Today I saw a video about extremist treehuggers crying over trees. The video was from 2008 and was filmed in South Carolina, although the landscape looks like something out of a jungle movie. It was crazy beyond a doubt and crying over trees will not help the situation, but what really made me angry were the responses to the video.
First they joked about how the people were crying over trees, making rude comments about their appearance and saying they should stop smoking weed, but the worst comment was by the person who posted the video. The person said that these “stupid liberal moonbats” should be more concerned about abortion, disease and famine and blamed these “issues” on environmental activism. Again I admit that the people in the video are absurd, but they are not activist and I don’t know what to call them, insane probably defines them the most.
An activist is defined as trying to save something, not mourn about it and hope that the world will change on its own because without activism nothing would happen. Personally I feel insulted by the comments because, although I am not a crazy treehugger, I go out of my way reduce the already abundant pollution on earth.
If the world is to change, first people must understand situations like this, then after knowing what is happening to the world, make an educated decision that is supported with facts other than pointless arguments about “I believe,” “I don’t believe.” Then it should be applied locally. Even in Hercules there are people commenting about not banning plastic bags and limit their observations to how useful the “free” bags and disregard where the bags end up and how that affects animals and ultimately them again.
I don’t thing the word “treehugger” should be associated with crazy people, I think it should mean those who are environmentally conscious but focused to one aspect of the bigger problem.
And addressing the abortion, disease and famine, abortion should not be a problem because it is a choice that should not be argued about, the second is attributed to the growing number of humans, the more humans the more likely a new deadlier strain will emerge and one is a product of profit, there is enough food in the US to end world hunger it just chooses not to.
I wouldn't call the tree-weepers as 'insane.' Unless I am totally misunderstanding what you are getting at. A lot of people try to get the attention of others toward their cause in more than just simply protesting. The weepers aren't just there for show. They're crying over the environment because no one takes notice to how damage it became. I just don't believe that calling them insane is a right move. You can easily offend someone. But, nonetheless, I do agree with your saying that people need to understand the situation. I really do hope that us as a nation can come together and do something about this mess.
ReplyDeleteI believe in the first sentence of your third paragraph that your spelled 'mourn' as 'morn'. I have a difficult time breathing every time I read spelling, grammar, or punctuation mistakes. Please fix this, for the betterment of the world.
ReplyDeleteHi Erinn,
ReplyDeleteGood commentary and I agree with you. I agree the treehuggers are absurd and also agree that the people should not make those comments about the treehuggesrs. Meanwhile, I think it is a little random to bring up abortion. Furthermore, just a suggestion, you should include the video in this blog, that will allow us to comment on the videos too therefore lead up to a conversation.