House Natural Resources Committee goes after Patagonia for suing Trump

[Taki]

Patagonia recently has very publicly come out against the Trump Administration's action of shrinking Bears Ears National Monument by 85% and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by ~50%. These are lands are YOUR land and its management is paid for by your taxes. Now it'll be privatized and you may never be able to visit much of them again.

Check out what Patagonia set as their home page for the better part of last week: http://www.patagonia.com/protect-public-lands.html

The House Natural Resources Committee responded to Patagonia's sueing of the Trump Administration:

The committee tweeted out an image that mocked Patagonia's announcement that it would sue the administration over the decision.

"The assertion that 'the president stole your land' is designed to mislead and terrify the uninformed. Their deception speaks volumes about their contempt for rural Americans in Utah," the committee said in a statement.

"Of course, Patagonia, a self-interested corporation like any other, knows the truth, but they don't care. Lies and distortions are better for their bottom line," the statement said.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/364058-house-committee-attacks-patagonia-for-suing-trump

Very calm and measured federal response. Not overly defensive at all.

 

[Deleted member 31817]

Lol

 

[Deleted member 31817]

Does anyone else see the irony in tearing down corporations as being selfish and promoting a move that privatized land in the same statement?

 

[see5harp]

They say that thinking that I care about people in rural Utah. I care way more about my dope ass Patagonia fleece.

 

[Ithil]

Blah blah blah coastal elites. They need a new playbook.
People know they're the ones who are actually in the pocket of corporations. I mean the entire reason for shrinking these monuments is to sell the land out to private corporations for destructive drilling and mining.

 

[Dyle]

Olympic level mental gymnastics. Insane seeing a government agency use the words "wealthy elitist urban dwellers" in an official publication

 

[Taki]

Olympic level mental gymnastics. Insane seeing a government agency use the words "wealthy elitist urban dwellers" in an official publication

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Can you imagine if the Obama administration had issued a statement talking smack about "uneducated rural hicks in Utah"? What would even be the reaction?

 

[Sobriquet]

This is FUCKING crazy

 

[MasterChumly]

Can you imagine if the Obama administration had issued a statement talking smack about "uneducated rural hicks in Utah"? What would even be the reaction?

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Seriously

 

[cameron]

Angsty and dumb as shit propaganda is always a good look for an official government entity.

 

[Deleted member 11157]

We are through the looking glass.

 

[tsampikos]

Blah blah blah coastal elites. They need a new playbook.
People know they're the ones who are actually in the pocket of corporations. I mean the entire reason for shrinking these monuments is to sell the land out to private corporations for destructive drilling and mining.

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You can lie through your teeth and still have around 50% chance of getting what you want without any additional effort. Why would they change playbooks.

 

[Fart Master]

Our government everybody

 

[Shedinja]

The language used in official statements since the inauguration still shocks me.

"Wealthy elitist urban dwellers from New York to San Francisco"? Really?

Imagine the outrage if a prominent Democrat called out "poorly educated racists from red states", or something like that.

 

[mac]

This has to be illegal.

 

[Blader]

This reeks of Stephen Miller's shitty writing.

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Whoever takes over for Trump is going to have a hell of a job scraping all the shit off the walls.

 

[Taki]

This has to be illegal.

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[AYF 001]

The language used in official statements since the inauguration still shocks me.

"Wealthy elitist urban dwellers from New York to San Francisco"? Really?

Imagine the outrage if a prominent Democrat called out "poorly educated racists from red states", or something like that.

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One word: "Deplorables"

 

[Dead Man]

Well that manages to insult more than a few groups. Well done, government department!

 

[Reluctantly Gumblesmug]

if there's a moral high ground here, the trump administration will try to privatize it.