A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns over potential disciplinary actions against some of its members.
NEW YORK (AP) — A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns about possible disciplinary action against its members after state Attorney General Letitia James was booed and a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ceremony last week.
The Democrat, whose office won a $355 million penalty against the Republican former president for lying about his wealth last month, faced a chorus of jeers as she addressed a department promotions ceremony Thursday in Brooklyn.
a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ceremony last week
Donald Trump was on TV bragging about "owning the tallest building in downtown Manhattan now" while 343 of your colleagues were lying dead under the rubble of the twin towers on the morning of 9/11. He does not give a single shit about any of you.
I doubt most of those ones chanting were even there or were more than children when this all happened. They never got to feel the pain, but they've enjoyed the hero worship that NY put on firefighters after 9/11.
Trump was a Democrat back then, but his personality has never changed. As you said, he does not give a shit about anyone. Left or right politics, it's just who he is.
Trump has never "been" anything. He appears as what he thinks benefits him the most. He wanted to rub elbows with the city's elite, and that meant pretending to be a Democrat.
ETA: I'm not saying that he's always been a Republican either. His entire existence is a self-serving sham. He is and always has been a Trumper.
Citation: His current hijacking of the RNC to pilfer their funds and line his own pockets.
I suppose it just goes to show you don't really need to have a lot going on upstairs to be a firefighter. Anyone who still supports Trump at this point needs examining for lead poisoning
The uninformed and stupid and then there's mind numbingly idiotic
Insinuating that an individual's turn to trumpism/fascism is due to lead or stupidity completely disregards the decades of regulatory capture, dismantling of social safety nets, financial strain, alienation, and liberal capitalism that ultimately promotes fascism.
If you don't abandon this mode of thinking quickly, you're going to find yourself more and more confused as more people start turning fascist. The only explanation via your current framework is "well, I guess these millions of people must just be.... dumb". This is the danger of liberal thinking - it doesn't address the cause of fascism or how to kill it. If your framework were correct, we'd see volumes of work that show how lower IQ directly correlates with fascistic tendencies: obviously we know that idea is not only ableist but also incorrect.
The marxist critique actually takes into account the economic systems and structures that lead to fascism.
Don't fret. Fear not the terrorist firefighters. We have terrorists at every level and in every position of our social fabric. I'm sure that's going to work out well for everyone.
NY firefighters, like cops have been hailed as golden heroes since 9/11 and it really went to their head. Most of these guys weren't even there, but they act like the city needs to suck their dick constantly.
Disclaimer: I am not, nor will I ever be a T supporter. I'd rather not even spell the rest of the name.
However, I have to agree with the union here. If these ceremonies tend to have a certain carnivalesque nature, can these firefighters be charged with more than bad taste?
It'd be a different story if these people were standing and chanting on the ashes of somebody's newly ex-residense.
It's not explicit from the article one way or the other, but the "investigation" seems to refer to officials from the fire department, which doesn't imply that charges are being considered but instead that questions about policy adherence have been raised.
It's a poorly written article, with polarizing ambiguity.
I disagree, I'm as left as they get but to have my job threatened because I nonviolently disapproved of someone is a terrible precedent to set. Would it really be okay for someone to dig up all the negative comments about supreme court justices on here and fire anyone who posted them?
However, I have to agree with the union here. If these ceremonies tend to have a certain carnivalesque nature, can these firefighters be charged with more than bad taste?
When I read the word "carnivalesque" I think "like a carnival." Every carnival I've gone to has been about having good time. Never once have I been to a carnival and have it been about politically heckling people you don't like.
So I'm not sure how that's really an excuse. But ultimately, this comes down to what their policy says. I suspect, because they've been making a stink about it, the policy does say that they can't be overtly political while in uniform.