11-02-2011, 12:24 AM
What's with all the environmentalist hate? You have to remember that it's not a unified hive mind group with a single agenda. Overall, I think the movement has had a positive impact on outdoors enthusiasts.
In fact, I think we need them, and I find it
that we aren't more unified. There are a lot more of them, and I'm sure we could get more accomplished against the 'enemy' that both groups share. Namely, the industries and corporations that would happily poison the earth, air and water, chop down every last tree, and kill off any animal that got in the way. They're probably ecstatic that there's so much distrust between outdoors enthusiasts and the environmental movement, because it weakens both groups and prevents them from presenting a unified front.
Have you forgotten the gold mining operations in Utah and Nevada that dump tons of mercury every year? The ones that the state governments are too spineless to stand up to? The mercury that drifts and flows into Idaho and makes it into the animals we eat? Or how about the agricultural development around Lake Lowell that is responsible for the consumption advisories and disgusting algae blooms? Or the cattle operations around the Snake River that kill fish and cause elevated E. coli counts?
We have a lot of common ground and problems both groups want to see solved. The whole "envionmetalists are godless heathens who want to steal our children and take away our land" attitude doesn't help anyone.
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In fact, I think we need them, and I find it
that we aren't more unified. There are a lot more of them, and I'm sure we could get more accomplished against the 'enemy' that both groups share. Namely, the industries and corporations that would happily poison the earth, air and water, chop down every last tree, and kill off any animal that got in the way. They're probably ecstatic that there's so much distrust between outdoors enthusiasts and the environmental movement, because it weakens both groups and prevents them from presenting a unified front.Have you forgotten the gold mining operations in Utah and Nevada that dump tons of mercury every year? The ones that the state governments are too spineless to stand up to? The mercury that drifts and flows into Idaho and makes it into the animals we eat? Or how about the agricultural development around Lake Lowell that is responsible for the consumption advisories and disgusting algae blooms? Or the cattle operations around the Snake River that kill fish and cause elevated E. coli counts?
We have a lot of common ground and problems both groups want to see solved. The whole "envionmetalists are godless heathens who want to steal our children and take away our land" attitude doesn't help anyone.
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