Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
The Carl Spackler translation machine needs to be activated here:
Translation: Line pilots who don't speak from MEC talking points are angry, emotional dividers. Add additional name calling as needed.
Translation: I don't like it when people point out loopholes in a contract that I vehemently urged people to vote for. So I'll refer to you as "son" in an attempt to portray you as an inexperienced boob too new to have opinions.
Translation: I know he didn't say anything about what he had THEN, but I'll say this anyway in the hopes that nobody remembers it has nothing to do with TA's and their weaknesses. Especially as it relates to P2P volunteers who speak from MEC talking points and didn't learn the actual TA language.
Translation: Last ditch attempt to denigrate and change the subject so nobody even remembers what we were talking about. Now where is my copy of that Saul Alinsky book?
Carl
Did I call you names? I assure you I'm not of the variety to blindly go with MEC talking points as my own. I've seen the talking point machine at work. It's a joke. I did vehemently urge people to vote for the contract but I sincerely doubt anyone was swayed by my opinion. In my self polled demographic group, my yes vote was the outlier, but no one has continued to actively seek a no vote on the contract like some here. Can you agree that what's done is in fact done? I doubt Toga or you has the background that I do so I'll be mildly irritated that you discredit my opinion based solely on your perception of my position in life.
You just keep trying and getting nowhere but you can't even find where to begin to get involved. Your decisive views are outside the mainstream and are therefore discredited by the pack mentality MEC. You most likely have no involvement besides lambasting your poor crews with your politics and your agenda, to their great dismay I'm sure. In order to modify the main stream though, and this is a lesson I learned winning a number of hard fought battles in the past - you can't change the flow of the main stream if you're not standing in it. Remember I said that - you may hear it again someday.
Who is Saul Alinsky?