David Neiwert“The fight to decide what kind of humans we are going to be, what kind of world are we going to make? Are we gonna be empathetic, decent, kind generous people, or are we going to be cruel and greedy and mean? Or do we want to believe that we can continue to control the world as its lord and master? Or do we maybe need to understand that we are just part of the world and need to find a better way of fitting into it?”
“Killer whales are the consummate northwest environmental story.”
“…how you deal with the alt-right… you can’t pretend them away. You can’t ignore them away.”
“To me the fight against Trump and against hate groups and against the far radical right is very much the same fight that I’m engaged with when it comes to saving the whales – which is the fight to decide what kind of humans we’re going to be. What kind of world are we going to make? Are we going to be empathetic, decent, kind generous human beings or are we going to be cruel and greedy and mean?”
“You can’t go out and change anybody’s hearts and minds to get them to become a more decent person by spewing hate and wishing death on others.”
“They will go extinct if we don’t take those dams down.”
“They’re just the coolest animals on the planet”
“Public pressure really is foundational for effect change, but at the same time I don’t think that, ya know can’t we multitask”
“The fight to decide what kind of humans we are going to be, what kind of world are we going to make? Are we gonna be empathetic, decent, kind generous people, or are we going to be cruel and greedy and mean? Or do we want to believe that we can continue to control the world as its lord and master? Or do we maybe need to understand that we are just part of the world and need to find a better way of fitting into it?”