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Jenny Poyer Ackerman's avatar

I’ve heard courage is contagious, but I sometimes wonder how many cowards you have to sneeze on for it to work?

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Alex K.'s avatar

The Covid vaccine made everyone immune to courage after they forced everyone to take the jab.

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Pat Fuller's avatar

I didn’t take anyone’s jab.

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Pat Fuller's avatar

Courage is not contagious, you either have it, or you don’t.

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Amber Trimble's avatar

I was kicked off a panel too. Except it was a panel of 4 friends of 15 years. They have obviously hated my views on freedom and well being and used RFK Jr. as the reason to distance themselves. It's bullshit. Where are the ‘coexist’ sticker people??

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Stefani S's avatar

The hidden meaning of that sticker is this: WE DON'T MEAN IT

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Jaye's avatar

You can't coexist with those who want you gone..

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Sandy's avatar

Those stickers drive me out of my mind. Completely irrational.

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melinda's avatar

YES! A thousand times YES!!! I don’t have a company with 7 figures or a name that people know (even if they despise). I SO appreciate you. For the nobodies like me who get small-cancelled- Thank you so much for getting BIG cancelled. I would do it if I could, but I’m not big. Please know you have fans!!! ❤️

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Dominic Whittles's avatar

I 100% don’t agree with everything you say (as I have mentioned before I’m not for trump) but I am 100% for you saying what you think. Loudly. With gusto. I’ll hold the mic. I almost always learn something that helps me move along my unique, idiosyncratic, one of a kind path better for listening/reading.

Be mighty and speak your truth.

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Harold Fickett's avatar

This surprises me, too, as your views are not only well-known but have been verified many times over as accurate. I suggest you demand a healthy payment for any appearance and include a kill-fee in the contract. Make the cowards consider the downside.

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Bill's avatar

While a Never Trumper, I'm definitely an "Always Jennifer"....you make all your friends very proud....Bill

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Amy Mc's avatar

This is such a kind and powerful comment!

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Karen Koshgarian's avatar

Wow. Just wow. I moved to Portland from Mountain View in the Bay Area, because, at least back in the Portlandia days, 2013, it was a fun place, and I was burned out on the transition of The Valley of Heart's Delight becoming Silicon Valley. We stay because we are committed to an upgrade of the frequency of consciousness here, but it’s hard. I am 80 years old, and was a Democrat since 1963, until they left me, and voted for the first time, Republican because of RFK Jr. Everything is upside down. You are amazing Jen. I first saw you on Epoch Times, read your Levi book, and support your vision and voice. Carry on!

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John Baker's avatar

Be sure to read her book, “Chalked Up,” too, about how she and many other girl athletes were treated in elite gymnastics. Jen has been a fighter all her life.

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Gerda Ho's avatar

So we talk about Trump and dictatorship! Meanwhile the “woke” dictate what we can and can’t say!

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Pray With Your Legs's avatar

Two quotes come to mind reading this.

1) "Courage is the first of virtues for the simple reason that it guarantees all the rest." Churchill

2) "The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain and opposing thought without accepting it. " Aristotle

Thanks for your great courage, clarity, charity, commitment, and sacrifice.

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Indrek Sarapuu's avatar

Yeah, Portland, say no more...

Qu'elle surprise they dropped you.

Personally, I refrain from using the word "diversity", ever since DIE.

So glad to hear XX-YY is prospering!

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Pale_Rider's avatar

I'm sorry woke corporate HR leaders convening in Portland aren't open to your message. No one needs to hear it more than they do, but look on the bright side -- you won't end up taking refuge from a mob in a closet, like Riley Gaines at SF State.

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From the Beach...🌞🇧🇷🏖️🌊🐬🌎😎's avatar

Portland, Jenn?

You must have known it is filled with barnyard refuse.

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Jennifer Sey's avatar

I did. I warned them up front.

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From the Beach...🌞🇧🇷🏖️🌊🐬🌎😎's avatar

Stay safe, Jenn. Be selective.

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Richard Parker's avatar

'Portlandia' is a documentary.

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Skenny's avatar

One thing they said was correct:

Portland is not ready for you.

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Doug's avatar

Jen. I was a CHRO. My company was sold about 7!years ago in a private equity deal. I looked for another CHRO gig for a while. I had all the necessary skills and objectively, a very successful series of experiences. Being a white male in that profession was a serious problem, all of a sudden . I did some research to see what percentage of the Fortune 100 has a male CHRO now. There are 10, all of them hired at least 20 years ago. When I was a management consultant 25 years ago, the percentage of male CHROs in large employers was no less than 75%.

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MarkS's avatar

That's a stunning statistic: just 10% of Fortune 500 Chief Human Resource Officers are men.

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Doug's avatar

Fortune 100, when I researched it last summer

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MarkS's avatar

Arrg, I meant to write 100! Muscle memory that when typing "Fortune #", # is going to be 500 ...

Still a stunning statistic.

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John Baker's avatar

Jen, you did the right thing taking the high road on the phone with “he/him”. As cowardly as it was for “he/him” to poor me about needing his paycheck, you kept the door open for the day he’s at an org that actually values diversity of thought. Peer 150 would be disintegrating like many elite college presidencies have if only they had an actual and meaningful presence among true leaders. Face it, you would have wasted your time and intellect speaking to a bunch of gutless corporate flacks who would have been scrolling on their phones throughout your talk and glancing over your shoulder afterwards to see anyone more “prestigious” coming in the door.

Congrats on busting 7 figures and here come high 8’s and 9’s cuz you’re a 10.

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Dianajc99's avatar

Forget it Jen..it's Portland

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