https://freerepublic.com/tag/davidbotti/ en-us Wed, 14 Aug 2019 01:50:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3771553/posts While most Americans are spending time this summer enjoying the sun in the comfort of their houses’ yards, the New York Times is out with a new exposé on how lawn care is problematic, once viewed through the lens of social justice. Lawns are contributing to pollution and climate change, asserts narrator David Botti, and their origins are far from woke, in a seven-minute video on the history of American lawns. Botti says lawns are part of the “colonizing of America,” which transformed the landscape from “pristine wilderness” to “identical rows of manicured nature.” “These lawns come on the backs... Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3771553/posts#comment Wed, 14 Aug 2019 01:50:28 GMT