Update: Laphonza Butler sworn-in as Dianne Feinstein's replacement in the Senate

[Jason]

14 minutes ago, TUFKAK said:

Link shows it was up decades before her too. And in the grand scheme of things, this isn’t worth a footnote.

 

Now let’s go raid shots in Sonoma next to the original bear flag.

 

She ordered it back up doe.

[TUFKAK]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

She ordered it back up doe.

Saying ordered it back up ignores context 

 

oh noes, old white people had shitty takes half a century ago, more at ten.

 

 

[BloodyHell]

On 10/2/2023 at 1:21 PM, TwinIon said:

Here's the Post article about her background.

 

She's the president of Emily's List, an NPO that works to elect pro-choice candidates. She's worked in the labor movement for two decades, serving as president of CA's biggest union and has long been a political consultant at a major firm.

 

Seems like a pretty good pick. She hasn't been in office before, but she's no political novice. As head of Emily's List, she's a strong voice on abortion rights, which is pretty timely. She won't be running for Feinstein's seat.

Except after the labor movement work, she went to work for corporations to screw workers, making a fortune in the process. 
 

Barbara Lee was the only correct choice.

[BloodyHell]

1 hour ago, TUFKAK said:

Saying ordered it back up ignores context 

 

oh noes, old white people had shitty takes half a century ago, more at ten.

 

 

I mean, there has been a fairly recent trend of attacking people for views they held 40+ years ago, which is absurd but not shocking in this climate. 
 

Unless you’re useful to these activists, then you can complain about your kids growing up in a racial jungle, or even be credibly accused of rape at the height of  MeToo, even when the accusers mother called in to Larry King 25 years before she came out publicly about it, and people will call you a liar because it’s politically expedient. People like Alyssa Milano, a self described leader of the movement, will come out and defend you too! 
 

 

[TUFKAK]

26 minutes ago, BloodyHell said:

Except after the labor movement work, she went to work for corporations to screw workers, making a fortune in the process. 
 

Barbara Lee was the only correct choice.

Shouldn’t you be saying strikers should just go back to work so other workers can get paid?

[BloodyHell]

On 10/5/2023 at 3:35 PM, TUFKAK said:

Shouldn’t you be saying strikers should just go back to work so other workers can get paid?

I never said anything like that. I said I understand why someone would feel responsible for the livelihood of those who work for them and aren’t unionized, because those are always who suffers the most. Those people deserve a living as much as those on strike deserve having their demands met. It’s not black and white, the union writers are usually better off than the non union grunt workers holding lights and cameras, and doing craft services, makeup artists. The lead of a show doesn’t just have the union writers to think of.

[TUFKAK]

1 hour ago, BloodyHell said:

I never said anything like that. I said I understand why someone would feel responsible for the livelihood of those who work for them and aren’t unionized, because those are always who suffers the most. Those people deserve a living as much as those on strike deserve having their demands met. It’s not black and white, the union writers are usually better off than the non union grunt workers holding lights and cameras, and doing craft services, makeup artists. The lead of a show doesn’t just have the union writers to think of.

Labor solidarity isn’t go back to work so non union people can get paid, no matter how you try and explain it it’s still strike breaking language which aligns you with capital. It’s not the union who has to cave for workers, it’s the owner class.
 

it’s ridiculous to argue otherwise and a higher percentage of union workers raises everyone up.