[908B64B197]

"The OceanGate CEO who is trapped on a 22-foot submersible on an ill-fated voyage to see the Titanic wreck once explained how he didn’t hire “50-year-old white guys” with military experience to captain his vessels because they weren’t “inspirational.”

The CEO, Stockton Rush, added that “expertise was unnecessary” because “anybody can drive the sub” with a $30 video game controller." [0]

[0] https://www.outkick.com/trapped-oceangate-ceo-refused-to-hir...

[joelegner]

May Stockton Rush become a synonym for dangerous hubris, for the benefit of future generations.

[bananashazama]

> Questioning the consensus and exposing the destructive nature of “woke” activism, OutKick is the antidote to the mainstream sports media that often serves an elite, left-leaning minority instead of the American sports fan. Owned by Fox Corporation, OutKick was founded by Clay Travis in 2011 and is based in Nashville.

This being the same Clay Travis who claimed, on his right-wing talk radio show, that COVID would kill “a few hundred people”.

[the_third_wave]

Concentrate on the message instead of the messenger.

Aside from that it should be clear to even the most blind-sided activists that this type of exclusionary policy as advocated by the former CEO is a recipe for disaster; selecting on race, gender and age is not the way to get the most competent u-boat commanders and intentionally excluding those with a proven track record in this field is an even worse policy.

[nltuf120]

Is MSN left enough for you to believe it?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/oceangate-ceo-didn-t-wa...

[youngNed]

Hey! It looks like you are trying to shoehorn <recent story> into your culture war narrative! Don't you think this is tedious yet?

[TMWNN]

Said shoehorning seems very relevant.