Don't you find the nootiness aggravating though? I sure do. It's like someone appointed libs the sole guardians of the environment.
LOL...in Florida, it's funny how concern for environmental issues did not stop Republicans from winning a majority here in recent years. Gov Bush has been very good on environmental matters for the most part, so that is no longer seen as a Dem issue in this state.
PS That is a very interesting magazine you mentioned! :)
On the one hand, I eat alot of wild seafood and organic produce, HATE sprawl (whatever happenned to zoning laws?), love to hike, grow peppers and spices, cook for myself, shop at farmers markets, etc.
I do believe in proper environmental STEWARDSHIP. However, I have MAJOR PROBLEMS with the environmentalists when it comes to telling an INDIVIDUAL what to do with PROPERTY THEY ALREADY OWN, particularly if some pointy-headed judge tells them that the sump on their property is now a "wetland." I also have ZERO TOLERANCE for the "endangered species" crowd. I did not crawl to the top of the food chain to defer to spotted owls.
I guess you can say that the core of my philosophy is a "natural" diet, a love of nature without being dogmatic about it, a HATRED of sprawl, and a, most importantly, healthy disrespect for authority, whether it be for the cop telling me not to drink wine at the festival, the judge telling me that I can't drain the puddle in my backyard, or the closet case mayor who tells me that I can't smoke indoors. To all of those folks, I extend, a salute, with my LONG MIDDLE FINGER!
Just because I shop at Trader Joes, prefer walkable towns with character and strict zoning laws over McWorld, and like a "natural" woman, doesn't mean that I am part of Woodstock nation.
One more thing, being an agnostic and a capitalist pig negates all of the above in the eyes of Mr. Dreher, but I really don't give a damn.