2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMichael Bloomberg compares teachers union to NRA
Less than a month after two members of the American Federation of Teachers were killed and another AFT member survived being shot in the Sandy Hook massacre, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made this comparison of the United Federation of Teachers, the AFT's New York branch:
"Teachers want to work with the best, and most of them are not in sympathy with the union," he said on Friday. "
The NRAs another place where the membership, if you do the polling, doesnt agree with the leadership."
Yep, Mr. Gun Control thinks unions are just like the NRA. Not only that, he thinks that of a union that recently lost members to a gun massacre and has subsequently been one of the most outspoken voices for the need for better gun laws.
Beyond the offensiveness of the analogy at this particular time, Bloomberg was running the old "it's not the teachers I hate, it's just the union" line. But New York City teachers vote on their leadership. They vote on their contracts. They have far more opportunity to influence the direction of their union than NRA members have to influence the direction of the gun group. That said, many New York City teachers think their leadership is too intent on accommodating Bloomberg; before he starts agitating for union leaders to be ignored in favor of the supposedly more malleable rank and file, he might look west to Chicago where the rank and file showed just how willing to stand and fight they were.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/07/1176988/-Michael-Bloomberg-compares-teachers-union-to-NRA
Skittles
(153,150 posts)being compared to the fucking NRA in ANY capacity
Squinch
(50,949 posts)samsingh
(17,595 posts)these types of comparisons ruin his effectiveness
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)bobclark86
(1,415 posts)With his position on guns, he basically called the teachers' union Nazis. Good going, buddy. I'm sure that voting block will line up to support you next time...
JohnnyBoots
(2,969 posts)He loves telling everyone else how they can live. I hate him.