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Ms Higgs’s victory is part of a wider cultural fightback against excessive ultra-liberal fashionable views, often described as woke. Whereas those bent on pursuing “social justice” at all costs were once leading our cultural debate, those taking a more tolerant approach are now winning the argument. The election of Donald Trump as US president has been heralded as a “global vibe shift”, where the balance of debate has firmly shifted away from ultra progressive to one that is rooted in reality.
That is especially so when it comes to the gender debate. Many large employers are seeking to jump aboard this new vibe after previously embracing an ultra-liberal view. Google, for example, has removed Black History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays from its calendars, opting instead to only show public and national holidays. This follows the company’s decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies after Mr Trump led the way in the federal government. Deloitte has followed the example of many others by cracking down on gender-identifying pronouns. And BP has followed the president’s lead in renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
If there is one lesson to be taken away from this frantic back-pedalling, it is the shamelessness of companies that cynically promoted woke issues to benefit their profiles, only to abandon them at the drop of a hat. Their pronouncements on cultural issues should never be taken seriously again. Businesses should stick to what they are meant for: producing wealth and creating jobs.
https://archive.ph/wRTj5
Ms Higgs’s victory is part of a wider cultural fightback against excessive ultra-liberal fashionable views, often described as woke. Whereas those bent on pursuing “social justice” at all costs were once leading our cultural debate, those taking a more tolerant approach are now winning the argument. The election of Donald Trump as US president has been heralded as a “global vibe shift”, where the balance of debate has firmly shifted away from ultra progressive to one that is rooted in reality.
That is especially so when it comes to the gender debate. Many large employers are seeking to jump aboard this new vibe after previously embracing an ultra-liberal view. Google, for example, has removed Black History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays from its calendars, opting instead to only show public and national holidays. This follows the company’s decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies after Mr Trump led the way in the federal government. Deloitte has followed the example of many others by cracking down on gender-identifying pronouns. And BP has followed the president’s lead in renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
If there is one lesson to be taken away from this frantic back-pedalling, it is the shamelessness of companies that cynically promoted woke issues to benefit their profiles, only to abandon them at the drop of a hat. Their pronouncements on cultural issues should never be taken seriously again. Businesses should stick to what they are meant for: producing wealth and creating jobs.
https://archive.ph/wRTj5