Being Mean to Scabs Is Working

If these scabs really need something to do to kill time during the strike, might I suggest moderating an online forum?

It's fun.

For those who don't know:

Jack London, Ode to the Scab. 1916.

After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made a scab."

"A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles."

"When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out."

"No man (or woman) has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his carcass in, or a rope long enough to hang his body with. Judas was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his master, he had character enough to hang himself." A scab has not.

"Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commission in the British army." The scab sells his birthright, country, his wife, his children and his fellowmen for an unfulfilled promise from his employer.

Esau was a traitor to himself; Judas was a traitor to his God; Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his country; a scab is a traitor to his God, his country, his family and his class."

It's why the right wing invented 'cancel culture', to try to demonize people banding together to change things. This kind of public pressure is a form of people-power. There's a nasty side to it all, but this is an existential battle for the writers and a mild inconvenience to Drew and Bill. I know what side I'm on.

Double fuck you to the crew on top of the scabbiness.

"Y'all been out of work for months, have a gig that doesn't cross a line. JUST KIDDING"

I'm so tired of PR filled apologies by celebrities. Eat shit.

Never cross a picket line

TIL that Dancing with the Stars still exists.

Always be mean to scabs.

this is why it kinda annoys me when people are like 'posting doesn't actually do anything' -- true, sure, but sometimes it kinda can, sometimes, and making your voice and argument heard is better than being silent

They're still scabs for even thinking about a return. Fuck those pieces of garbage.

Bill Maher wasn't complaining about the "crystal generation" not long ago? He folded?

Pick a scab and they fall off.

Good.

I don't really know who these people are, but I expect them to have bad views.

I dunno, seems like all the shitty actors and writers are striking.

Good thing, imo. The faster we can replace them with AI, the better.

Multimillionaires fighting with other multimillionaires isn't exactly what I think of when I think of scab vs union.

The protest is meaningless. AI will eliminate most of these jobs and there's nothing that can be done about it.

Calling people who are just trying to work and make a living “scabs” is dehumanizing language. Not surprising from the so-called tolerant left.