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Jul 20, 2023·edited Jul 24, 2023Liked by The Inmate

Devil's Advocate response to Reps voting NO (please re-read this line each time you feel yourself getting angry at me):

The first two words- REQUIRES AIRLINES- indicates this is a bill mandating a private business (yes, I know this is arguable when we're talking about Big Air) to operate in a certain way not having to do with EOE protected classes.

It's a mandate just like the first mandate, it's simply going in the direction we want this time.

If you're a Republican legislator who takes a hard line on government mandating private business, I can see voting against yet another forced hiring/firing precedent.

This is the same as being a free-speech absolutist: sometimes you have to vote on the side of odious behavior in the name of the principle at stake.

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Exactly the point I was trying to make with my comment.

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Jul 20, 2023Liked by The Inmate

I'm taking a short cut and not doing the usual research before commenting, but a few questions lingered. I will do some looking when time allows, but asking these may shed more light.

What government agency restricted smart non-vaccinated pilots from doing their job?

What did the amendment actually say? In other words, did it eliminate the offending fiat rule, or did it add another layer of gov't gobelty gook?

And was it another mandate for companies to comply to, or was it a restriction of gov't overreach. The two are very different.

I fully agree that this so called majority, that was supposed to be on the aide of restoring sanity, or at least slowing the hemorrhage of gov't has been disappointing at best.

The Uniparty is alive and well, unfortunately.

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Jul 20, 2023·edited Jul 20, 2023Liked by The Inmate

Thank you very much for reporting on this. Let us take note of, and remember the names of those elected officials who voted to punish the men and women who refused to take an experimental injection that stops neither infection nor transmission. Again, let us take note-- and then vote in accord with this knowledge we now have of their values. Clearly they do not value human rights, real science (as opposed to "the science,") nor do they have a shred of respect for the US Constitution. We don't get out of this moral and spiritual cesspool without greater civic involvement.

Relatedly:

US FREEDOM FLYERS https://www.usfreedomflyers.org/

Oct 19, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEK3CRawBeA&t=130s

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Other than a song, there is no sound in this video. My transcription is of the text that appears on the video and of the many handwritten signs.

TRANSCRIPT

0:00

[Two logos: US FREEDOM FLYERS and AIRLINE PROFESSIONALS FOR JUSTICE AP4J]

*

0:05

[Text on screen:]

Together, we are...

US Freedom Flyers

And we want you to remember when...

We took you on your honeymoon and

brought your loved ones to you.

We worked through the night to ensure a safe operation.

We were the friendly, reassuring

smile that made you know you were

safe.

We worked on Christmas so you

could surprise your family.

*

0:33

[Photo of two uniformed pilots holding up a handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

30 yrs flying all of you

20,000 hrs in the sky

2 airline pilots

1 family

No Choice

We love our jobs Let us fly

*

0:36

[Photo of handwritten sign on table arranged with an orange coffee mug that says "Southwest Airlines" and with a pilot's cap and uniform sleeve. Sign reads:]

24 + YEARS IN AVIATION

AIR FORCE VETERAN

CAREER THREATENED OVER

EXPERIMENTAL JAB

#NOLUV

*

0:39

[Photo of handwritten sign tucked into uniform jacket, uniform cap above. Jacket has a US flag pin on the lapel. Sign reads:]

25 YEARS

FLYING FOR AIRLINES -

PILOTS SHOULD BE CRITICAL

THINKERS.

NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE.

*

0:41

[Photo of handwritten sign arranged with US flag and a coffee mug with a US flag. Sign says:]

34 yrs of

My life

I'm only 52

This IS my entire

lifes JOB

#COVID SHOT = Death

#I choose MY Immunity

I'M Fighting 4

FREEDOM

*

0:44

[Photo of woman holding up a handwritten sign in front of her face. Sign says:]

Flight Attendant

8 years

- Unknown long term effecrts

- Still growing a family

- COVID 19 has a 99% survival rate

- Medical freedom

- natural immunity

- bodily autonomy

- wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend

*

0:46

[Photo of woman in red polo shirt holding up a handwritten sign. Sign says:]

29 yr Flight Attendant

My Body....

But Not My Choice

NO JAB NO JOB!

