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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Tomasky

Case in point

Or maybe not Indiana. Greg Sargent reports at TPM that about three dozen telemarketing workers at an Indiana call center have walked off their jobs rather than read the scripts they've been asked to read about Obama:

"We were asked to read something saying [Obama and Democrats] were against protecting children from danger," this worker said. "I wouldn't do it. A lot of people left. They thought it was disgusting."

This worker, too, confirmed sacrificing pay to walk out, saying her supervisor told her: "If you don't wanna phone it you can just go home for the day."

I've wondered my entire adult life what it would take for people to be so fed up that they just wouldn't buy the same old crap anymore. It looks like we may be finding out.

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