Monday, October 11, 2010

I believe the proper term is "Arboreal-Americans"

One radical even claimed that trees were like other exploited minorities in America, such as blacks, Vietnamese, and hippies.
From a discussion of radical 1960's environmentalists in The Idea of Decline in Western History, by Arthur Herman

2 comments:

  1. Emily, I am so far to the political Left that there are at least a dozen states in the Union from which I simply cannot be seen, such as from Texas. And yet, I would be compelled by a common sense of decency to shoot anyone who told me trees were like other exploited minorities. Thanks for posting that: It's good to be reminded the Left has its excesses too.

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  2. I can actually recommend another book specifically on that topic: The Dark Side of the Left, by Richard Ellis. It has a chapter about crazy environmentalists.

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