Reply #72: You know who said that and how LONG ago . . . ????

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It was Mario Cuomo -- probably 15 or more years ago -- saw him on C-span saying that --

I'm in NJ -- former New Yorker --

And it was intended as a warning -- very clearly.*

But it shows you how long ago these "labels" became ineffective --

Certainly, even FDR admired true conservatives -- people who valued nature --

life-affirming values -- !!!


And it was at least 15-20 years ago when I was driving home one night in my car and

the news announcer began a report . . .

"Former Gov. Mario Cuomo -- excuse me . . .

Former LIBERAL Gov. Mario Cuomo . . . "

Don't know if the announcer was trying to make clear what he was being told to do or

not -- but it woke me up!




* The warning can't completely succeed however unless people truly begin to understand

CONSCIOUSLY how patriarchy and it's underpinning -- organized patriarchal religion --

and capitalism are connected and how suicidal those concepts are.

And I would especially single out "Manifest Destiny" and "Man's Dominion Over Nature"

which are the licenses which permit exploitation of nature, natural resources, animal-life --

and even other human beings according to various myths of "inferiority."


The oil companies produced billions of dollars of propaganda vs Global Warming for

decades -- About 5-8 years ago most of them dropped out . . . but ExxonMobil is still at it!!

I don't mean that the oil companies are any less concerned with wealth/profits/greed --

but the spotlight was being turned on them. Finally, about a year and a half ago

the Royal Academy of Science called out ExxonMobil for it's lies, disinformation, misinformation,

etal re Global Warming. Keep in mind the New York Times gave them space on the Op-Ed page

for decades to run their anti Global Warming propaganda! Quite a disgraceful alliance!!

AND, they would permit no criticism of the ExxonMobil ads via "Letters to the Editor" saying

that you couldn't comment on "ads."