Colorado Paper Refuses To Retract Letter Calling For Violence Against Frackers

[Bailey Guns]

I say good on'im. As I am a fan on Edward Abbey and liked the "Monkey Wrench Gang" book, I think if more green enviroweenies put a little skin in the game (so to speak) we, as a society, would be a lot more cognizant of how we conducted out day-to-day lives. To start with, I reckon we'd be much less inclined to send such letters to a newspaper or be as flippant about violence. I also believe we'd be much more energy efficient. I'm not saying this lightly, much of my work over the last 15 years has been in spent energy extraction/development and I spent close to a year in the Williston Basin. I don't believe the enviros are correct, but I'm pretty sure things could be run a whole lot cleaner.

Flame on.

Not gonna flame you, but...

OK...so things "could be run a whole lot cleaner". I don't know enough about the process to really agree or disagree so I don't have a problem with that. I do have a problem with, "I say good on 'im". Because it could be done cleaner that justifies this?

If the oil and gas industry puts fracking wells in our neighborhoods, threatening our lives and our children's lives, then don't we have a moral responsibility to blow up wells and eliminate fracking and workers?

If that's the case, don't we have a moral responsibility to blow up the car that's driven by the chronic speeder thru the neighborhood that threatens our kids? Or the drug dealers...shouldn't we blow up the known drug houses? Or the guy who beats his wife and kids? Shouldn't they all be fair game to be "eliminated" and have their property destroyed?

The problem is, those are all bad analogies because the things those hypothetical people are doing are illegal. Fracking is legal, like it or not. It's not like an oil company sneaks into a "neighborhood" and does this on the sly.

My question is, when can I start to eliminate those that promote taking away our guns or otherwise restricting our Constitutional protections or just generally pissing me off with their progressive, bullshit policies? Cause I'd like to get started on that project right away.

[JohnnyDrama]

Thank you for the thoughtful and non-incendiary reply. It gave me some food for thought.

Not gonna flame you, but...

OK...so things "could be run a whole lot cleaner". I don't know enough about the process to really agree or disagree so I don't have a problem with that. I do have a problem with, "I say good on 'im". Because it could be done cleaner that justifies this?

If that's the case, don't we have a moral responsibility to blow up the car that's driven by the chronic speeder thru the neighborhood that threatens our kids? Or the drug dealers...shouldn't we blow up the known drug houses? Or the guy who beats his wife and kids? Shouldn't they all be fair game to be "eliminated" and have their property destroyed?

The problem is, those are all bad analogies because the things those hypothetical people are doing are illegal. Fracking is legal, like it or not. It's not like an oil company sneaks into a "neighborhood" and does this on the sly.

My question is, when can I start to eliminate those that promote taking away our guns or otherwise restricting our Constitutional protections or just generally pissing me off with their progressive, bullshit policies? Cause I'd like to get started on that project right away.

My post was the product of some frustration over several things. Firstly, the do-gooders out there who want to be nannies to the whole world and think they can legislate us into their idea of a better life. These people blindly follow the myopic political dogma of the parties until certain topics become mutually exclusive and nonsensical policies result. Secondly, some wonderment at why the gas and oil industry insists on putting wells and facilities in such plain sight. Some oil fields give me visions of Mordor. They are their own worst enemy. Lastly, people like Mr. O'Conner, who likely hasn't been on an oil field and spends his time clicking through social media, looking at other people's reposts, getting his panties in an ever increasingly large wad until he has to spout off to a newspaper. Like most people he probably doesn't care where the energy that lights his house comes from as long as when he flicks the switch, the lights come on.

You're correct. Fracking is legal and many other things are not. Many violent acts are not. Used to be that the difference between legal/illegal or right/wrong were pretty evident and one could trust their moral compass to tell the two apart. I'm not advocating violence but I think if more SJWs were help accountable either by the legal system or the public at large, they'd be more careful about what they say/do.

[Bailey Guns]

I'm not advocating violence but I think if more SJWs were help accountable either by the legal system or the public at large, they'd be more careful about what they say/do.

I absolutely agree with that. When you have mayors like the asshat in Berkeley who is likely affiliated with the anarchist group BAMN and police who either don't enforce the law or are ordered to NOT enforce the law, it's maddening. Frankly, I think the police should load up shotguns and/or rifles with less than lethal ammo and start firing on rioters as soon as it starts. If what happened in Berkeley, stayed in Berkeley, and was paid for by only those in Berkeley, I wouldn't give a rat's ass about what went on there. But you and I are the ones who pay for the damage and destruction caused by the communist-sympathizing lowlifes in the form of higher insurance and other ways regardless of where we live. Trust me...few people hate the leftist SJW types more than I do.