Advertisers Co-Opting The Lorax With Half-Truths About Conservation

pigrabbitbear writes with an interesting opinion on the "green" marketing surrounding The Lorax movie adaptation. From the article: "There may be all kinds of reasons to defend the Lorax — Dr. Seuss's wondrous children's fable that's also a seminal book about conservation — from the wrath of Lou Dobbs and Fox News and others to whom the children's book-turned-Disney film is little more than liberal propaganda. ... For adults dealing with the real world of compromise, the Lorax is loved and hated for being such a ridiculously staunch environmentalist. Dude refuses to give an inch, which isn’t realistic, but certainly makes him a compelling character. That character is now being used as a shill for the CX-5, a small SUV that’s being billed as fuel-efficient and eco-friendly. What has the poor Lorax become?"

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Re:My problem with extremist environmentalists

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So, yes, the wild eyed quasi religious environmentalists DO sound like Chicken Little to a lot of us. So now they don't like CO2, great. We've managed to address a lot of other problems pretty successfully, so we're not gonna panic. Other than throwing all of civilization into chaos, what do they suggest?

I'll take this one, even though I don't know the name of the logical fallacy that you're perpetrating, and you're just an anonymous, cowardly troll. Pointing out a problem is a perfectly valid thing to do even if you don't have the solution. The forests are not coming back, although tree farms with dramatically reduced biodiversity have taken their place. Wolves are returning because of the efforts of conservationists. Acid rain has been decreased because of the efforts of conservationists. The brazilian rainforest is probably not stable, odds are that it will lose too much soil before it's recovered by vegetation, but I guess we could agree to differ on that one since the jury is still out. In essence, though, everything you said is either false or besides the point.

When you come up with a view worthy of being less anonymous and cowardly, please return and share it.