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Yep. I've gotten skewered online for pointing out how these protest resignations do nothing but serves the fascists interests, by opening up the slot to be filled by a loyal SS member.
It is a tradeoff. If they stay where they are, they can slow things down. If they leave and join the good guys, they can help them directly.
Both ways are valuable, but not all people can handle being an infiltrator.
You're not wrong.
But I've also seen people saying that the government is fascist /Nazi. If you're working for the government (especially somewhere like the DOJ) then that's akin to saying you support the government.
So it's a hard decision to make either way
Everyone is so concerned with the statement they're making and the optics around it.
This is their career. They chose to work in civil rights. They have to go there every day. They have to look at themselves in the mirror at night.
Having personal standards and ethics is a thing to be celebrated, or it used to be. "How dare these people make a personal and professional choice they have to live with that offends my sense of strategy" is not exactly a great perspective.
For sure. And everyone has a different line in the sand.
I'm not trying to say one option is good or bad, because there are merits in both arguments. It's easy to say you'd do this or that when you're spectating. But it's much harder when you're actually doing it.
And for me personally, I think they made the right call. But I'm just a guy sitting at home (who doesn't even live in the states) so who am I to judge them?