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>Scabs are workers who cross the picket line, not customers. That's not the way unions themselves use the word. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24904995/b

• mc32 7y ago
  Only because it's a way to use and coöpt language for your cause, not because it's the way the public understands it. It's like AOC insunuating Pelosi racist. It's used for effect. Or, imagine a nurses' strike, but I as a patient don't honor their strike, am I a scab?
  • SauciestGNU 7y ago
    If you're a patient for something elective that could be delayed until after the conclusion of the labor action then yes, you're a scab. For emergency care? Probably not.
    • filoleg 7y ago
      A strikebreaker (sometimes derogatorily called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. [Scabs] are usually individuals who were not employed by the company prior to the trade union dispute, but rather hired after or during the strike to keep the organization running.[0] The parent comment was absolutely correct in saying that you are trying to co-opt the actual definition to serve your goals, as the word has nothing to do with being a customer. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikebreaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikebreaker