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strike terminology 

I don’t know where the recent convention of “we’re boycotting this website, don’t go there or you’re a scab” came from, but it annoys the heck out of me.

Scabs are *hired workers*. A *customer* is not a scab, they’re just unhelpful.

strike terminology 

@leafnoodle if a company's workers are on strike, then buying for them is crossing a picket line, even if it doesn't literally make you a scab.

strike terminology 

@it_wasnt_arson No it doesn’t, it makes them a *customer*. Choosing to be employed as a strikebreaker represents vastly more intent than passing by.

The term has a well-defined meaning.

strike terminology 

@leafnoodle It makes them a customer who is crossing a picket line. I didn't say otherwise.

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@it_wasnt_arson alright. the toot was specifically about inaccurate usages of “scab”, though.

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