One thing I always find particularly annoying about right-wingers and conservatives is how oblivious they are to the presence of Gaia. Completely lacking in compassion and sensitivity, they are utterly incapable of feeling Her presence, even though She is all around, above, below and even through them!

Full of fear and hatred, they mock and deride anyone who worships Her. Take this vicious diatribe from the always offensive Tim Blair. In it, he mocks our beloved fellow traveller Tim Flannery f...
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Fellow travellers, as you well know I care deeply about the welfare of animals - or as I call them, non-human people. That's why I have been both saddened and ultimately heartened by this story about a tropical fish swallowed whole by an appalling Brit called Chris Caswell. Not only was the poor gilled being treated barbarically by the hoon, but the journalist who reported the story couldn't even decide on its classification.

I mean, the article linked above refers to it as alternatively a gup...
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