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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:01 PM Original message |
Things I don't get: Why does wanting a clean environment enrage rightwingnuts? |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Business. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Bingo! |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Welcome to DU, DutchLiberal! |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Thank you. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Welcome to DU! And don't forget how bush inadvertently tipped his |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Thank you. Don't you think it's a *little* weird... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But the people that drive POS cars and trucks and |
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redphish (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I think that it is simply a case of being against anything "liberal". |
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KAT119 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Next they are afraid they may be required to be ETHICAL!! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Too broad an answer. Most businesses will prosper by going green |
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rusty charly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. It means God isn't protecting us |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. to be fair it isn't the clean environment that bunches their panties, |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's it, exactly. |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. they wouldn't be yowling for too long, just long enough to be rendered |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. they're OK with warrantless search and seizure and establishing religion |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. it doesn't matter that THEY are NOT making money or having business threatened |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. There's no money in a "clean environment" |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. This gets to why I can't stand the term "tree hugger" ...I prefer |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. It has become so visceral with most of them it's got |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because they get off being dicks. n/t |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. to some who aren't 'religious' i agree it is sometimes a |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. The love of money |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. It reminds them how small are their reproductive organs, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Greed |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. they worship an evil god that wants to destroy everything |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. because rightwing pundits have convinced them that if there are regulations |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. It is a threat to their high profits , |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Being told you can't dump hydrochloric acid |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because they don't want to hear that they can't use up the Earth |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Rush tells them liberal envirofascists want to take away their property rights... |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. the 'lifeboat ethic' went underground... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. Finding out that most people were born with |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. the thought of a 100,000-year-old species maybe having to compensate |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. irresponsibility |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. they're afraid their trax dollars are goiing to finance the cleanup |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. They think it might cost them something. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-07-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because we're FOR it. |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. shallowness |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. because it's going to cost them money to clean up their dirt! |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. But the free markets take care of EVERYTHING |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. There's a bizarre Biblical mis-translation... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I believe you hit the nail on the head noel, and I would add |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. their goal is unlimited pollution |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Well, don't forget that Reagan said trees cause more pollution than automobiles! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. I think it has something to do with their religion |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. I Know! |
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