Earth Day is not a holiday
Hate to break it to you, but the word "Holiday" comes from the idea of a "Holy Day" - and "Earth Day" is not holy. In fact, it's the best measure yet of how far people will go in their desire to turn naturalism into a religion - by turning away from the perceived dogma and mindless conformity of organized religion, proud secularists can turn the Earth into their God, and Earth Day into their Christmas.Of course, while there is no shortage of media buzz identifying, labeling, and denouncing the "Fringe" elements of mainstream religion (with the exception of radical Islam, which no leftist dares to oppose aloud, for some bizarre reason, given Islam's loathing of feminism and gay rights), there is little mention of the Malthusian ideology that drives earth-worship and "Animal Rights", which is hatred of the human race. They won't talk about it in the 'Mainstream Media', which is busily displaying its earthin'-up creds with flashy web logos, power-off events, and lists of things that "You can do to help", but at the heart of this movement lies a worldview that disdains humans and sees them as some sort of malignant tumor.
Such people would like nothing better than China-style limits on children, sterilization services, and a general consensus that Earth's population should be reduced, for the good of.....well, the Earth. Ted Turner himself made some noise about limiting families to two children, which begged the question as to which three of his own five children he would be prepared to repeat this recommendation in front of.
This is the same mindset that blocks any and all development for things like new housing, new power plants...new anything, really, which just drives up the cost of living for everyone else. How often are the cries for "Affordable Housing" reconciled with the "People last, Earth first!" mentality that prevails among hard-core environmentalism?
Ponder that one as you turn off extra lights in solidarity with "The Movement".
posted by ET @ 10:43 AM
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