It might, because the point about the sameness of all the candidates (and current staff) might just resonate with someone.

What you have to avoid is giving them the box to stick you in. You just want it to be clear that you aren't in their box **and that's a good thing for them**.

Undisciplined

The trick here is that most likely these folks think they value ideological diversity but will actually dismiss almost any specific view that differs from their own.

 for that reason, I kind of need to convince them about yet another thing: that they're 

 in a false sense of diversity. That's not gonna go great, is it. Nobody loves that feeling

the_stacker_muse

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denlillaapan

> The trick here is that most likely these folks think they value ideological diversity but will actually dismiss almost any specific view that differs from their own.

yes, precisely. But if I want _them_ to hire _me_ for that reason, I kind of need to convince them about yet another thing: that they're _deluding themselves_ in a false sense of diversity. That's not gonna go great, is it. Nobody loves that feeling