Tumbling oil could take thousands of jobs with it

[makokun]

50. I don't understand why one would look for sympathy here.

This is a political board, and politics is an effective means to an end. Certain groups are not useful to the accepted strategy of achieving that end. Everyone is welcome to be for The Movement, but obviously The Movement cannot be for everyone. If you want to be a more integral part of The Movement it would be better if one consult the list of acceptable activities.

The prevailing thought is hydrocarbons are bad, therefore those who benefit *directly* from hydrocarbons are inherently bad b/c they are "directly" benefiting from a violation of dogma i.e. heretical activities. Besides oilfield workers are predominantly republican since they have a hard time understanding and accepting the higher tax rates they pay due to extensive overtime. If they were better at understanding the big picture or perhaps more educated I think they would obviously vote differently. They would then probably work in renewable energy like so many other blue collar types. "Burn that witch at the stake! She deserves it!" as a church going, socially well regarded, Salem towns person might have said in 1692. We are basically tribal are we not? Why else would we be here? We must be true to ourselves and allow ourselves our humanity.

I understand that in times of stress and crisis a person reaches out to their social network for moral support, I just however would suggest that reaching out would probably be more effective in a different venue.