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RajT88 ◴[] No.43643433[source]
I've observed this weird cognitive dissonance with outdoorsmen, since I am quite fond of fishing.

They tend to be a pretty hardcore MAGA bunch, but also don't like pollution because it messes up their sport. When you ask them about stuff like this (how can you support someone who pretty openly wants to mess up your pastime?), they get mad or change the subject.

I get it - people are complicated and can care about many things at once. Nobody likes it when someone is seemingly poking at their belief systems. Still - you'd think it'd give them some kind of pause.

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s1artibartfast ◴[] No.43643976[source]
As an outdoorsman, fisher, and hunter, I view the other party as at war my hobbies.

California banned the diesel engines being used by the fishing boat I went out on. Without 300k to retrofit, the charter went out of business and everyone lost their jobs.

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dymk ◴[] No.43644071[source]
Would you rather there be no outdoors for your grandchildren to hunt in? The “other party” isn’t at war with hunting, they just want a planet that’s livable for future generations.
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1. Whoppertime ◴[] No.43667740[source]
Why are people moving away from places like California with heavy environmental regulations? It seems like those states aren't livable for the current generations https://www.resiclubanalytics.com/p/net-domestic-migration-w... These 5 states saw the biggest net domestic migration INCREASE between July 2023 and July 2024:

Texas —> +85,267

North Carolina —> +82,288

South Carolina —> +68,043

Florida —> +64,017

Tennessee —> +48,476

These 5 states saw the biggest net domestic migration DECREASE between July 2023 and July 2024:

California —> -239,575

New York —> -120,917

Illinois —> -56,235

New Jersey —> -35,554

Massachusetts —> -27,480