so yes support the nyt boycott. but also i've got feelings about it and i'm going to toot below

extremely frustrating to see nyt workers ask us to support a boycott in solidarity when they've stood by and done nothing while their paper prints article after article of transphobia, pro cop, pro imperialist propaganda

like, you want solidarity now from the people you've been harming?

i know that the stronger labor is, the more editorial control they'll have, which will hopefully result in a shift in these topics and others. away from the perspective of ruling elites and toward the perspective of working class people

it'd be extremely counterproductive to stand in opposition to a labor movement. so yeah, do the boycott

but if i said my first reaction were anything other than, "fuck you" i'd be lying

@leftistlegume thanks for saying this, tbh
@kitoconnell thanks for validating that i'm not alone in feeling this way
@leftistlegume I've seen how their bad reporting (or editorials I guess, in a lot of cases) have caused real harm here in Texas (not to mention other places but it's close to home).
@leftistlegume I stand with their rank and file workers in solidarity but I also get pissed off by the garbage they publish regularly, so it's real conflicted feelings for me
@leftistlegume I mean, it's a good excuse to keep avoiding hot garbage.
@leftistlegume I'm vaguely reminded of that poll from a few years back where most Fox News employees considered themselves to be "liberal."
@leftistlegume I think the same. I'm tired of supporting the people who are allowing whataboutism and both-sides-ism and destroying our democracy - all for the sale of not angering one side...
@leftistlegume A prime and recent example of harmful NYT coverage of trans issues: https://issuepedia.org/Nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender
Nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender - Issuepedia

@leftistlegume Ah, but all that makes it even easier to boycott the NYTimes today.
@leftistlegume solidarity means holding the picket line against the bosses; it definitely *doesn’t* mean holding your tongue when fellow workers are fucking things up. Your “fuck you” is neither inappropriate nor unwarranted.
@leftistlegume Tbh it's really hard for me to "boycott" something I've been actively avoiding already for years lmfao