That's the theory, anyway. In practice, it can be a less polite than the ideal, but never as ugly as what you're describing. There is something of a mob mentality that develops at a picket no matter how well-intentioned it is, but it is usually reigned in before it gets out of hand by the more responsible.
There are always going to be wild cards, but natural selection often takes care of those. There was a couple that tried to cut a major cable in the 2000 strike. They were not outside technicians, and mistook the phone cable for a power line. You know those cartoons where when a character gets electrocuted and you see their skeleton glowing...?
My sense of union solidarity is strong, but not so much that I couldn't spare a chuckle at that.
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There are always going to be wild cards, but natural selection often takes care of those. There was a couple that tried to cut a major cable in the 2000 strike. They were not outside technicians, and mistook the phone cable for a power line. You know those cartoons where when a character gets electrocuted and you see their skeleton glowing...?
My sense of union solidarity is strong, but not so much that I couldn't spare a chuckle at that.