The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has done a 180 and apologised for telling a 90-year-old volunteer she was not welcome anymore because she had violated diversity guidelines by failing to disclose her pronouns.
As we highlighted last week, Fran Itkoff was dismissed by the charity over the matter despite having given 60 years of her life to volunteering.
Mrs Itkoff didn’t even understand what she was being asked to provide and merely expressed confusion over what was meant by pronouns.
Not only did the MS Society let her go, they doubled and tripled down on the decision in subsequent statements.
Now, however, after massive backlash, the organisation has finally relented.
In a long statement, the society claims it has said sorry “to our longtime, dedicated volunteer Fran Itkoff,” adding “We realise now that we made a mistake, and we should have had more conversations with Fran before making this decision.”
“While we acted at the time with the best intentions, we did not have clear protocols in place,” the statement continues, adding “We should have spent more time with Fran to help her understand why, as an organisation, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive movement where everyone has equitable access to the care, connections, and support they need to live their best lives.”
“We apologized to Fran directly and reached out to her to find a way to continue to work together,” the statement further noted, adding “In the spirit of continuous learning, we are focused on evaluating our processes and fortifying our learning to ensure our team members are equipped on the best ways to implement all of our policies.”
Libs of TikTok, who broke the story, posted the statement:
This goes to show that speaking up against alphabet equity madness does pay off, and that these organisations will reverse course when they are shaken out of their bubbles and made aware that the majority of people won’t stand for nonsense.
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Forcing people to use made up pronouns is intolerance for religious beliefs because it requires one to tell a lie, violating the Ninth Commandment.
This is a learning moment. Resistance is NOT futile! This win can and should be replicated!
So, what are they apologizing for, exactly? They’re apologizing for the fact that they weren’t more patient in their reeducation efforts (read, “brainwashing efforts”) toward a 90 year old woman. It’s not as if they’ve changed their policy in regard to the pronoun nonsense.
You know, all this could have been avoided if only they had more effective means of dealing with people like this. Like…I don’t know…a camp, or something. They could call it a “Reeducati…” Umm. Ok. Maybe they can find another name…
They DID NOT admit they were wrong….in fact, quite the opposite. They indicated they “made a mistake” and, “should have had more conversations BEFORE making the decision”….that is not an admission of being wrong
No charitable organization wants to find a cure for their speciality disease. Don’t you know how many people would be out of work and the higher up muckie mucks would be on the street without their cushy job and large pay check.
–“We apologized to Fran directly and reached out to her to find a way to continue to work together. In the spirit of continuous learning, we are focused on evaluating our processes and fortifying our learning to ensure our team members are equipped on the best ways to implement all of our policies”–
“equipped on the best ways to implement all of our policies.” simply means they are going to double down on their twisted trans ideology, continuing to ram it down everyone’s throats. “continuous learning?” They have learned nothing. They are only sorry their Trans-Ubber-Alles world view has been brought into the light of day, exposing them for what they really are. Trendy ideologues. What they did is callous and inexcusable. The asshats who jack-booted this kind and dedicated elderly lady out can pretend to apologize all they want. They should have been gone yesterday!
“…with the best of intentions …” Yeh, right! The statement is absolute shameless gobbledegook & claptrap.
I have NO civil words for what happened.. The only solution for these deviants, is blood..
Americans will be forbiden to use words father and mother.. (Blinken)..
The insanity is at peak level in the west. 90% of people there believe a man can be a woman and a woman can be a dog..
Only Allah can save us.
Think you might have your numbers a bit wrong there. Well over 90% of the Western population do NOT believe a man can be a woman or a woman can be a dog. It’s actually a tiny, but very vocal, minority of people who think that way – even among the LGBT ‘community’, most of whom wish the activists would just pi$$ off. And don’t get me started on Allah.
FAFO’d.
“We didn’t know that so many of our donors can’t stand this commie bullshit!”
This Lady Is Stoic and Will Survive and Move On!-As For The Charity?-It Has Become Part Of The Bud Light Cease To Exist!-Too Many Morons Using Instant Stupidity As a Source Of Operation=Failure!-New People New Name?-Might Survive-Most Charities Use Most Of The Income To Survive!-Lucky If 15%-Ever Goes To The Actual Services/Clinics/Doctors/Clients?-Based On The Global Climate Change Directive!-Only Existing on Paper!-Another Illusion!