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> You know, after what happened to Bud Light, and after Donald Trump's
> resounding election victory in November, one would think woketivists in
> corporate America would want to dial it down a bit if for no other reason
> than to spare their colleagues the humiliation that comes from the
> pushback that inevitably ensues.
>
> While some clearly have gotten the message, others have not, which brings
> us to the latest example, which comes from an executive at Ford Motor > Company.
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> A man named Barrett Evans, who reportedly is the "Chief Learning Officer"
> at Ford, recently detailed an alleged exchange with a man who he says
> watched Fox News "for the entire ride" on their flight from San Diego to
> their next destination.
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> Apparently triggered by the passenger's choice of news sources, Evans
> claimed on his Threads social media page (which is no longer accessible
> for some reason) that he confronted the elderly man after getting off the
> plane once he spotted the man and his wife both utilizing airport
> wheelchairs and being assisted to the next gate.
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> What followed next was one of the most unhinged rants I have ever read: >
> "Deplaning and I notice he and his wife getting into their airport
> wheelchairs to be pushed to next gate. My filter was malfunctioning…" >
> "Love to see you supporting DEI."
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> "Not me!"
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> "Yes - you. That wheelchair, and the human pushing it, are provided at no
> direct cost to you - rather by a subsidized cost attributed to every
> passenger in this airport. Provided to level the playing field - for you." >
> In a second post, Evans explained his rationale for aggressively harassing
> the couple and for alleging the man and his wife were hypocritical
> beneficiaries of DEI:
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> "Not all passengers need assistance. But for those who do - for whatever
> reason - the service ensures they can access the airport, navigate
> security, and board their plane safely and with dignity.
>
> The cost being shared ensures that the service is available to those who
> need it, not just those who could afford to pay extra.
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> This is a real-world infrastructure of equity in action: acknowledging
> that different people have different needs, and creating systems to
> support those differences fairly."
>
> Here are screen grabs of the rant and a photo of Evans (on the left) and
> an unidentified man at a Pride event:
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> A woke @Ford executive posted a ‘not so chivalrous’ rant on Threads,
> detailing how he confronted an elderly plane passenger in a wheelchair,
> for watching Fox News on a flight. He mocked the man for ‘supporting DEI’.
> Barrett Evans, who works as the motor company's ‘Chief Learning Officer’,
> posted about the incident on his Threads profile 'chivalryandchampagne'.
> That’s Barrett on the left, from his IG account, ‘chivalryandchampagne’. >
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> Evans got lit up on Twitter/X in response. Just one of many examples: >
> Matt Forney @realmattforney
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> "I don't know what a 'Chief Learning Officer' is and neither do you, so I
> looked it up. So far as I can tell, they design cultural sensitivity
> seminars that waste everyone's time. In other words, this fruit has a
> make-work DEI job that only exists to make him employable."
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> As of this writing, it appears Evans has all his social media accounts on
> lockdown, including Threads and Instagram. His LinkedIn appears to have
> either been deleted or hidden.
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> Now, some folks are going to wonder if this actually happened as he
> claimed it did. With social media keyboard warriors being notorious for
> embellishing things, that's an understandable reaction. But whether it
> happened or not, that Evans thought it made him look good to virtue signal
> and thump his chest about the supposed incident is a horrible look, not
> just for him but for Ford.
>
> I've already seen people on Twitter/X tagging the Ford account and
> inquiring about Evans, so there is a strong likelihood that they already
> know about it and are getting their PR response together as we speak. >
> While it remains to be seen how they respond, if Ford's campaign to show
> support for all things good and America is a reliable indicator, Evans may
> find himself holding a pink slip sooner rather than later:
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> We'll keep you posted on the latest developments.
No one here mentioned the obvious: how the hell does this guy presume to know the elderly man's position on DEI merely because he watched Fox News during the flight?