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posted by martyb on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the revenge-of-the-nerds? dept.

President-elect Donald Trump realized early in his campaign that U.S. IT workers were angry over training foreign visa-holding replacements. He knew this anger was volcanic.

Trump is the first major U.S. presidential candidate in this race -- or any previous presidential race -- to focus on the use of the H-1B visa to displace IT workers. He asked former Disney IT employees, upset over having to train foreign replacements, to speak at his rallies.

"The fact is that Americans are losing their jobs to foreigners," said Dena Moore, a former Disney IT worker at a Trump rally in Alabama in February. "I believe Mr. Trump is for Americans first."

Yes, US nerds were angry about training H-1B replacements, but how much could they have helped put him over the top?


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @06:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @06:32PM (#425755)

    Such excellent points /s

    One of the grating hard to swallow aspects of this site is the complete freedom of speech it allows, so we are all bombarded with the ideas of others. However, I wouldn't trade it for the world. Its a good lesson in developing tolerance, and the silver lining is that we all get to find out where people stand instead of tip toeing around being PC or whatever.

    TMB you are exactly like the SJWs you hate, you just represent the opposite end of the spectrum. You call people names, generalize people into giant categories, and you lash out when people call you names. Like a child. You try and hide behind the tough guy persona, but its really just a child's tantrum converted into a more adult format.

    Personal growth is the hardest thing because we have to realize we're not perfect, that we may be operating under flawed assumptions, and that we must be mindful of everything if we wish to catch ourselves in the act. It takes time to notice your own behavior patterns, but discussions like these are good because our flaws will be laid out and attacked by all sorts. You should try learning from other perspectives instead of being defensive and attacking people just because you don't like what they say.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday November 11 2016, @09:13PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday November 11 2016, @09:13PM (#425825) Homepage Journal

    Nah, I simply respond at the same level of asshole as they comment at. Give me a civil discussion and I'm quite capable of keeping it civil. Yes, it's juvenile but I'm old enough to not give a shit if I appear juvenile once in a while.

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