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Stephen Miller goes after the Dodgers for DEI. (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2 OP
It's akin to BOSSHOG Jul 2 #1
Not enough "white" players? Tell that to the NBA... hlthe2b Jul 2 #2
Going after the Dodgers? MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #3
Please do attempt to deport all your non-white jocks. Brainfodder Jul 2 #4
And that is the government's business be-cause....? Justice Brandeis Jul 2 #5
Because Nazi Miller says it is? MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #6
He sees the world through hate goggles. marble falls Jul 2 #7
Hate, retribution, greed, sadism, ignorance etc etc vapor2 Jul 2 #10
Everyday I find myself saying 'I can't believe that'. Biophilic Jul 2 #8
Their depravity knows no bounds. MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #9
Is this real?..................... Lovie777 Jul 2 #11
Conservative legal group files federal complaint struggle4progress Jul 2 #13
Apparently so. MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #14
"I offered to play for the Dodgers if they pay me $30 million a year struggle4progress Jul 2 #12
Does the letter specify Oeditpus Rex Jul 2 #15
The one thing, one thing you don't do in L.A. is go after their beloved Dodgers, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #16
I think it is payback for the Dodgers not allowing ICE applegrove Jul 2 #17
That's exactly what it is, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #18
Big mistake Oeditpus Rex Jul 2 #19
Absolutely!!! SheltieLover Jul 2 #32
They also pledged $1 million in support of immigrants Cloudhopper Jul 2 #43
That is the insidious part angrychair Jul 2 #37
Don't they have to prove Oeditpus Rex Jul 2 #56
Proof? PROOF? MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #57
The Dodgers angrychair Jul 2 #61
Twenty-eight of the 30 major league clubs Oeditpus Rex Jul 3 #62
Hmmm.... "is that racism and xenophobia and bigotry and misogyny don't exist anymore.". electric_blue68 Jul 2 #60
Oh, yeah. I've seen dozens Oeditpus Rex Jul 3 #63
If Major League teams could field an all-white team and still be competitive, they would do so. Midnight Writer Jul 2 #20
Win Games & Fill Seats ProfessorGAC Jul 2 #22
One of the Dodgers' owners Oeditpus Rex Jul 2 #41
Ooo, that's gotta piss of Nazi Miller, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #44
Retribution? They told ICE to buzz off. KentuckyWoman Jul 2 #21
This is why. Dodgers security stopped ICE at the gate. Maine-i-ac Jul 2 #52
The Dodgers ought to invite Miller over for batting practice Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2 #23
"Oops, sorry Mr. Miller, we mistook your little white head for the base ball.....3 times." MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #24
You know Stephen Miller and gym class wedgies Johonny Jul 2 #25
Most of the guys who gave me gym class wedgies grew up to be Republicans. hunter Jul 2 #36
Surprised that Nosferatu's hatred hasn't consumed him yet Blue Owl Jul 2 #26
Is his wife MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2 #58
That case is going nowhere. Doodley Jul 2 #27
He's the Heydrich of this admin JustAnotherGen Jul 2 #28
Is Mark Walter the owner of the LA Dodgers a republican? Cha Jul 2 #29
I don't think so. MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #31
Whoa! Good On Mark Walter and his wife! Cha Jul 2 #40
Another reason is that the great L.A. Lakers legend Magic Johnson is part owner of the Dodgers MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #45
Oh Gawd! The Payback Cha Jul 2 #48
THIS is the kind of shit the federal government in this country does now. Karasu Jul 2 #30
The Hague Iamscrewed Jul 2 #33
Miller appears to be working moniss Jul 2 #34
What's next, Little Stevie Miller? The NFL??? ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2 #35
Those guys would mold Nazi Miller into a football, place him on the ball tee and kick his MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #46
Don't fuck with 40 men who know how to wield baseball bats. Efilroft Sul Jul 2 #38
40? Oeditpus Rex Jul 2 #53
I was going by the expanded roster number. We need to swing as many bats as we can get. Efilroft Sul Jul 2 #59
There are obvious reasons why Herr Himmler-Miller's wife ... Tarzanrock Jul 2 #39
AYFKM????? There is no greater meritocracy than in sports. He is one sick fuck. LymphocyteLover Jul 2 #42
Let's face it, their whole spiel is reverse racism/Great Replacement theory conspiracy theory tornado34jh Jul 2 #47
Or another theory could be that L.A. Basketball legend Magic Johnson is part owner and in Nazi Miller's MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #49
Was it Rebl2 Jul 2 #50
No, you got it right, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2 #54
How can Stephen Rebl2 Jul 2 #51
Dear Dodgers, tell steve to fuck off spanone Jul 2 #55
Miller had a DEI wife until she ran off with an Afrikaner. Captain Zero Jul 3 #64

BOSSHOG

(43,225 posts)
1. It's akin to
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 05:24 PM
Jul 2

Filing a complaint against the constitution. If only trump and miller and Vance had marketable skills.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
3. Going after the Dodgers?
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 05:37 PM
Jul 2

Bad, bad move Stephen, bad move.
As if LA didn't hate you already, you just made it much worse.