*

0:49

[Handwritten sign. Sign says:]

4 Years

Multiple Positions

#MY GOD GIVEN RIGHT

#FREEDOM

*

0:51

[Photo of two people each holding up a handwritten sign in front of their face. Sign on left reads:]

A A [American Airlines logo]

RAMP Agent

27 YEARS

NO JAB

NO JOB

MY BODY MY CHOICE

STAND FOR MEDICAL

FREEDOM

[Sign on right reads:]

21 years

Flight Attendant

Coercion is NOT consent

#UNCONSTITUTIONAL

#SA NO TO MEDICAL

Apartheid

DING [the word surrounded by red slashes]

Zou are no

Longer free to move

about the country

*

0:54

[Photo of handwritten sign lying on table, together with a US passport. Sign says:]

7 YEARS OF SERVICE

I'M TAKING A STAND

BECAUSE...

CONSENT & BODY AUTONOMY

IS A HUMNAN RIGHT. CONSENRT

CAN ONLY BE GIVEN WHEN FREE

FROM COERCION, PRESSURE &

FORCE

*

0:56

[Photo of a uniformed sleeve and hand holding a handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

You trust me with your

130 million dollar jet and

thousands of passengers

but not with my own personal health choices?

*

0:58

[Photo of two uniformed sleeves and hands holding up a US flag and small yellow handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

NO NAME! NO FREE, I'M

21 YEARS

24 YEARS IN SERVICE

THIS IS ABOUT

LIBERTY

*

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1:01

[Photo of hands holding a computer text sign. Sign reads:]

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

EMPLOYED WITH MY CURRENT COMPANY FOR 7 YEARS

REFUSING THE SHOT BECAUSE:

*I CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND SCIENTIFIC DATA

*I PERSONALLY KNOW MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED OR BEEN INJURED BY THE SHOT THAN FROM COVID

*THIS SHOT IS NOT A VACCINATION BY DEFINITION

*THIS SHOT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE FDA

*THE MORE PROPAGANDA THE GOVERNMENT PUSHES, THE MORE I DISTRUST THEM

*MANDATORY SHOTS ARE A VIOLATION OF MY PERSONAL FREEDOM AND BODY AUTONOMY

*UNDER THE GENEVA CONVENTION I HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFORMED CONSENT

I DO NOT CONSENT

*

1:03

[A photo of a person, with only a shoulder, a hand, and top of hair visible, holding up a handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

Flight Attendant

37 years

I HAVE Antibodies

Love my job!!

No Mandate!!

*

1:06

[Photo of torso of uniformed pilot, holding handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

32 YEARS

*NO JAB.

*DEBATE??

*GLOBAL TYRANNY

25,000 HOURS

*

1:08

[Photo of a front door to a house, in front of that a man's necktie with a US flag and eagle pattern, hanging from the handle of a carry-on suitcase. Computer text over the image reads:]

CAPTAIN 14 YEARS

MY HEALTH DECISIONS COME FROM MY

CREATOR

AND ARE DISCUSSED WITH MY DOCTORS

THREATS AND MANDATES ARE COERCION

NOT MEDICAL FREEDOM

*

1:11

[Photo of uniformed pilot holding up handwritten sign in front of his face. Sign reads:]

30 YEAR AIRLINE PILOT

EXEMPLARY SAFETY RECORD

FIRED!!

COERCION ≠ CONSENT

JABS 4 JOBS

IS

MEDICAL TYRANNY

*

1:13

[Photo of uniformed pilot holding up handwritten sign in front of his face. Sign reads:]

20 YEAR AIRLINE PILOT

FLEW 1000'S SAFELY DURING PANDEMIC

COERCION IS NOT CONSENT

FIRED FOR EXERCISING MY$FREEDOM OF CHOICE!

*

1:16

[Photo of man's torso, wearing blue and gray polo shirt and holding a paper cup. Large blue dot with computer text covers his face. Sign reads:]

Flight Attendant

for 18 Years!

But now is...

No jab,No job!

99.8%

Survival

Rate

WHY???

I support medical freedom for ALL!!!

*

1:18

[Photo of person holding a handwritten sign. Onlz top of head and hands are visible. Sign reads:]

Flight Attendant

6 Years

FREEDOM

OVER

TYRANNY!!

