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(4,462 posts)conservatives make the same claims concerning any number of unions, most particularly teachers unions.
Every time a teachers unions, quite correctly, defend a blatantly incompetent teacher, no less one that has actually been convicted of heinous crimes involving pedophilia and rape, think about your statement.
Simply, unions defend and advocate for the interests of all their members, even the bad ones, and only their members. In fact, the duty of fair representation and the nature of unions demand that unions treat all their members equally.
As I've stated repeatedly, I believe the police unions' statements have ranged from stupid to highly inflammatory. However, I'm entirely unsurpised that they are using the current social climate to their political advantage (and economic due to contract negotiations), and no matter my disagreement with them, for a multitude of legal and political reasons, I acknowledge their right to such speech free of official government retaliation.