Firefighters confronted DeSantis’ governing board on Wednesday. “The removal of this benefit takes away, for some, their entire reason for working here."

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Firefighters in Florida are about 90% conservatives. Even if this specific firefighter is not a conservative, his complaint is shared by his conservative coworkers. The conservatives are bitching and moaning about the results of their conservatism.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure about that figure. Cops? Sure. But don’t know about firefighters. They always seemed way cooler and are actual heroes.

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        1 year ago

        actual heroes.

        The most absurd people can still be hateful fucks. You can check for this by seeing if minority communities have worse response times or outcomes in the event of a fire.