Anti-Wolf Movement Driven by Far Right Mentality of States, Wildlife Agencies Roger Hewitt / Missoulian / July 14, 2013 The far right mentality is definitely the major factor in driving the anti-wolf movement. I have recognized it for years as I realized that talking to them is the same as talking to the far right on political issues. They live in an alternative universe where reason, facts, science are irrelevant to them because they operate from their belief systems which are impervious to reason, facts, science. They just make up this universe of theirs and talk to each other. They discount expert opinion that is different. Unfortunately, many political leaders are of the same mindset, i.e. Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and wildlife agencies are run by the same mindsets. An excellent book was written on “The Republican Brain” by Chris Mooney. These same minds are anti-Endangered Species Act, anti-Environmental Protection Agency, all about state sovereignty over federal when it comes to wildlife and public land use with them favoring rancher and sportsmen and extraction industries and development and leasing public land to ranchers and farmers at a pittance of a fee. They largely think global warming is a hoax by the left and left-thinking scientists. They are of a flat earth mentality. Unfortunately, the goals of the far right are aided by an unconcerned and uninformed public, Congress, and state legislatures; and a public that hears those voices because newspapers and other media often repeat their lies, myths and folklore regarding wolves about stock or game herds depredations. These minds, the far right, are knee-jerk oppositional to change.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 04:19:30 +0000
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