Brainfodder

(7,519 posts)
4. Please do attempt to deport all your non-white jocks.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 05:40 PM
Jul 2

Sports gambling I am sure won't put any pressure on nobody!
Muahahahahaha!

Biophilic

(5,873 posts)
8. Everyday I find myself saying 'I can't believe that'.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 05:52 PM
Jul 2

And everyday this administration does another totally disgusting thing. They obviously have no bottom and no boundaries.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
14. Apparently so.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:14 PM
Jul 2
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6469611/2025/07/02/dodgers-dei-federal-civil-rights-complaint-america-first-legal/

Dodgers DEI efforts subject of federal civil rights complaint filed by conservative legal group.

A conservative legal group co-founded by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller has filed a federal civil rights complaint accusing the Los Angeles Dodgers of “apparently engaging in unlawful discrimination under the guise of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion.’”

The complaint was filed Monday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by America First Legal, less than two weeks after the Dodgers said they denied federal immigration authorities access to Dodger Stadium parking lots
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struggle4progress

(123,773 posts)
12. "I offered to play for the Dodgers if they pay me $30 million a year
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:12 PM
Jul 2

but they turned me down just because I'm white!"

Oeditpus Rex

(42,052 posts)
15. Does the letter specify
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:18 PM
Jul 2

whom, exactly, the Dodgers hired (or fired) "based on race, color, sex or national origin"? Is Miller just pissed off about Ohtani making $75 million per year (deferred) while hitting only .288? Or, perhaps he thinks the Dodgers should call up a woman from OKC in their parade of injury-replacement pitchers.

I'm really interested to see how this plays out.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
16. The one thing, one thing you don't do in L.A. is go after their beloved Dodgers,
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:21 PM
Jul 2

that's almost blasphemous to Angelenos.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,052 posts)
19. Big mistake
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:48 PM
Jul 2

going after Major League Baseball, period. It's like shooting pupp... okay, wait. I meant to use a metaphor meaning Miller et al are gonna look reeeealllllly bad to everyone who doesn't hate the Dodgers (though millions of "pfans" do, probably even more than hate the Yankees) or just hate baseball.

Baseball has been a "melting pot" since 1947, and I suspect very few fans have a problem with it. They know a ball club signs the players they think can best help them win and don't give much thought as to where they're from.

Cloudhopper

(73 posts)
43. They also pledged $1 million in support of immigrants
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:19 PM
Jul 2

about a week ago. So, I guess they're doubly P.O.'d.

angrychair

(10,858 posts)
37. That is the insidious part
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:43 PM
Jul 2

They don't have to prove that. Their point is that that the very existence of DEI policies is, in itself, discriminatory.
This is the hole in the armor that racists and bigots and misogynists have been looking to exploit for years.
DEI policies were created to specifically encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply for jobs because, historically, white males had a significant hiring advantage over other people.
The core of their argument is that racism and xenophobia and bigotry and misogyny don't exist anymore and therefore DEI policies are discrimination to white males.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,052 posts)
56. Don't they have to prove
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:31 PM
Jul 2

the ball club has a "DEI policy," or does the mere fact that it employs people from several different countries and of different flesh tones "prove" that?

angrychair

(10,858 posts)
61. The Dodgers
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 11:54 PM
Jul 2

Has a published policy celebrating diversity, equity and inclusion and even has a webpage about their DEI policies:
https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/community/diversity-equity-inclusion

That's all these fucking monsters need to attack you now.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,052 posts)
62. Twenty-eight of the 30 major league clubs
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 03:17 AM
Jul 3

have that policy. If I remember correctly, the only two that don't are the two Texas clubs, the Rangers and the Asterisks.

Maybe Miller's just starting with the Dodgers.

Like I said, I'm really interested to see how this plays out.

electric_blue68

(22,337 posts)
60. Hmmm.... "is that racism and xenophobia and bigotry and misogyny don't exist anymore.".
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 11:47 PM
Jul 2




Oh, ya.

Geeeeebzz!
sigh...

Oeditpus Rex

(42,052 posts)
63. Oh, yeah. I've seen dozens
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 03:44 AM
Jul 3

of tscist, homophobic, misogynist bigots -- that is, right-wingers -- post to that effect. Actually, they necessarily believe they exist because, they say, it's
liberals who harbor them. Our hatred of women is evidenced by the "fact" that we "encourage" them (and, some say, "force" them) to have abortions, even post-delivery. We obviously hate Black people because we continually insist the most disenfranchised ones are "too stupid" to get a voter ID. We must hate LGBTQ+ kids (of which there're also "no such thing" ) because we"encourage" and even "force" them to "mutilate their bodies."

