Solidarity With Strangers
Dear Diane,
Why this anti-teacher and now anti-public sentiment?
I scratch my head over that, too. Of course, it's a problematic fact itself, as many polls indicate the opposite. But there is certainly enough of it to stir trouble.
There ARE the rational self-interest reasons. The fewer unions, the better, and without unions public employees would not be worth bashing. For some, it's the political clout or ideological assumptions underlying unions that are the targets. For others, it an extension, perhaps, of being against all things public—period. For still others, it's a way to keep costs down in order to reduce taxes, make more profits, etc.
But for some it's uglier than these self-serving or ideological views. There are two reactions we can have to the
