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meghan88

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Patagonia takes on Trump!
« on: April 06, 2018, 08:50:38 AM »
https://www.gq.com/story/patagonia-versus-donald-trump

Patagonia's founder seems to be a really interesting dude and a real environmental activist.  From the article:

“I think the only thing this administration understands is lawsuits. We're losing this planet. We have an evil government.… And I'm not going to stand back and just let evil win.”

Patagonia is actually suing the White House in federal court.

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Re: Patagonia takes on Trump!
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2018, 01:50:43 PM »
For all the rhetoric about needing guns to stand up to an oppressive government . . . this approach is infinitely more likely to be successful in a democracy.

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Re: Patagonia takes on Trump!
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2018, 04:20:27 PM »
For all the rhetoric about needing guns to stand up to an oppressive government . . . this approach is infinitely more likely to be successful in a democracy.

Agreed.  But while this approach is refreshing, it's only a tiny step toward achieving critical mass re. environmental mindfulness.

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Re: Patagonia takes on Trump!
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2018, 08:14:11 PM »
For all the rhetoric about needing guns to stand up to an oppressive government . . . this approach is infinitely more likely to be successful in a democracy.

Agreed.  But while this approach is refreshing, it's only a tiny step toward achieving critical mass re. environmental mindfulness.

Question.

How many lawsuits in how many courts can be brought against Trump before he simply runs out of money to defend them all?

I'm sure there's enough legitimate cases...

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Re: Patagonia takes on Trump!
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2018, 04:32:47 PM »
For all the rhetoric about needing guns to stand up to an oppressive government . . . this approach is infinitely more likely to be successful in a democracy.

Agreed.  But while this approach is refreshing, it's only a tiny step toward achieving critical mass re. environmental mindfulness.

Question.

How many lawsuits in how many courts can be brought against Trump before he simply runs out of money to defend them all?

I'm sure there's enough legitimate cases...

I believe in this case, it's the federal government that's being sued, so it's not coming out of his pocket ... this time.  But - Stormy - you go, girl!!

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Re: Patagonia takes on Trump!
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2018, 06:33:53 PM »
Saw this a few months ago and was thrilled to see them stand up to Trump's stupidity. They also led the Outdoor Retailer show out of Utah in response. If the R's only understand money, then hitting them in the pockets seems to be the right course of action.