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electric_blue68

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66. What?! No, you've misinterpreted my post. You said...
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 10:13 PM
Jul 2024
"the young whippersnappers with college educations" in reference to the OP's comment re: the college kids Obama's people went ahead and replaced the union people with. [OK, sloppy grammer]

I was saying that I, as a college grad support Unions because I know enough American History of how Unions got workers rights, safety measures, better hours etc even by the time I was in HS in the later 1960s.

I didn't think your post was anti-union.

And I'm not sure at all how you extrapolated that I thot that Biden was weak(?) on unions. Woah, not at all!
He's gone, and spoken at factories etc w strong union affiliations, for instance.

Republicans - maybe the most socially liberal, and moderate finance in the '60s/ early '70s were OK with Unions? And there were a few Liberal Republicans.
But that if it ever was in someways true they devolved from there!

I hope I've cleared all that up. 👍

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ah, yes. the young whippersnappers with college educations stopdiggin Jul 2024 #6
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I'm a college grad, but knowing some American History; why would I be against Unions in general? They fought for... electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #47
if you took my post as a slap at unions stopdiggin Jul 2024 #58
What?! No, you've misinterpreted my post. You said... electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #66
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