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bigtree

(94,673 posts) Sun May 22, 2022, 08:54 PM May 2022

Shit take

David Crosby @thedavidcrosby
….I think most Unions are useless and totally dishonest

...privileged twit.

(30 years UFCW, currently collecting retirement)

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Shit take (Original Post) bigtree May 2022 OP

Together we negotiate, alone we beg. QED May 2022 #1

Right or wrong, Crosby was talking about HIS Musician Union. Hoyt May 2022 #2

He seems to be projecting his experience with that union to all unions AZProgressive May 2022 #3

Everyone sees the world through their own periscope Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #4

I've had bad experiences with a lot of things which are, nonetheless, vital bigtree May 2022 #6

Crosby has been an asshole.... SergeStorms May 2022 #7

Love my union! 🥰 MerryBlooms May 2022 #5

Unions are run by human beings, of course they can suffer corrupt leadership... Thomas Hurt May 2022 #8

It would be like swearing off doctors because you had Phoenix61 May 2022 #9

QED

(3,365 posts)

1. Together we negotiate, alone we beg.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2022, 08:55 PM

May 2022

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Right or wrong, Crosby was talking about HIS Musician Union.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2022, 09:03 PM

May 2022

Link to tweet

AZProgressive

(29,986 posts)

3. He seems to be projecting his experience with that union to all unions

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Sun May 22, 2022, 09:05 PM

May 2022

Ferrets are Cool

(23,055 posts)

4. Everyone sees the world through their own periscope

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2022, 09:09 PM

May 2022

While I greatly support unions. I've had bad experiences with them also.

bigtree

(94,673 posts)

6. I've had bad experiences with a lot of things which are, nonetheless, vital

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #4)

Sun May 22, 2022, 09:33 PM

May 2022

...I'll tell you what's not vital. Crosby and his shittalking unions.

SergeStorms

(20,822 posts)

7. Crosby has been an asshole....

Reply to bigtree (Reply #6)

Sun May 22, 2022, 09:56 PM

May 2022

his entire life. Even when he was making great music with CSN and CSNY he was an asshole. The stories his band-mates tell about him from the old days are horrifying.

If he had ever held a real 40 hr. a week, hourly wage job he might "sing a different tune".

MerryBlooms

(12,407 posts)

5. Love my union! 🥰

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2022, 09:14 PM

May 2022

Thomas Hurt

(13,994 posts)

8. Unions are run by human beings, of course they can suffer corrupt leadership...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2022, 10:28 PM

May 2022

no reason to write all unions off.

Phoenix61

(18,889 posts)

9. It would be like swearing off doctors because you had

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #8)

Mon May 23, 2022, 02:01 AM

May 2022

one bad experience with one.

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