Kennedy says a lot of things that are going to go over very well in the alternative media. From A.J. Smuskiewicz at unz.com:
When I was a teenager in the mid-1970s, I considered myself to be an environmentalist. I wanted to protect natural habitats and wildlife because I loved them and I was interested in them. Those positive feelings had been inspired by my own experiences with nature and animals, as well as by Marlin Perkins’ Wild Kingdom and other animal television shows. Plus, there were still the lingering vibes of the nature and ecology movement from the ‘60s and early ‘70s. My family used to have one of those green “e” (for ecology) flag stickers on our house’s front window. If you’re around my age (63) or older, you probably remember that stylized e symbol.
But when is the last time you even heard the word “ecology”? That word implies an understanding and appreciation of the ways in which nature works—the ways in which wildlife interact with one another and their natural habitats and the ways in which humans interact with nature. Those were the kinds of things that I was interested in—just because I found them to be fascinating topics. And I remain interested in, and loving of, wildlife and nature today.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, people stopped talking about ecology, wildlife, and nature in ways that expressed love and genuine interest. Nowadays, kids will tell you that all the polar bears are going to drown and die because of global warming, but they probably can’t tell you anything about what polar bears eat, where they live, or how they behave. There seems to be none of the curiosity and joyful fascination I had as a kid about the basic scientific and zoological facts of the natural world. There is only the cramming of ever more doom-and-gloom into the little skulls full of mush (to borrow a phrase from Rush).
