Glad they're open-sourcing it, since "Accessibility" falls under the umbrella of the dreaded "DEI", which means we can expect to see any government-funding for it dry up.
Glad they're open-sourcing it, since "Accessibility" falls under the umbrella of the dreaded "DEI", which means we can expect to see any government-funding for it dry up.
Luckily Ubisoft is (mostly) European so it should avoid the events in the US. I'm sure the the anti-progressives will eventually start making headway in Europe but so far the Continent at least seems to have stayed sane. I could be wrong about this but i don't think I've seen the slept agenda being pushed anywhere other than the U.K.
>Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings
Just the first one that comes to mind.
The Hungarian government is insane. The Polish ones used to be as well but after the elections it is normal again. There is also Ireland with their abortion laws that are backwards.
Other than that we are sane, Hungary+Ireland is not that much
Ireland had abortion referendum 8 years ago. If you're going to call rant and call entire countries insane and backwards then at least get your basic facts straight.
I stand corrected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_Republic_of_Ir...
Abortion rights in Ireland are OK, I was living with old prejudices. The number of doctors that perform it is still low, but fair enough - I was all wrong.
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Ireland legalised abortion by referendum a while back, FWIW.
I stand corrected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_Republic_of_Ir...
Abortion rights in Ireland are OK, I was living with old prejudices. The number of doctors that perform it is still low, but fair enough - I was all wrong.
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(continental) Europe never really had much of a push in that direction, though.
The whole concept of DEI / woke is not much of a thing outside the English-speaking world. Very small parts of it (gender parities, a bit more transgender awareness, the "transgender athletes in sports" kerfuffle) have leaked through, but that's it. Where I live (Poland), most people, even well-educated people, haven't ever heard of the concept of specifying your pronouns.
> I've seen the slept agenda
"Slept" as the opposite of "woke", right? This is genius! Is something actually used by more people?
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The Trump admin is literally withdrawing ADA guidance without replacement. And as part of his executive orders they consider accessibility as part of the whole phrase (DEIA) [1] and are working to gut any DEIA programs. So you're factually wrong.
[1] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-01...
So, point out or quote the portion here that says wheelchair ramps and alt tags are no longer required.
Oh, that's right, you made that up.
Is that really the best argument you've got when faced with the government telling you exactly what they're doing? Like if you're trying to troll you're doing an extremely poor job at it and just making yourself look bad.
I asked you for a single quote. You can't produce one because you made this hysteria up.
Nobody is banning wheel chair ramps, and nobody is banning alt tags, color contrast and the like. You are literally just making this up.
Quite the fearmonger, you are.
The quotes are right there, in the executive order I linked you. You chose not to read it. It's in the plainest language possible. Again, not doing yourself any favors here.
I think you are correct that GP is evading your reference, and further I think they are over the line of trolling, but I do think you are mistaken in your reading (or at least, you are reading more into the document than it reads itself). For example:
> shall coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear.
Their premise seems to be that programs (including performance reviews mentioned later in the document) which provide preferential or beneficial treatment to people based on DEIA characteristics are discriminatory and illegal under current laws, which prohibit discrimination on protected classes. I.e. you can't promote someone for being a man, or for being a woman, because sex is a protected class. If you create a program to help train/network people of a specific sex to the exclusion of the other sex, that violates the law (according to the argument being put forth here. IANAL so am not providing legal analysis, just doing my best to steel man their side here). The order you linked seems to be trying to stop this "illegal" practice in the US federal government. Note that the ADA is not illegal, in fact it is the law. Nothing in there is repealing the ADA or paring it back, at least that I read. I wouldn't be shocked if they are doing so through a different channel, but at a minimum the source you posted does not seem to validate your claims.
The claim I was refuting was that the government does not consider Accessibility under DEIA. That's it. And in the plain text of the executive order, they include it.
And please, reread the executive order. I can't believe I need to explain to two separate people what is said in the plainest, clearest language possible:
> (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assisted by the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), shall coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear
It says the termination of ALL discriminatory programs, including but not limited to 'illegal DEIA'. This is clear that they, by definition, consider DEIA as a whole discriminatory. And it takes all of five seconds to check how the admin has been behaving over the past few months to see that this is what they are doing.
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