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Midnight Writer

(24,353 posts)
20. If Major League teams could field an all-white team and still be competitive, they would do so.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:50 PM
Jul 2

As far as I can recall, all the teams' owners and management are white men. The teams fought against allowing minority players for decades.

The teams aren't looking for "DEI hires". They are looking for the people who will most likely win games for them.

If you want the best, you need to diversify. The larger your pool of candidates, the more talent you have to choose from.

Republicans cannot accept this simple reality.

ProfessorGAC

(73,557 posts)
22. Win Games & Fill Seats
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:01 PM
Jul 2

And people go out of their way to get tickets to see Ohtani.
And, the ratings for Dodger games on ESPN are impressive.
People want it, they win a lot, and the team makes a lot of money.
DEI has nothing to do with the product on the field. They'd pay any white Anglo Saxon protestant is the could throw 102 or hit a ball 500'.
This lawsuit isn't about DEI. It's retribution for the Dodgers shooing away ICE agents.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
44. Ooo, that's gotta piss of Nazi Miller,
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:23 PM
Jul 2

after all, Magic isn't part of the "Aryan Race" so therefore, he has no right owning anything of value.

hunter

(39,639 posts)
36. Most of the guys who gave me gym class wedgies grew up to be Republicans.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:36 PM
Jul 2

I'll try not to laugh when those whose butts he is kissing turn on him.

Blue Owl

(56,647 posts)
26. Surprised that Nosferatu's hatred hasn't consumed him yet
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:10 PM
Jul 2

I mean, with that much hatred — what joy is there to live in the first place???

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
31. I don't think so.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:30 PM
Jul 2
Walter serves as a trustee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation;[7][8] Creighton University;[9] Northwestern University;[10] and the Field Museum.[11] Kimbra Walter is a trustee of the Lincoln Park Zoo.[12] Walter and his wife own White Oak Conservation, an animal refuge in Florida.[13] In 2011, Walter made a $30,800 contribution to the Democratic National Committee, as well as a $5,000 contribution to Obama for America.[3]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Walter

Cha

(312,968 posts)
40. Whoa! Good On Mark Walter and his wife!
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:06 PM
Jul 2

That could be another reason Nazi boy miller is going after the LA Dodgers.

This Needs to BACKFIRE on the Nazis!

Mahalo Nui Loa for doing the Reasearch, MCE! 💙

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
45. Another reason is that the great L.A. Lakers legend Magic Johnson is part owner of the Dodgers
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:25 PM
Jul 2

and in Nazi Miller's Aryan world, a black man isn't part of his "Aryan Race" therefore he's not entitled to own anything.

Cha

(312,968 posts)
48. Oh Gawd! The Payback
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:39 PM
Jul 2

can't come soon Enough for these NeoNazis who have commandeered our USA Government.

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,853 posts)
35. What's next, Little Stevie Miller? The NFL???
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:36 PM
Jul 2

The NFL is over 65% African-American.

Miller had best NOT go there! These guys will have him for lunch.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
46. Those guys would mold Nazi Miller into a football, place him on the ball tee and kick his
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:28 PM
Jul 2

Aryan ass through the goal posts.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,052 posts)
53. 40?
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:06 PM
Jul 2

That's only in September, so clubs can see how their minor-league prospects perform in a big-league environment. The rest of the year, the roster limit is 25.

Tarzanrock

(1,187 posts)
39. There are obvious reasons why Herr Himmler-Miller's wife ...
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:04 PM
Jul 2

ran off with a complete piece of shit like Mu$k.

tornado34jh

(1,494 posts)
47. Let's face it, their whole spiel is reverse racism/Great Replacement theory conspiracy theory
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:35 PM
Jul 2

Most baseball players are either from Latin America, Japan, or South Korea, with occasional ones from Taiwan. I don't really follow baseball, but I guarantee you MLB teams will have at least one Latin American or Asian player in their roster. They are also mad that the Dodgers didn't bow down to the ICE Gestapo. But I think there is one thing no one is talking about: potential stampede. If the Dodgers allowed ICE in a packed stadium, people could panic and in the rush to escape, cause a human crush because of all the compressive force.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
49. Or another theory could be that L.A. Basketball legend Magic Johnson is part owner and in Nazi Miller's
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:55 PM
Jul 2

Aryan world, a black man isn't entitled to own anything or the Dodger org. might have saved a bunch of Icehole lives by not allowing them into the stadium because the 30-40 thousand fans might've turned on them and given them a well-deserved what for, although I highly doubt that was the reason for the denial.
Just a couple of alternative theories.

Rebl2

(16,672 posts)
50. Was it
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:00 PM
Jul 2

the Dodgers that recently would not allow ICE into the Dodgers parking lot and stadium? Maybe I have them confused with a different team.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,862 posts)
54. No, you got it right,
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:27 PM
Jul 2

they were forced to leave because Dodger Stadium security denied them access to the stadium.

Rebl2

(16,672 posts)
51. How can Stephen
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:02 PM
Jul 2

Miller be so hateful. Does his family even like him if he has any still alive.

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