@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 11 days agoMillions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administrationmander.xyzimagemessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageMillions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administrationmander.xyz@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 11 days agomessage-square288fedilinkfile-text
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/more-details-surface-in-trump-administration-plan-to-cut-national-forests/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoThat relies on the loggers fearing a murder charge. In Trump’s America, would a logger be charged with murder for “accidentally” killing a tree hugging protestor?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoSure would be a shame if the equipment kept experiencing catastrophic failure.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoTreesitters have been killed by loggers before and didn’t face murder charges iirc. They are probably more worried about wrongful death suits.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoThey were defending themselves against domestic terrorists /s (but actually just cynicism)
That relies on the loggers fearing a murder charge. In Trump’s America, would a logger be charged with murder for “accidentally” killing a tree hugging protestor?
Sure would be a shame if the equipment kept experiencing catastrophic failure.
Treesitters have been killed by loggers before and didn’t face murder charges iirc. They are probably more worried about wrongful death suits.
They were defending themselves against domestic terrorists /s (but actually just cynicism)