Why the Greens Love the Coronavirus

American Thinker.com ^ | February 26, 2020 | William R. Hawkins

[Kaslin]

Wall Street's two-day panic which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average drop 1,911 points (6.8 percent) was sparked by the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. It is not just that the virus is spreading to lands far beyond its origin in China, but that the full impact in China has not yet been felt. A lengthy article from state media China Daily predicted that the disruption may last beyond the first quarter and notes "industrial production has been negatively affected to varying degrees in terms of labor, orders, inventory, production and transportation." Because lax policy in the U.S. and elsewhere has allowed China to become the hub of multilateral supply-chains in so many sectors, often on a single-source basis, the disruption is threatening a global slowdown that will affect far more people than the virus.

There is one faction in the U.S. which hails the chaos and welcomes the economic decline: the Green movement. It holds that human activity is bad for the planet and thus anything that reduces human activity is a blessing. And this is not just the braying of a fringe group on the far Left. Its argument recently appeared in the New Republic, long the flagship of mainstream liberalism.

"The Coronavirus’s Lesson for Climate Change: What society can learn from the tragedy’s impact on carbon emissions" appeared February 20, written by staffer Kate Aronoff. She is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need A Green New Deal and the co-editor of We Own The Future: Democratic Socialism, American Style. She thus represents the nexus of environmentalism and socialism that dominates the Democratic Party this election cycle, an alignment that makes perfect sense within radical ideology as will be seen as this story unfolds.

[rktman]

Well yeah. Shuts down some major factories and lots of transportation. Plus a bonus of evil polluters dying thus ending their contribution to destroying the planet.

[PGalt]

The watermelons and the eugenicists.

[reasonisfaith]

These people will do anything to stop Trump.

The CDC lady was oozing Trump Derangement from her pores.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Core Belief #1 for Greenies is that the Earth’s top problem is that it has TOO MANY PEOPLE.

Which is why it’s really disturbing that Pope Francis is one of their ilk.

[allendale]

Time to reread Tom Clancy’s “Rainbow Six”

[thoughtomator]

Yes, Dems are going to spread this virus on purpose in order to try to damage Trump.

It will NOT be the first time! See Dan Savage, Salon, licking doorknobs.

[moovova]

Well, the Dow has bounced back 20%...400 points.

[Buckeye McFrog]

No worries. Rosenweasel’s sister will be out with another End of Days press release to drive it back down.

[null and void]

Anyone surprised?

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[reasonisfaith]

Well , I think their view of the task at hand is to create panic for maximum economic impact.

[Black Agnes]

That’s a good one to read.

Most of our elites love the idea of a virus that eliminates most of the smelly deplorable peasants.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“… to create panic for maximum economic impact AND TO DEFEAT TRUMP”

[wally_bert]

The JMS version of Jeremiah was good.

[livius]

Too true. Also I think in the past some of these more radical enviro groups have discussed not only sabotaging infrastructure but poisoning reservoirs - and releasing viruses.

[PGalt]

Core Belief #1 for Greenies is that the Earth’s top problem is that it has TOO MANY PEOPLE.

Which is why it’s really disturbing that Pope Francis is one of their ilk.

Worth repeating, Buckeye McFrog. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW8ViUPnWFc

Play it again, Sam.

[reasonisfaith]

Exactly!

[Black Agnes]

You’d be surprised how many of those same people are employed by our government.

In critical positions too.

[thoughtomator]

Obama holdover Ian Brownlee directly defied a Presidential order and had 14 patients flown into the US from Japan.

Then Rod Rosenstein’s sister put out alarmist reports at the CDC that contradicted higher-level guidance.

Immediately after, Schumer started publicly going after Trump on coronavirus prevention.

Is there a single thing in their history or character that would prevent them from purposely spreading this disease as a campaign tool? Absolutely not! Just look at the withholding of aid in Puerto Rico, so that they could complain about the federal response and blame it on Trump. These people are evil without limit.

[robel]

To understand the enviromentalists, you need to know their perspective. They believe that the earth would be a paradise without humans. They see humans as a parasite, and would like nothing more than to eliminate the majority of the population. Which is why they love abortion. Plagues are a blessing in their eyes. They really believe that the only people who deserve to live on the planet are people who treat the planet like a temple.