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How did concern for the environment become personal politics? The disdain and
willful ignorance of the climate change deniers, and money over the
environment are the ones that make it political. If you work in an industry
that pollutes (oil production, shipping, trucking, chemical manufacturing…one
of the aforementioned I belong) and don't understand you are indeed polluting
and causing harm YOU are making it political. If someone tells me my industry
pollutes, my only argument is it pollutes less than the alternative…but I DO
pollute.
Someone pointing that FACT out is not being political but factual and it IS
relevant to the argument as this lady TOO feels she is fighting the "good"
fight. The author merely pointed out that doing so in an area that has been
logged several times before and that her house is indeed on an area that was
once pristine AND that her house prevents the forest from growing in she is
the hypocrite.
My job does harm to the environment, but goods must be delivered and I need a
job to live. I don't fool anyone including myself. I take it as incentive to
try and mitigate that harm in other areas of my life. Even though I use lots
of oil product, I push for the day when I don't use any.
Zero politics in my sentiment.
Jan. 8, 2015, 10:10 a.m. - cleanSooke
#!markdown How did concern for the environment become personal politics? The disdain and willful ignorance of the climate change deniers, and money over the environment are the ones that make it political. If you work in an industry that pollutes (oil production, shipping, trucking, chemical manufacturing…one of the aforementioned I belong) and don't understand you are indeed polluting and causing harm YOU are making it political. If someone tells me my industry pollutes, my only argument is it pollutes less than the alternative…but I DO pollute. Someone pointing that FACT out is not being political but factual and it IS relevant to the argument as this lady TOO feels she is fighting the "good" fight. The author merely pointed out that doing so in an area that has been logged several times before and that her house is indeed on an area that was once pristine AND that her house prevents the forest from growing in she is the hypocrite. My job does harm to the environment, but goods must be delivered and I need a job to live. I don't fool anyone including myself. I take it as incentive to try and mitigate that harm in other areas of my life. Even though I use lots of oil product, I push for the day when I don't use any. Zero politics in my sentiment.