*

1:21

[Photo of uniformed pilot holding handwritten sign in front of his face. Sign reads:]

VACCINATED PILOTS

=

RUSSIAN ROULETTE

CORPORATE PROFITS

OVER

PUBLIC SAFETY

*

1:23

[Photo of two hands holding up a handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

33 Years

Flight Attendant

I STAND FOR

#1 God

#2 Freedom

#3 My Body ∙ My Choice

*

1:26

[Photo of uniformed pilot holding handwritten sign in from of face. Sign reads:]

22 YEARS

PILOT

GOD CREATED ME EXACTLY AS I AM

(NOT ALLOWING THIS TO CHANGE)

- VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

- WHY?

*

1:28

[Photo of uniformed pilot's torso holding handwritten sign. The pilot wears a pink tie, and the paper on the sign is pink. Sign reads:]

Polio Vaccine?

Measles, mumps, rubella?

"YES PLEASE!"

Seasonal Flu Vaccine?

Evolving COVID?

"NO THANK YOU!"

My Body, My Choice

*

1:30

[Photo of a handwritten sign arranged on a table with pilot's unform sleeves, sunglasses, a lapel pin, and corner of a Jeppensen Professional Pilot logbook. Sign reads:]

35 YEARS FLYING

+

16000 FLIGHT HOURS

=

CRITICAL THINKING, TEAMWORK,

DECISION MAKING

*

1:33

[Photograph of two hands, dark nail polish, holding up a computer text sign. Sign reads:]

25 YEARS CUSTOMER SERVICE

* FREEDOM NOT FEAR

* NO CHOICE

*

1:36

[Photograph of two hands holding a sign on blue paper, backed with bright pink paper, computer text. Sign reads:]

27 years

Customer service

* Vote Nov. 2nd

* Freedom of Choice

*

1:38

[Photograph of uniformed pilot in cap holding up a sign in fron of his face, with computer text. Sign reads:]

6 years commercial pilot

2 years First Officer at a Major Airline

29 years to retirement at my dream

job and Airline

Lost everything because

of a mandate, love of American

freedom, religious and medical beliefs

Devastated and will miss my job

*

1:40

[Photo of two hands holding up a handwitten sign. Sign reads:]

31 Years

Customer Service

* Freedom Not Fear

* NO Choice

*

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1:43

[Photo of handwritten sign on lined yellow paper. Sign reads:]

NO CONSENT!

5 years @ AA

A-320 Pilot

16 years @ American Eagle

ATR + CRJ Pilot

Mom: 30 years @ NWA

(FA)

Step Dad: 22 years @ EAL

(MET)

The War Crimes Trials MEAN something!

*

1:45

[Photo of a person in a yellow short-sleeved shirt holding a handwritten sign in front of face. Sign reads:]

Flight Attendant

6 years

I will not be forced

to take something

detrimental to my well-being.

Freedom of Choice

is a God given

RIGHT

This mandate goes against

God + Country

*

1:48

[Photo of uniformed pilot holding handwritten sign in front of face. Sign reads:]

AIRLINE CAPTAIN

22 years of service

15 years until retirement

Trusted to make decisions

impacting hundreds of lives

daily, but NOT ONE impacting

my own life. NO! For that

I lose my job & home.

*

1:50

[Photo of handwritten sign on table, arranged with a US passport. Sign reads:]

4 years of my dream job

i'm taking a stand

Consent is MY right

Consent is not demanded

or coerced!

*

1:53

[Photo of woman with long brown hair holding handwritten sign in front of face. Sign reads:]

Over 4 years

Flight Attendant

for major airline

Gone with 1 mandate

and all of our freedoms...

I was in love with my job and helping others!

It will be greatly missed!

I'm heartbroken!

*

1:56

[Photo of two hands holding up a handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

Pilot 21 yrs

Coercion ≠ Consent

FeaR & Tyranny are

THe Virus

*

1:58

[Photo of two hands holding up a handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

FLIGHT

ATTENDANT

29 years

#MY BODY - MY CHOICE

# NO JAB - NO JOB??

*

2:00

[Photo of person holding handwritten sign in front of their face. Sign reads:]

FLIGHT

ATTENDANT

DREAM JOB

GONE!

