Michael Moore/Al Gore - there is nothing immoral about liking some of their viewpoints. Standing up for the small person, protecting the environment… being against capitalism… there is nothing morally wrong with this?
Sina,
I think one of the problems that many people have with Al Gore is that his environmental viewpoint is hypocritical. He may talk about protecting the environment, but in his personal actions he walks a different walk.
President Bush heats his Texas ranch with geothermal energy. Al Gore uses natural gas, and his house consumes more energy then the average American house uses in one year. Source:
snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
I am a conservative. However, my house is about 75% flourescent lighting. I use solar lights outside so they are not on the electric grid. I do not water my lawn and aside from a little browning in August, it does quite well. All of my shrubs are native to the region and require nothing but trimming. My roof is black so as to absorb as much solar energy as possible for heating. All of my appliances are energy efficient.
I don’t know why people talk about conservatives not wanting to protect the environment. In fact, I know many liberals who are totally against nuclear energy, even though it’s far more environmentally safer then many of the alternatives. All of the waste could be buried in a very small site for years to come. Certainly better then all of that CO2 emitted by other power plants. With sufficient nuclear power, America could perhaps go to plug in hybrid cars and really start using less gas.
As far as standing up for the small person, conservatives generally support finding people work. We don’t believe in the government supporting able bodied healthy people who can work. Was it not St. Paul who said if someone will not work, let him not eat? I don’t think he was arguing for starvation, but making a point that people need to work. I am a small person. I am your typical average nobody here, and I do quite well in this country. I am very thankful.
However, I do agree with you that there is nothing sinfull in which side you pick. It’s just that we think differently. I also agree with you that our foreign policy is far to aggressive. Not only are we spending waaaay to much money, but I think we should become far more isolationist. There is no need for us to be involved in the affairs in other countries as much as we are. If there is a civil war, the best thing to do is let them fight it out until there is a military winner. That’s what happened in ours.
Had the UN interfered in our civil war, we’d still be fighting it.
