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Killing Ourselves to Own the Libs

Jarvis Slacks
5 min readNov 1, 2019

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One thing that I’ve never understood about Conservatives or Republicans, when it pertains to Government policy, is the lack of give-a-shit in relation to the environment. Our natural habitat is the only one we have. There is no replacement planet Earth. You would think, just from a perspective of sheer preservation, that we would want to take care of our only planet. This is even more important when you think of conservative ideologies. You want me to get married and have children in a world that has dangerous levels of toxins in the air, water and soil? What’s the point of having kids when these children are going to have to deal with 90 degree summers that last until mid October? I don’t think Trump voters actually care what Trump does. They just like the idea of him, “owning the Libs.” But do Trump voters really hate Liberals so much that they are willing to destroy the entire planet?

The evidence suggests they are.

The New York Times reported on two articles that I found interesting this morning. First, The Trump administration isrolling back regulations against Coal power plants. Technically, they are relaxing rules against the treatment of “Toxic Ash,” a byproduct of using coal to generate electricity. Why is Trump doing this? I guess because Obama put forth the regulations and Obama sucks but also because Trump voters love coal? I guess? Here is an…

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Jarvis Slacks
Jarvis Slacks

Written by Jarvis Slacks

I teach writing and I try to write. Hopefully, something I write will connect with you. But, I mean, it might not. That’s ok too.

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