US Politics on Yik Yak | Why do republicans genuinely not give a shit about the earth/environment? Like seriously they’re the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” small government ppl but actually do not give a fuck about the Grand Canyon being destroyed for mining. Like why?

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Why do republicans genuinely not give a shit about the earth/environment? Like seriously they’re the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” small government ppl but actually do not give a fuck about the Grand Canyon being destroyed for mining. Like why?

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Anonymous 17h

Bc historically it was a tongue in cheek remark since it’s physically impossible to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Most republicans and boomers are too stupid to realize that, and the wealthy are taunting the rest of us.

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Anonymous 15h

Just raping the land for all its worth and watching it die with no concern for their children’s children

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Anonymous 18h

All of the republicans I know are avid in their hunting/fishing communities

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Anonymous 18h

Cause what is the Grand Canyon gonna do for me lol. Just rocks and animals that will kill you

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Anonymous

#1 18h

Do you really think humans aren’t impacted by fucking up the natural world around us?

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Anonymous

#1 18h

Brother, humanity as a whole is reliant on nature 💀

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Anonymous

#3 17h

Yet they vote for the pro pollution party

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Anonymous

#3 17h

Yeah they go hunting and fishing they enjoy nature like that but then the moment climate change is brought up or someone says we shouldn’t be fracking the vast majority of them lose their minds. Plus for as much as they love the recreational sport of hunting and fishing most are either completely aware of or indifferent to the loss of biodiversity on earth.

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Anonymous

#4 17h

They didn’t vote for trump

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Anonymous

#3 17h

Good for them then. They're a minority though. Plus republicans have been anti environmentalism even before trump

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Anonymous

OP 17h

Modern day hunting is necessary to keep the balance of the environment in check, and the licenses for both is what funds state fish and wildlife agencies. More people need to get into it tbh the participation is dying out

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Anonymous

#1 17h

If you can’t understand the concept of natural beauty I just feel bad for you tbh

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Anonymous

#3 17h

Not shitting on ethical hunting but let’s not act like most republicans aren’t hunting because they want to have a trophy to feel strong and powerful. Most republicans do not actually care about subsistence or doing it to protect the environment. Nonetheless it doesn’t change that we’re literally living through a period of major losses to biodiversity to the point we’re teetering towards living through a mass extinction that’s not because of ethical hunting it’s because of human impacts on 1/2

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Anonymous

#3 17h

The environment which goes right back to the climate change issue.

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Anonymous

OP 17h

Have you been around hunters? The ones around here all have freezers full and are vocal in protecting the forests in the area. It’s a shame that hunting/fishing tends to skew right tbh, its so much better for the environment than factory farms and the monoculture of corn that’s grown to feed them

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Anonymous

#3 17h

I’m not speaking about ur area idk ur area and the ppl u know. If that’s the case where u are then that’s awesome u are lucky that u know republicans who aren’t as completely bat shit as the vast majority that vote with Donald Trump and have no problem with fracking and think that climate change either isn’t real or can’t be impacted by humans. I agree though that factory farms have been pretty shit environmentally.

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Anonymous

OP 17h

It’s a huge country, shit isn’t always the same from state to state

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Anonymous

#1 15h

Seeing the Grand Canyon would genuinely make you a better person

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Anonymous

OP 6h

Sustenance*

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