jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoPostal worker parent of trans kid refused to deliver hateful flyers. She's being punished.www.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1445
arrow-up1445external-linkPostal worker parent of trans kid refused to deliver hateful flyers. She's being punished.www.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square215fedilink
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·edit-22 months agothe post office is right to punish her for not doing her job, but she is also right to sacrifice her job for an act of civil disobedience. they are both right. the only person who’s a piece of shit here is the one sending the mail.
minus-squareImADifferentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThat. What this parent did was a laudable act of civil disobedience. Unfortunately, the post office did what they had to do.
minus-squareToastedPlanetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoThey don’t have to. Our democracy has the capacity to change for the better. We should push for this change going forward. edit: This story is about Canada, but they are also democracy. The US should learn from this woman’s example.
the post office is right to punish her for not doing her job, but she is also right to sacrifice her job for an act of civil disobedience. they are both right. the only person who’s a piece of shit here is the one sending the mail.
That. What this parent did was a laudable act of civil disobedience. Unfortunately, the post office did what they had to do.
They don’t have to. Our democracy has the capacity to change for the better. We should push for this change going forward.
edit: This story is about Canada, but they are also democracy. The US should learn from this woman’s example.