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In reply to the discussion: Nothing is as important as climate change [View all]seekthetruth
(504 posts)He said she would make a better president than any republican currently running. You'd be extremely hard-pressed to find such a quote from one of the Koch's, the major investors of candidates espousing a neoliberal stance towards economic issues, regarding Sanders. Doesn't that indicate anything to you? Besides, who care what Koch said.....it doesn't matter! What does matter is how this country moves forward!
What is destructive to the Democratic Party is to ignore the principles that constitute the integrity of the party. What is Clinton's policy on fracking - one of the most dangerous and harmful practices towards the environment? I simply do not understand the tactic of creating an "interim" solution when we're so very close to the tipping point that scientists now say we're quickly approaching. We adults nowadays will not likely see the disastrous effects of climate change, but our children and grandchildren surely will if we do not elect leaders who are willing to have the courage to say it's absolutely insane to keep utilizing a non-renewable resource such as fossil fuels, which also contributes significantly to greenhouse gases. How can you support her?
That is why we Sanders supporters feel so strongly about this topic, and many others. I object to your nonchalance about that issue. Are you willing to further damage our environment just to believe in incremental change versus revolutionary - and I don't use the word "revolutionary" in the communist/socialist sense. I use it because that is what we need as a species - an energy revolution.
Are you really that Hillary-or-bust? Again, if you are willing to tolerate Clinton's standings on these types of issues, then you're a neoliberal moderate with leanings towards liberal social policies. Me? I'm very quickly becoming a democratic socialist because the Democratic Party has lost its mind!