Mustang
Gold Member
A few years ago, I recall being in a debate on a forum around Earth Day. Conservatives were, as usual, angry, defiant, and completely unwilling to listen to rational arguments about just about any subject. Global warming/Climate change was, of course, one of those topics. In fact, many conservatives hated the concept and the idea of Earth Day so much that they claimed they purposely turned on all the lights in their homes or simply ran the engines in their vehicles while they sat in their cars listening to their radios as some kind of protest. Frankly, it seemed silly and just plain childish to me. It still does. It reminded me of times when I've seen some child (and sometimes an adult) act in a destructive manner as a form of protest against something. As an example, a person might smash something of value in an effort to make a point, although the point they ultimately make is that they're both irrational and immature.
However, it's one thing to take a hammer to your own car in a fit of pique. It's another thing entirely to destroy your home where others in your family also live. But, I guess you can always move somewhere else, right? Well, not in the case of planet Earth. Earth is everyone's home, and if we (the collective we) destroy the sustainability of life on this planet, we've got nowhere else to go. And right now, the only people in the world who seem to be against trying to rise to meet the immense and growing challenge of climate change are American Conservatives.
However, it's one thing to take a hammer to your own car in a fit of pique. It's another thing entirely to destroy your home where others in your family also live. But, I guess you can always move somewhere else, right? Well, not in the case of planet Earth. Earth is everyone's home, and if we (the collective we) destroy the sustainability of life on this planet, we've got nowhere else to go. And right now, the only people in the world who seem to be against trying to rise to meet the immense and growing challenge of climate change are American Conservatives.