Comments on: Walker Machinery says “Life is thriving on mountaintop mining” http://endmtr.com/2008/05/10/walker-machinery-says-life-is-thriving-on-mountaintop-mining/ Working to 'Write' a Wrong Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Folk Face http://endmtr.com/2008/05/10/walker-machinery-says-life-is-thriving-on-mountaintop-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Folk Face Sat, 10 May 2008 20:02:18 +0000 http://endmtr.com/?p=159#comment-240 that's it. they are lying, and no one in the ecology or game management communities is calling them out on it. it's easy to say crap like "it's better than it was" and wave your hands about some study that is irrelevant, and they know it. that gets them two things: a safe appeal to authority, and a healthy suspicion of science that is part and parcel of their identity politics (evolution denial, climate change denial, appeals to magic and superstition that have deep cultural roots). if the experts agree with your ideology, whore it out. if the experts disagree with your ideology, claim that they are elitits that do not care about Everyman. what a sick bunch of people. that’s it. they are lying, and no one in the ecology or game management communities is calling them out on it.

it’s easy to say crap like “it’s better than it was” and wave your hands about some study that is irrelevant, and they know it. that gets them two things: a safe appeal to authority, and a healthy suspicion of science that is part and parcel of their identity politics (evolution denial, climate change denial, appeals to magic and superstition that have deep cultural roots).

if the experts agree with your ideology, whore it out.

if the experts disagree with your ideology, claim that they are elitits that do not care about Everyman.

what a sick bunch of people.

]]> By: bluemountainmama http://endmtr.com/2008/05/10/walker-machinery-says-life-is-thriving-on-mountaintop-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-239 bluemountainmama Sat, 10 May 2008 17:47:06 +0000 http://endmtr.com/?p=159#comment-239 i've seen these adds.... and again, they are pungent. blatant lies.... i’ve seen these adds…. and again, they are pungent. blatant lies….

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