Environmentalism 101: Save the Planet. Kill the People

Vocal Minority ^ | 2/24/09 | EricTheRed_VocalMinority

[EricTheRed_VocalMinority]

“There’s a paradigm shift going on.”

So said a friend of mine who is very concerned about the affects of fossil-fuel CO2 and other ways humans harm the planet. The paradigm shift he was referring to was a change in the global “mindset,” if you will. A global (literally) change toward green living.

I asked my friend that, whether a shift were happening or not, would he prefer that it take place by government force, or by the free will or man? My friend didn’t answer directly, but did note that other shifts in history seemed to require swift coercion by a higher central power, rather than by the often slow action of the free populace. Putting an end to U.S. slavery was his prime example.

So I think it was clear what his answer was: We need to go green now, and if it required government to impose it on us—through regulation, taxation, imprisonment for non-compliance—then so be it.

Think I’m being hyperbolic? Go take a listen to the rhetoric of the environmentalist and then tell me if I am.

Despite the claim by liberals/Democrats that it is they who are for freedom, liberty, tolerance, and open-mindendness, today’s green movement, which is a very powerful arm of the Democrat Party, is quite illiberal and intolerant.

What’s more, the consequences of their policies, if fully implemented, would have disastrous—disastrous—on the world population. First, they would bring down whole

[EricTheRed_VocalMinority]

For real? That is one frightening story.

[Roccus]

That story is 100% true. Even in the Sunday funny papers, the Mark Trail strip is constantly pounding on the idea that man is responsible for every ill that befalls the animal/plant kingdom. Your children are being brainwashed with this crap from all sides.