America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era

Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by tw04 on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:11AM (#43643961)

I would guess if you were starving to death you wouldn’t think twice about killing a cow.

There’s nothing wrong with fundamentally valuing life but also consuming it for sustenance. I’m guessing you wouldn’t vote for a law to torture cows while also saying you value a cow’s life.

That is essentially what the outdoorsmen are doing when voting for a politician that’s trying to remove environmental protections.

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Re:America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era by wpietri on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:25AM (#43644113)

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it. I'm saying there's a dissonance. And I'm saying it's important that we recognize that we all experience this dissonance, and that we should face it rather than just "get mad or change the subject".

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