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Lyft offering students free rides to gun control rally
WLWT (Cincinnati) ^ | Mar 4, 2018 | Filipa Ioannou

Posted on 03/04/2018 6:42:55 PM PST by Lonely Bull

Lyft has been called "the woke alternative to Uber," a reputation the company apparently decided to embrace on Friday when it announced it would be offering free rides to people attending a prominent gun control rally later this month.

The rally in question, the March for Our Lives, was organized by students in the aftermath of the shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day. It is scheduled to take place on March 24 in cities around the country.

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Lyft co-founders John Zimmer and Logan Green announced the policy in an open letter to the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School expressing condolences and solidarity.

"We believe there is something seriously wrong when the threat of gun violence is so frequent and real throughout our country," they wrote. "And like many, we are inspired by your leadership."

(Excerpt) Read more at wlwt.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; astroturf; banglist; davidhogg; emmagonzalez; guncontrol; lyft; marchforourlives; nra; rallies; rally; ride; rides; secondamendment
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1 posted on 03/04/2018 6:42:55 PM PST by Lonely Bull
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To: Lonely Bull

Are these first time riders because lyft and uber will do that for just about any trip for first time customers


2 posted on 03/04/2018 6:46:03 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Lonely Bull

Do the kids get to keep the transportation allowance that Uncle Soros and Uncle Bloomberg planned to give them?


3 posted on 03/04/2018 6:46:06 PM PST by digger48
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To: Lonely Bull

Back to Uber!


4 posted on 03/04/2018 6:53:03 PM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw
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To: Lonely Bull
The median Lyft driver earns $4.50 an hour after expenses; wonder how many of those students would also attend a rally demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour and stiff the driver on the tip?

Ugh, plus Lyft takes tips to make up the promotional value of a trip (IE: guaranteed pay, other driver incentives.) Guess need to also tell the students that the tip should be $10 and in cash.

5 posted on 03/04/2018 6:53:22 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Lonely Bull

Time for all 2nd Amendment supporters to boycott Lyft.


6 posted on 03/04/2018 6:53:35 PM PST by rllngrk33 (Time for all 2nd Amendment supporters to boycott liberals.)
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To: Lonely Bull

What if someone refused to take them to the gun rally, would it be like the poor souls who didn;t want to bake a cake...


7 posted on 03/04/2018 6:54:48 PM PST by rovenstinez
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To: Lonely Bull

wow ... great timing for this post. I was just about to get the app so I could use lyft on Tuesday. Guess I’ll just go to Uber.


8 posted on 03/04/2018 7:05:41 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: Lonely Bull

Drop them all off at the rally then refuse to pick them back up.


9 posted on 03/04/2018 7:07:01 PM PST by JoeRed
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To: Lonely Bull

Fun Fact: Valerie Jarrett joined the LYFT Board of Directors
July 31, 2017.


10 posted on 03/04/2018 7:16:10 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Lonely Bull

They probably give them free pot and Obama-phone on the way there.


11 posted on 03/04/2018 7:27:02 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Lonely Bull

Hmmm, I’ve heard of Uber, but not Lyft. We have neither one in our rural community so I no way of boycotting them.


12 posted on 03/04/2018 7:29:48 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: a fool in paradise

My first (and only)time Uber ride went where it was supposed to, but the driver was a rather marginal character. I’d prefer a regular cab.


13 posted on 03/04/2018 7:35:31 PM PST by libstripper
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To: Lonely Bull

I demand that they give free rides to the Abortion clinic. /s


14 posted on 03/04/2018 7:39:41 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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I wonder how they would like it if I offered free guns to go to a Lyft control rally.


15 posted on 03/04/2018 7:44:20 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Inyo-Mono

I believe UBER does not let ccw folks in their vehicle though how would they know. Might be fun to take one to meet a friend at the range.


16 posted on 03/04/2018 8:11:55 PM PST by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: Lonely Bull
"was organized by students"

B.S.

Did anyone else catch the hour-long interview Hogg did with The Orlando Sun Sentinel? The interviewer mentioned that there was a PR company they kept "bumping into" when trying to book the kids for the interview, and that the PR company was trying to manage the message. Hogg responded by giving her the stink-eye when she said that, then replied with a non-answer.

17 posted on 03/04/2018 8:27:12 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Lonely Bull

FREE RIDES for PRO-2A folks in the Washington, D.C. area!


18 posted on 03/04/2018 8:28:35 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Lonely Bull

“”Organized by students’’. Yeah. Right. Sure it was. Organized by children who don’t know what gender they are, don’t know which bathroom to use and who eat Tide Pods.


19 posted on 03/04/2018 10:41:04 PM PST by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: JoeRed

Or sign up to pick them up

Then No-Show the little bastards


20 posted on 03/05/2018 5:22:31 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
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