Interesting. NYSUT’s Social Justice work included Many Threads One Fabric and their anti bias workshops, Sticks and Stones. I teach the workshops and ageism is part of our message of biases. We need to practice what we preach Thank you Arthur.
Despicable? A few memes shared in a PRIVATE chat are despicable, a case of ageism and showing implicit basis? Arthur, if you're going to hold all of us to the standard of being appropriate, please explain how the memes that were made of Michael Mulgrew on 9/30, 10/2, 10/8, 10/10, 10/16, 10/24, 11/2 and 11/7 are appropriate. I am highly offended by all of them. They are in poor taste and not funny.
Please read my new reposted post today. I have been hearing a lot of this disrespect for the “older” generations lately from friends family. Please take a look and feel free to comment on it as you see fit. I welcome both negative and positive feedback, alike, to help me become better with my writing. My SubStack is INNER SANCTUM OF. BELIEF. My latest post and note is Unheard and Invisible.
Modus operandi : divide and conquer. Maybe they are Pitting in-service against retirees and banking that perhaps the young teachers can’t envision that they too will eventually be forced into inferior health care .
It's pretty pathetic that they find this acceptable. We do not, and we let them know that in the last election. They're not really doing anything to change this, and this appears to be how they speak with one another. Unacceptable.
In a comment about Arthur Goldstein's expressed outrage about Brother Aqueel Williams' use of the word geezer, a friend of mine wrote: "I am a perfect example of a geezer: old, phelgmatic, short tempered." I couldn't have better described the term!
I know Aqeel Williams, worked with him, shared meals with him. He' s got a wit that can sum up a situation concisely. There isn't a person who knows him who would dare to remark about him as has been done by Goldstein and others here! In fact the geezer Goldstein and the other geezers who wrote here only prove Aqueel right. You rush to judgment because you think your age and your phlegmatic and short-tempered personality give you the right to demean someone else. Trust me, this old geezer ain't afraid to know what I am and the decent human being Aqeel is.
Thank you for your comment, Vincent. I certainly know a lot of friendly people who indulge in racism, ageism, and bigotry of all sorts. I'm glad you see that as a defense, and I'm glad you're comfortable with it. However, it is not acceptable here. Nor is your name calling. Be advised that this is the last time I shall tolerate it.
The original comment about which your article was written was a private comment, I presume to friends. If the person who revealed it to you was indeed a friend to Aqeel and was offended, s/he should have spoken directly to Aqeel. To have passed to you or to whomever gave it to you is insincere as a friend. YOU turned it into a personal insult and went forward to make it an internal political issue. No, I am not rhetorically or politically correct in all my speech to my close friends, never have been, never will be. You're an alleged writer. What is it about irony and satire that you don't comprehend in how and what I wrote?
I’m not sure he’s ageist since he’d not do the same to unity retirees like Soldini and Vinny and Murphy. They are no longer at the DA since we replaced them and are showing up in great numbers and dominating meetings which ironically the active oppo groups have never been able to do.
He's indulging in ageism. The fact that he does it to those who oppose his Patronage Cult is not an excuse. If I were to post racist memes about only Unity members, it would not excuse me.
Outstanding piece Arthur! Huge thanks to you, Norm, Jeff and the Unity Leaker! I can't say enough how alarming this broken way of seeing is --no less by a union rep --and allowed on his payroll time! This now has me wonder what Mulgrew got so busy snickering at when Bennett Fischer read the vital Healthcare resolution we all need during the DA?! Was he enjoying one of those sick memes? Not hard to believe when he's okay with unconstitutionally shutting down your previous blog; when he's been fine spewing baldfaced lies (even to 80 year old seniors); when he's aggressively devised ways to divide actives from retirees; and since he's found it reasonable to unite with Big$ Insurance predators and their deceiving talking points. What a joke on anyone who insists he and his Unity Caucus are the people who'll protect our lives and the Labor Movement.
Bravo Arthur
Thank you Alan.
As the Brits would say, “feckin ‘ell!!!!” 🤦🏼♀️
Thanks!
Interesting. NYSUT’s Social Justice work included Many Threads One Fabric and their anti bias workshops, Sticks and Stones. I teach the workshops and ageism is part of our message of biases. We need to practice what we preach Thank you Arthur.
