05-09-2015, 03:28 AM
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Originally posted by MarkP
With all due respect Opihikao, you can't just waltz in and apologize as though for an unintended personal slight. This goes to the very heart of whether the protest is reasonable. The "movement" is demanding that the world take them seriously and inherent in that is a claim that their arguments are consistent and logical. If you want to play that card your arguments must be consistent and logical. In fact if you want to support others as they play that card you need to be on the forefront, pointing out their errors and keeping the message on point. When one freak voiced a vile opinion, the silence was deafening from the majority of the anti-TMT crowd. That was almost as bad as the original statement. Another lost opportunity to show the world that they are ready for prime-time. When weirdos at public hearings go on about poison clouds, well yeah there's weirdos in every bunch but again there was no response from the rest of the anti-TMTs to distance themselves other than the more reasonable ones such as yourself saying privately that they don't believe those things. Not good enough. You can't have your own private opinion while backing a mutually exclusive public opinion.
MarkP,
With this statement "You can't have your own private opinion while backing a mutually exclusive public opinion." you seem to be holding Opihikao responsible for a "movement" that she has even said she is not in total agreement with.
She is not speaking for the protesters, she is trying to voice what she sees, from her perspective, as being the core underlying issues for the anti-TMT crowd. Would you prefer that people who have personal knowledge of the opinions of the protesters not address what they have gleaned from discussions with people involved?