THANKS TO ONE

MANDATE!!

*

2:03

[Photo of person holding handwritten sign in front of their face. Sign reads:]

DAUGHTER OF

30 YEAR AIRLINE PILOT

I STAND FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

NOT

UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FORCE.

*

2:05

[Photo of a hand holding handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

IT WAS MY CHILDHOOD

DREAM TO BE A FLIGHT

ATTENDANT. I'VE LOVED

MY JOB FOR 3 YEARS.

I'VE WORKED THIS ENTIRE

PANDEMIC. WASHED/ WORD

THE SAME MASK FOR NEARLY

2 YEARS. NOW MY DREAM

IS A NIGHTMARE. THREATENED

TERMINATION FOR REFUSAL

TO TAKE MEDICINE I DO NOT

NEED AND DO NOT WANT FOR

RELIGIOUS REASONS.

HOW IS THIS AMERICA???

*

2:08

[Photo of uniformed pilot holding handwritten sidn in front of face. Sign reads:]

I thank God for...

35 YEARS OF SERVCE!

PILOT INSTRUCTOR MANAGER MECHANIC

I love to fly!

PLEASE LET ME MAKE MY OWN

MEDICAL DECISIONS

*

2:10

[Photo of handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

FLIGHT ATTENDANT

14+ years!

❤️ my job! ❤️ my passengers!

"ESSENTIAL" 2020

fired for

FREEDOM 2021

*

2:13

[Photo of handwritten sign laying on a wooden table together with an airline pilot's cap. Sign reads:]

Airline Pilot 26 years

Major Airline 19.5 years

Captain 15 years

Time left to retire 15 years

Gone with 1 mandate to

illiminate our freedoms!

*

2:15

[Photo of handwritten sign held before face. Sign reads:]

36-Year Commercial Pilot

26-Year Alaska Airlines Veteran

This is an experimental vaccine

- Contains aborted fetus cells

- This mandate violates my human rights

- It trust my GOD given immune system

*

2:18

[Photo of handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

30 yr F/A Safer than you!

Survived Covid

DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I HAD IT!

SAFE TO WORK though

pandemic

NO JAB!

*

2:20

[Photo of handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

30 year Flight Attendant

THRU Thick + Thin

w/ This company.

Strongly held

Religious beliefs +

A lot of Common

Sense. Shame on

Them.

*

2:23

[Photo of handwritten sign on door above carry-on suitcases and purse, US flag scarf on purse, and on the floor, a pair of high-heeled shoes. Sign reads:]

FLIGHT ATTENDANT

14+ years!

❤️ my job! ❤️ my passengers!

"ESSENTIAL" 2020

fired for

FREEDOM 2021

*

2:25

[Photo of woman in black and white dress holding up handwritten sign in front of her face. Sign reads:]

5 YEARS

Flight Attendant

25+ Years to Retirement

Good with 1 mandate

and all of our freedoms

It has been amazing

& will be greatly missed!

*

2:27

[Photo of woman in black shirt holding up handwritten sign in front of her face. Sign reads:]

Flight Attendant since

2016

Wife, Mom, Grandma, Sister,

aunt, daughter, friend

I ❤️ my teammates!

I ❤️ my pax!

5 years til retirement

...maybe

[drawing of a syringe with a slash across it]

*

2:30

[Photo of uniformed pilot wearing pilot's cap holding handwritten sign in front of his face. Sign reads:]

24 YEARS

COMMERCIAL

AIRLINE PILOT

17 YEAR CAPTAIN

AT MAJOR AIRLINE

16 YEARS TO RETIREMENT

GONE WITH 1 MANDATE

AND ALL OUR FREEDOMS...

IT HAS BEEN AMAZING + WILL

BE GREATLY MISSED!

*

2:32

[Photo of uniformed pilot's shoulders, hands holding up handwritten sign in front of his face. Sign features a crucifix which divides the page into four sections. The text in these sections, from left to right reads:]

WILL give up

multi million dollar

income...

for my beliefs

Yet, you

want to question...

my sincerity?

