LA Fire Department chief: “If I’m unable to carry your husband out of a fire, he got himself in the wrong place”. Made sure to spend her efforts and resources on DEI initiatives. And these people wonder why they are getting slaughtered in elections?
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True… move out of LA and go to the right place.
There’s situations where physical strength matters and physical differences matter. Actual firefighting with heavy equipment? Yeah there should be a high genderless physical requirement.
There’s also a lot of managerial and logistics to the fire department. Maintaining water supply, maintenance, fire hall locations, etc. It doesn’t really matter if a pilot can deadlift 200 pounds vs 140 pounds. If they can fly a helicopter that drops water in the right places, it doesn’t matter.
I don’t know her history or how she got to her position. I don’t know if her previous job is where strength actually matters. Given that she seems to be more public facing, I don’t think it’s a job where physical abilities matter.
Her comments read like institutionalized racism. “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**”.
Why is this acceptable?
question:
did she say “if i’m unable to get them out of a fire, they were in the wrong place” meaning “i can get a lot of people out of fires, but if they are trapped inside a wall or something they are going to die” or “they shouldn’t be on the second story of a house”?
Imagine saying people should not stop attempted rapes because the woman got herself into the wrong place.
Imagine turning away someone trying to save your life because they don’t look like you