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Your point was on public opinion
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Your original post seemed to be making the claim that "environmentalism is dead" because the public doesn't trust environmental activists. My response is that public support for environmental causes is fairly high, and their overall view of environmentalists is fairly positive (compared to their views of business leaders and politicians, at least). Certainly it's not a lost cause politically, which seemed to be the point of your quote.

If the point you *really* want to make is that some environmentalists say crazy things, or they ignore tradeoffs like the benefits of banning DDT vs increase in malaria as a result, that's another topic entirely.

Whether or not people *should* listen to environmentalists, they do. Creationists may be crazy too, but also have substantial public support. I disagree with you on how wrong the evironmentalists are, but whether you are wrong and whether you are "dead" politically are two separate questions.

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