OK, we’re just about done. If being paid less than $15 an hour (not $14, not $16 — FIFTEEN U.S. DOLLARS) is “violence,” then there’s no reason to even use words anymore, because they mean nothing.
Low wages are violence. Knowingly letting people suffer is violence. It must end. – @fightfor15 #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/EM2yPMTPNY
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) July 20, 2018
Geez, when the hell did this kid find the time for a photo shoot if he’s supposed to run the cash register AND bake donuts?
"Low wages are violence" https://t.co/O7GoF7Sdoq
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) July 20, 2018
Gonna fight your way right out of any job.
— pouncing and seizing Brad (@bradcundiff) July 20, 2018
McDonald's is committing genocide then. https://t.co/eUPZwsHeVf
— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) July 20, 2018
He does not "deserve" anything. The world OWES you NOTHING. He needs to get off his ass and earn it.
— Crosspatch (@VictorB123) July 20, 2018
Low wages are not violence.
Make yourselves valuable. It's theft to expect payment for service not worth the price.— Cindy Cooper (@CindyCoops) July 20, 2018
Back in the day, they used to just say, "This is a stick up. Gimme your money."
— Damn, I'm smirky. (@corrcomm) July 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/rus_percussion/status/1020122993135980544
Damn I need to add up every task I do at work. I should be worth at least 10 jobs.
— BronzeBomber (@bronze_bomber) July 20, 2018
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But if low wages are violence, then a bloody uprising is totally justified. Thanks! I was getting bored just punching people for hate speech, which is also violence you know
— David (@David_____1) July 20, 2018
Everything is violence to you idiots.
— Where's Sweet Victory? (@DestructiveChem) July 20, 2018
Why are you minimizing the impact of real violence?
— Chris (@ChrisMears00) July 20, 2018
That was our question, exactly.
Violence! Man, I remember when you actually had to hit someone.
— Mister Hide (@MeanEdGein) July 20, 2018
Can you guys DM me a list of what's NOT violence? Would be a whole lot more manageable then what supposedly is.
— MATTMcAllister (@Catfatmatty) July 20, 2018
Bad Tweets are violence.
— Howard Prime (@BluishCheckMark) July 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/DavidTHogan/status/1020135912817057792
Making personal choices that makes you unable to earn more than minimum wage, blaming others and demanding they pay you more just because is violence.
— Uncle Ronnies Ray Gun (@crusher_lib) July 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/BlueTwilight3/status/1020122318197133313
Quitting and getting a better job would be the 'non violent' solution…
— aarond23 (@aarond23) July 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/MontyRyder/status/1020136200223580160
Low wages are nature's way of telling you that you're not pulling your weight. None of us asked to be born in a pitiless universe, but here we are. You're going to demand that someone else carry your ass?
— MikeSoja (@mike_soja) July 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/conservadawg/status/1020130183456665600
Unemployment is 4%, plenty of opportunity for higher paying jobs in this economy. Not every job will or should provide a living
— Kirk Massey (@KirkMasseyTCU) July 20, 2018
You're right he needs to Move On, geez get a clue!
— KyBourbonLover (@KyBourbonLover) July 20, 2018
This is the dumbest tweet I’ve seen since yesterday
— stevemccray (@Buck_McCray) July 20, 2018
And to think I put myself through college on $9 an hour with minimal student loans. At 27 yrs old. Buck up boys and girls. You can do it too. Don’t accept a minimum wage. Grow your education and skills.
— Steven P Hammond (@SPHFLA) July 20, 2018
Miguel, your starting premise is incorrect. You "deserve" nothing. If you go through life with this attitude you are going to be perennially disappointed. Your wage is based on how hard it is to replace what you bring to your job. Unfortunately, almost anyone can do your job.
— PirateSpitter (@PirateSpitter) July 20, 2018
In order to earn $15 an hour, you're going to have to increase the skills you can offer an employer. My recommendation: instead of hitching your wagon to political organizations to be exploited for propaganda purposes, work hard, go to college at night, and reap the rewards.
— PirateSpitter (@PirateSpitter) July 20, 2018
Nah, just pose for a poster with your employer’s name on it accusing them of “violence” for making you work. That’ll do wonders.
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Oh really: Wonkblog claims minimum wage workers can't afford a 2-bedroom apartment anywhere https://t.co/tmBdDUb30k
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 13, 2018
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