Because it’s a stupid whataboutism

And also it doesn't justify the absurd overcorrection this admin has created.

This is not at all a reasonable response to a legitimate criticism of what many considered a pretentious overreach of the progressive movement. We can have a constructive discussion about all that.

But this level of insanity is another thing, and pointing out that it came about because the previous admin was incentivizing absurd behavior in the name of DEI or whatnot, is not doing their argument the kind of favour they expect

No, it's informative.

And a mention of morons being a transversal party of just occasional color, and a phenomenon that we have not finished assessing - a root cause in the shape revealed in this topics - is important here.