Following the series of early morning arrests, Occupy Portlanders seem to remain on track with today’s agenda. At noon today, Sierra Club plans on rallying in solidarity with the occupation at Chapman Square, with a focus on environmental reform. Writes Sierra Club’s Laura Stevens in a press release:
“Corporate polluters are destroying communities, polluting our air, land, and water, and stifling clean energy jobs. Wall Street and big banks are responsible for financing these destructive environmental practices, and they are profiting off of recklessly endangering our health.”
The press release goes on to elaborate on the rally itself — where participants will supposedly be wearing medical face masks and toting “Big Coal and Big Oil Make Me Sick” and “No Toxic Mercury” signs. The latter is clearly related to the toxicity of our publication, which is kind of them. Anyway, prepare for an environmental take on Occupy this afternoon, which — you never know — could have a federal audience.
I know, right?! Whenever I see one of you Sierra Club folks with an iPhone it makes me wonder what the hell you are thinking.
Seriously, don’t like corporations? Pull the rug out from under them by refusing to buy their shit. If you own Apple products, please shut your hypocritical mouth until you choose to practice what you preach.
I want to head down there with a
“No Toxic Willamette Week” sign.
Protip: the Sierra Club Master Card is issued by Bank of America.
https://tioga.sierraclub.org/joinorgive/me…
@ reid.parham: The Humane Society also has a Bank of America credit card. You gonna stop supporting puppies??
@1: Right, how dare they not be pure and perfect! The only way to avoid being a “hypocrite” is to be totally unwilling to compromise even on ordinary practical grounds — and of course it would win them so many more supporters if they acted like rigid technophobes who won’t buy anything except handmade local goods.
No, Scrum… just saying these organizations have to bite their tongues in odd ways to avoid offending affiliates.
Remember, smart gey, that you give the corporations the money, then they turn around and give it to the lawmakers who protect them. I do it, too. Rather than spouting off about “pure and perfect” (never wrote that, notice) just think about the fact that the Sierra Club is in business with Bank of America and that Apple is helping destroy destroy the environment. It’s just funny because you dumb hippies are willing to blame everyone but yourselves, and yet you (y’all) are the people who hold the all the (credit) cards.