Towards the end of the night a security guard from the OPM came outside to lower the American and DC flags. One of the protesters questioned him about his role as a secretary guard if he was allowing un-credentialed third parties into the building to access commuter systems. He said he was just doing his job.
Just doing his job. Just doing his job…
This is the position people are put in. I don’t see “just doing my job” from low wage workers as a total cop out because I think, in many cases, it translates to “I cannot lose this job.”
I am not American but Americans have been enslaved by having their wellbeing (healthcare) tied to employment (at least to some degree.)
Well, I’m not German but I’ve heard tales of people just doing thier job there not that long ago.
At the Nuremberg trails at the end of WWII, this was the argument that many Nazi sympathizers and enablers made to remove their responsibilities from the events that happened.
Officers argued that they weren’t responsible because they ordered people to do things and they did them … they were not responsible because the people below them had the opportunity to refuse orders.
Lower level people argued that they were ordered to do things and they couldn’t refuse … they were not responsible because the people above them threatened them.
“Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented”
- Elie Wiesel
Interesting, gee, where have I heard this before? 🤔
This man needs to go to prison for this. He is allowing unvetted people to gain access to sensitive information about former and current government employees. As a former federal employee whose information was leaked in the last OPM data breach, I am beyond irate about this. I will be contacting all of my representatives to make it ABSOLUTELY FUCKING CLEAR that this is unacceptable and needs to be stopped and result in incarceration for everyone involved including the security guard who was “just doing his job” by NOT DOING HIS MOTHER FUCKING JOB!
I read that, but: presidential pardon.
Someone arm them. I’ll send money. I’ll fucken go on my last couple hundred bucks.
fucken
Ah. Short for ‘fuckeng’ ?
Maybe it’ll land this time bud
I’d love to see fElon imprisoned for hacking into our government.
