The only system where billionaires couldn't pump money in is a monarchy, and that is less desirable than a democracy in the current age.

The real problem is that the average IQ of the USA voter is less than 95 now, they aren't capable of seeing through the billionaire propaganda anymore because the stupid democrats tipped the scales with immigration and welfare.

That's going too far, but someone with her past and her beliefs should definitely not head the Bureau of Land Management - or any other federal agency.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jul 25 2021 03:10pm

why dont these eco hyper zealots go practice what they preach and live on a remote farm in some remote area where they dont have any harm to the earth

This post was edited by excellence on Jul 25 2021 03:41pm

Because the entire purpose of the eco warrior shtick is to force everyone else to live and behave the way they deem appropriate.

Her past was sending a letter in her 20's in college about spiked trees, where she was supposed the calming voice in the organization, yet you portrait her like she blew up dam or something. Sometimes you are so full of shit its funny.

Bigotry is wrong.

She was part of an activist group that engaged in eco-terrorism and put people's lives at risk with their actions. Spiking trees is officially classified as terrorism.

That she was supposed to be the calming voice in the group (according to whom, herself?) doesn't exonerate her from aiding and abetting, neither in a legal nor a moral sense. She was investigated at the time, but charges were ultimately not brought against her after she ratted the other guys from her group out.

And it's not just the "part of a group that spiked trees"-thing - the ideology and rhetoric she put on display in her various essays are also radical.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jul 25 2021 06:16pm

"Tree spiking is a form of eco-terrorism and involves hammering a metal rod, nail or other material into a tree trunk, either inserting it at the base of the trunk where a logger might be expected to cut into the tree, or higher up where it would affect the sawmill later processing the wood. It is used to prevent logging by risking damage to saws, in the forest or at the mill, if the tree is cut, as well as possible injury or death to the worker. The spike can also lower the commercial value of the wood by causing discoloration, reducing the economic viability of logging in the long term, without threatening the life of the tree. In the United States it is illegal."

That sounds like the most mild version of eco-terrorism I've ever heard.

Also seems like it's really common to hang signs in areas you spike trees so you prevent logging in the area, and therefore minimize likelyhood of human injury. I can only find like one notable case of a worker being injured due to tree spiking, because it requires the saw blade to literally shatter which is very unlikely even when it hits the spike.


Now reading that she only edited the letter for the group that actually did the spiking, and later turned them in and testified against them. Do we have evidence she participated? Or is that it?

This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Jul 25 2021 06:38pm

It risks the sawblade coming flying off, or even shattering into shrapnels. Sure, it's not on the same level of depravity as driving a truck full off explosives into a building or abducting a plane, but it's still bad enough imho.
Pale pasty privileged lefties even suck at being terrorists, lol.

What I'm reading says she just edited the letter and later testified against them.

Do we have anything real? Because Republicans make shit up to get mad about all the time.