We do indeed need to practice what we preach. Unity's culture, though, is essentially anti-union, self-serving, and frankly despicable.
Despicable? A few memes shared in a PRIVATE chat are despicable, a case of ageism and showing implicit basis? Arthur, if you're going to hold all of us to the standard of being appropriate, please explain how the memes that were made of Michael Mulgrew on 9/30, 10/2, 10/8, 10/10, 10/16, 10/24, 11/2 and 11/7 are appropriate. I am highly offended by all of them. They are in poor taste and not funny.
Please read my new reposted post today. I have been hearing a lot of this disrespect for the “older” generations lately from friends family. Please take a look and feel free to comment on it as you see fit. I welcome both negative and positive feedback, alike, to help me become better with my writing. My SubStack is INNER SANCTUM OF. BELIEF. My latest post and note is Unheard and Invisible.
Done and done.
Modus operandi : divide and conquer. Maybe they are Pitting in-service against retirees and banking that perhaps the young teachers can’t envision that they too will eventually be forced into inferior health care .
It's pretty pathetic that they find this acceptable. We do not, and we let them know that in the last election. They're not really doing anything to change this, and this appears to be how they speak with one another. Unacceptable.
Vinny Gaglione....
In a comment about Arthur Goldstein's expressed outrage about Brother Aqueel Williams' use of the word geezer, a friend of mine wrote: "I am a perfect example of a geezer: old, phelgmatic, short tempered." I couldn't have better described the term!
I know Aqeel Williams, worked with him, shared meals with him. He' s got a wit that can sum up a situation concisely. There isn't a person who knows him who would dare to remark about him as has been done by Goldstein and others here! In fact the geezer Goldstein and the other geezers who wrote here only prove Aqueel right. You rush to judgment because you think your age and your phlegmatic and short-tempered personality give you the right to demean someone else. Trust me, this old geezer ain't afraid to know what I am and the decent human being Aqeel is.
Thank you for your comment, Vincent. I certainly know a lot of friendly people who indulge in racism, ageism, and bigotry of all sorts. I'm glad you see that as a defense, and I'm glad you're comfortable with it. However, it is not acceptable here. Nor is your name calling. Be advised that this is the last time I shall tolerate it.
Have a nice day.
The original comment about which your article was written was a private comment, I presume to friends. If the person who revealed it to you was indeed a friend to Aqeel and was offended, s/he should have spoken directly to Aqeel. To have passed to you or to whomever gave it to you is insincere as a friend. YOU turned it into a personal insult and went forward to make it an internal political issue. No, I am not rhetorically or politically correct in all my speech to my close friends, never have been, never will be. You're an alleged writer. What is it about irony and satire that you don't comprehend in how and what I wrote?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Vincent.
It’s called Implicit bias. Our union offers a two segment workshop on it. It’s called Sticks and Stones. There are no excuses.
Perhaps some Unity members need it, among other things.
I’m not sure he’s ageist since he’d not do the same to unity retirees like Soldini and Vinny and Murphy. They are no longer at the DA since we replaced them and are showing up in great numbers and dominating meetings which ironically the active oppo groups have never been able to do.
He's indulging in ageism. The fact that he does it to those who oppose his Patronage Cult is not an excuse. If I were to post racist memes about only Unity members, it would not excuse me.
As a matter of fact, I am not rhetorically or politically correct in all my speech to my close friends, never have been, never will be.
Outstanding piece Arthur! Huge thanks to you, Norm, Jeff and the Unity Leaker! I can't say enough how alarming this broken way of seeing is --no less by a union rep --and allowed on his payroll time! This now has me wonder what Mulgrew got so busy snickering at when Bennett Fischer read the vital Healthcare resolution we all need during the DA?! Was he enjoying one of those sick memes? Not hard to believe when he's okay with unconstitutionally shutting down your previous blog; when he's been fine spewing baldfaced lies (even to 80 year old seniors); when he's aggressively devised ways to divide actives from retirees; and since he's found it reasonable to unite with Big$ Insurance predators and their deceiving talking points. What a joke on anyone who insists he and his Unity Caucus are the people who'll protect our lives and the Labor Movement.