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"Diversity? What about excellence?" (Original Post) dogknob Jan 2013 OP
We know what to call the kind of people who think the two are mutually exclusive alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #1
The Nazis were wrong about excellence too, Laura. patrice Jan 2013 #2
Ingratitude wouldn't know excellence Zoeisright Jan 2013 #3
Why can't we have both? baldguy Jan 2013 #4
How about both? AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #5
More diversity back in the day Warpy Jan 2013 #6
 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
4. Why can't we have both?
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 09:45 PM
Jan 2013

To persist in the belief that they are mutually exclusive is a path to certain failure.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
5. How about both?
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 09:51 PM
Jan 2013

But then again, some conservatives are too ignorant to get that these terms are not at all mutually exclusive, and not only that, but sometimes they actually do go hand-in-hand, quite well!

Warpy

(111,339 posts)
6. More diversity back in the day
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 10:30 PM
Jan 2013

would have resulted in both Ingraham and O'Reilly rising only to their level of incompetence, meaning they'd never be massaging each other's egos on a national cable network. He'd be in the mailroom and she'd be a file clerk.

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