
So I sent Siel a link to my post and she wrote back:
"Feel free to email me when you put up a post with reasons why you think recycling's wrong, in conjunctions with other people's links. I like to read, you know, actual content."
In other words, this snarky madwoman refused to even click on the New York Times article that proved she was wrong and acting like a Nazi - out to punish anyone who doesn't agree with her wrong-headed obsession - because I didn't personally write it. In other words, this so-called "smart" person willingly put her fingers in her ears and sang, "La-la-la-la-la", to ignore important facts she didn't like - as she's actively trying to bring the power of the State of California down upon innocent people's heads. Like I said, a fucking Nazi.
"Huh. That's interesting. Thanks. CWN"
That's all he said: "That's interesting." Remember, we're talking about "the most wasteful activity in modern America" - billions of dollars of our tax money gone and nothing for helping "the planet" - and he merely finds the information "interesting".
Sure, these (so-called) "journalists" will go on and on about the worthless banning of plastic bags, and all the other counter-productive nonsense that's being proposed to nanny state us into a Third World country. But, for some reason, they refuse to write anything that admits the direction we're all being aggressively pushed into - the direction they themselves are pushing us toward - is factually just plain wrong. Why?
And, I swear, from where I sit, after all the betrayals these fascist NewAge idiots are putting society through, the WWII idea of one day shaving their heads, and marching them through the streets as examples to us all, is starting to look better and better,...

The only things I recycle "religiously" are my vintage '50s shadow plaid, rayon, and gabardine shirts. When they overstay their welcome in my wardrobe, I pass them along to a friend who matches my size and aesthetic. I'd hate for such precious artifacts to go to waste. As for paper, plastic, and glass -- straight into the trashcan. I haven't had a recycle bin since 1994. "Save the Planet"? No fuck here is given. I'm not an ecochondriac.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think you'd publish my comment. It called you out too good, and like most other cult people, you cant handle it.
ReplyDeleteIf you're implying that I'm a cultist then you can't read.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as far as your previous comment calling me out "too good", I have to say, no, it was moronic, and most anonymous comments I receive don't get published because, except for those fighting against Scientology, I think of most believers online anonymously as underhanded cowards,....
I can't see paper, glass, steel, aluminum, and plastic as "garbage." What a strange concept. I do recycle, and it will take more than a fourteen-year-old opinion piece to change my mind. Recycling is the common sense of the market, once real costs of throwing away massive quantities of resources is figured in. And of course less packaging (way less) upstream is key.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the cult of recycling. I did some writing on the subject myself if you care to read it:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tunacrab.com/?p=7
It is good to see other rational people who are able to step back and see the absurdity of recycling in almost all cases. People do it because they have been told it is good for the environment. It is so universally accepted as a good thing, they'll label you a heathen just for questioning its efficacy. It isn't.
Simply put, recycling wastes our resources, energy, and billions of tax dollars. Good post. Spread the word... before government mandated recycling becomes real.
Obviously I'm not the woo-woo type, but I KNEW there was something I was going to like about the name "Tunacrab"
ReplyDeleteHere, I don't really believe this will work.
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