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This is all just plea bargaining to claim complacency instead of complicity.
I'll redouble my efforts.
I don't see how you think it's complicity. Has there been any evidence of U-Haul giving trucks en masse to ICE for the purpose of transporting abducted people?
If you are of the belief that U-Haul is complicit, then you should have no trouble answering the question. How does any rental service prevent their vehicles from being used for anything other than the advertised purpose?
Surely we won't be putting that responsibility on the minimum wage employee working the front desk.
We are simply expressing differences in our priorities and values.
You are putting in extra work here to ensure that the good name of U-Haul remains unsullied.
I am putting in words to discourage businesses from participating in a Holocaust.
But please, go on and tell me more about the plight of U-Haul.
I've expressly stated the issue isn't really about U-Haul. The reason U-Haul specifically is being named here is because that's the company named in the article. If it was Penske, even your top level comment would say Penske and not U-Haul.
If someone used a charitable organization's logo-emblazoned lanyard to hang a dog from a tree, do you think it to be the fault of the nonprofit? There are no checks or balances to prevent that level of misuse. This has been my entire point that you continue to ignore in a misguided attempt to paint me as a corporate apologist.
It's understandable that my initial comment may have been misinterpreted, but doubling down on this tunnel-vision viewpoint isn't.
From what you've said, we do in fact share priorities and values. The bottom rungs of the hierarchy earning a pittance compared to the top should be criminal. Where we differ is my refusal to call any group bad because of something wholly out of their control. Nuance and context is important. So far you haven't attempted to explain how any rental company can stop fascists from using their equipment after it leaves the lot.
Ans so far, you've said sweet fuck all about the children that were hauled off in U-Haul equipment.
But since you lack any sort of vision, l will tell you how I would handle ICE ratfucks using my equipment to commit crimes against humanity. And I would be prepared, and I would be aware of the possibility of ICE possibly trying to use my shit, based on precedence set by the Proud Boys:
Attention Citizens of the United States of America: U-Haul stands in direct opposition to ICE attacks on the American way of life. If you witness any U-Haul equipment in use by ICE, please call us at 555-5555, and we will remotely disable the vehicles.
When the regime falls, and everything is moving really fast, do everyone a favor, and get the fuck out of the way.
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