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In reply to the discussion: Truck Drivers Say They Won't Deliver To Cities with Defunded Police Departments [View all]aidbo
(2,328 posts)14. Respectfully: The people calling to defund the cops are not..
..going to change their minds because it might hurt the Democratic partys chances in November.
They arent calling to defund the police as a slogan or a motto. Theyre calling to defund the police because it is a corrupt racist institution that has been killing Black people and choking the life out of our humanity for decades (centuries really).
And the more that the Democratic Party pushes back against their demands the more out of touch and uncaring it will look to them.
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Truck Drivers Say They Won't Deliver To Cities with Defunded Police Departments [View all]
Odoreida
Jun 2020
OP
Fire them instantly...many waiting to take their places. This is sad because I am
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#1
I'm not sure if having critical thinking skills should be a requirement to hold a job as a trucker.
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#35
"I'm not sure if having critical thinking skills should be a requirement"
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2020
#56
They either do the job or not...regardless of their opinions, we can not allow brutal police
Demsrule86
Jun 2020
#46
Why do I get the impression that truckers listen to nothing but right wing talk radio?
tenderfoot
Jun 2020
#4
And some wonder why flyover country votes against their own best interests...
tenderfoot
Jun 2020
#18
No, I think that a lot of them listen to country and western music radio as well.
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#36
I'm no trucker, but I would think if you rejected a delivery, your company would fire you.
panader0
Jun 2020
#30
As an OTR driver with better than 30 years behind the wheel, here's my take;
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2020
#49
Is anyone making deliveries into the Seattle autonomous sovereign protest zone?
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2020
#53
Easy enough. Just ignore them and get supplies by rail and short-haul trucking. nt
Blue_true
Jun 2020
#74