Title VII

Civil Rights Act

I AM NOT YOUR SLAVE

*

2:35

[Uniformed pilot holding up handwritten sign on cardboard in front of face. Sign reads:]

30 YEAR AIRLINE PILOT

I STAND FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

NOT

UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FORCE.

*

2:37

[Pilot holding up a handwritten sign in front of face. Bottom right hand side of sign features a US flag. Sign reads:]

No to Discrimination!

Yes to Medical freedom!

Pilot - 9 yrs

*

2:40

[Photo of a blonde woman with pink nail polish holding a handwritten sign on a sheet of paper. Sign reads:]

15 year FA

Gone with one

mandate! All freedoms

will be taken away if

our Government continues

on this path!

NO WAY I WILL

POISON MY BODY!

*

2:42

[Photo of torso of uniformed pilot. Computer text in black, blue and red superimposed. Text reads:]

PILOT (FO) - 5 Years

4 young

kids to feed

28+ years to lose

# No Medical Apartheid

# Freedom of Choice

For CAREER & COUNTRY

don't make me lose BOTH

Coercion is NOT a choice

*

2:45

[Photo of a hand holding up a handwritten sign. Sign reads:]

COMMERCIAL AIRLINE

Flight Attendant

2 kids to FEED

"THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

HAS MANDATED....."

"YOU WILL BE PUNISHED IF....."

*

2:47

[Photo of two hands holding up a handwritten sign in various colors of ink, purple, green, brown, red, and blue. Sign reads:]

Inflight Crewmember

4 1/2 years (+3 for other airline)

I stand for Body Autonomy

I stand for FREEDOM

I stand for those who feel like

they can't

*

2:50

[Photo of two hands holding up a handwritten sign on cardboard in dark purple ink. Sign reads:]

3 YEARS

Flight Attendant

25+ years TO

Retirement!!

# Freedom of Choice

My Body My Choice #

No Jab → No Job

I Love My Job

*

2:52

[Photo of a blonde woman holding a handmade sign in front of her face. Sign reads:]

FA with many

years of Service

Love my Job!

All Gone because

of Discrimination

*

2:55

[Photo of a hand holding a small card with handwriting. Pilot's shirt seen below. Card reads:]

FIRST OFFICER

4.5 YEARS

I HAD COVID AND HAVE

ANTOBODIES! AND ALSO

SUPPORT FREEDOM OF CHOICE

*

2:57

[Photo of uniformed pilot in white shirt and cap holding sign on clipboard in front of his face. Sign reads:]

8 years Airbus Captain

15 years to retirement

Forced to ground a lifelong

childhood dream that will

be greatly missed!

Feed my family OR

Surrender my body

My body, My choice!

*

3:00

[Photo of man in blue shirt holding handwritten sign in front of face. Sign reads:]

FA 2 YRS

Best job I ever had

Taken AWAY BY AN

UNCONSTITRUTIONAL!!!

Mandate 🙁

NOT

LAW

I AM NO LONGER A SLAVE TO FEAR

I AM A CHILD OF GOD

GOD ALWAYS WINS!!!

*

3:02

[Photo of man in blue shirt holding up a pink sign with purple and black handwriting. Sign reads:]

NO to Medical

Apartheid!

Polit - 28 yrs.- 15,000+ hrs

Consent over Coercion!!!

*

3:04

[Photo of a cardboard sign. Sign reads:]

Take A STAND BEFORE ZOU CAN-T

24 zears / 1 month

FLIGHT ATTENDANT

This is greater than losing mz

career. THIS IS A FIgHT FOR

LIBERTY and OUR COUNTRY

NO FORCED SHOTS for Anyone!!!

*

3:07

[Photo of a whiteboard with four blonde children facing it, so we see only the backs of their heads. Handwritten text on whiteboard reads:]

Pilot 16 years

I want them to know I fought

for their future!

[two arrows drawn on the board, pointing down toward the children]

*

3:11

[Text on screen:]

We believe that consent and bodily

autonomy are fundamental human

rights...

And consent can only be given when

free from coercion, undue pressure,

and force...

On December 8, we will be forced to

stay home because we will not violate

our conscience.

We do NOT consent.

We call the shots, not them.

USFREEDOMFLYERS.ORG

3:40

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