radical idea, completely silly. Imagine it; basing hiring on competence!
When you LIFE is at stake you don't give a damned about what race or "pursuasion" they may be.
Resurfaced video of fire dept. assistant chief inspires outrage after devastating wildfires in Los Angeles
From the Blaze article:
" The video shows assistant chief Kristine Larson explain why it is important to have minority members of the fire department, and then she appears to defensively mock fire victims. Larson was lauded as the first black woman to be hired on as an LAFD chief.
'This is actually appalling. This is a public servant?'
"You want to see somebody that responds to your house, your emergency, whether it's a medical call or a fire call, that looks like you," said Larson in the video. "It gives that person a little bit more ease knowing that somebody might understand their situation better."
She went on to address criticism that some women may not meet the strength standards needed to fulfill the requirements of the job.
"'Is she strong enough to do this?'" she said in the voice of critics. "'You couldn't carry my husband out of a fire.'"
"Which my response is, 'He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.'"
'This is actually appalling. This is a public servant?'
"You want to see somebody that responds to your house, your emergency, whether it's a medical call or a fire call, that looks like you," said Larson in the video. "It gives that person a little bit more ease knowing that somebody might understand their situation better."
She went on to address criticism that some women may not meet the strength standards needed to fulfill the requirements of the job.
"'Is she strong enough to do this?'" she said in the voice of critics. "'You couldn't carry my husband out of a fire.'"
"Which my response is, 'He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.'"
So this woman thinks it's your own fault if you have to be carried by a fireman fireperson and so you don't deserve rescue. Well, if that's the case she should refund taxpayer money. It's the job of the FD to actually do that.
So it's important that first responders "look like you" eh? Does that mean if you are Eskimo they have to hire Innuit? If Moari do you have to hire New Zealand Islanders? Why stop there; why not pair the attractive with the attractive and uggos with uggos. Make everyone post a photo in the Fire Department office so they can match them with the appropriate responder. If you look like the Elephant Man then they have to find some horribly disfigured person to rescue you - if they can't find one then you are out of luck!
I know; I'm engaging in reductio ad absurdum. But the logic is still inevitable. Her argument is so absurd as to deserve it.
If you are going to make this argument then no black or Hispanic or Asian folks should be sent to white neighborhoods. Put that in your bong and smoke it chickadee! A black woman shouldn't be called except for to maybe Watts and then they should have to ascertain the sex of the citizen needing rescue.
How about just hiring the best people, those who can do the job better than anyone else? I know; it's a radical idea, completely silly. Imagine it; basing hiring on competence!
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