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AirtimeAficionado t1_j69uc98 wrote

Reply to comment by JuliaX1984 in Anyone know about the demonstration at City Hall? "This rats not for you" is on the inflatable rat's shirt. I can't read the flags. by CasualFriday11

Scabby is supposed to be put up in front of the businesses/headquarters of places under a strike as a symbol of the company being anti-union, but Scabby is here, in front of City Hall— not the PG— just as a symbol of the union, so they added the “not,” because Scabby isn’t striking against the City, or at least that’s my read of the situation.

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JuliaX1984 t1_j69vfgj wrote

Thank you. Their reasoning makes no sense, but good to know it.

They need a mascot that represents them and phrases that are self-evident.

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AirtimeAficionado t1_j69ze53 wrote

Yeah, it is confusing with Scabby serving the role of being the evil corporation as well as being a character of the union, they definitely should create a new character, perhaps a sentient newspaper (think Clippy) haha

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mattmentecky t1_j6b3n38 wrote

I take it to mean “a scab worker is not on your side”. They planned to take the rat to John Block’s wedding which would be a weird place to say the rat isn’t striking against them. Plus an exclamation mark makes more sense staking a position rather than notifying people that a message isn’t directed at them.

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