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Why are sportsmen not stronger advocates for conservation and environmental protection? Does this not hit close to home for you?
Dems have many more environmental protection policies, but also have a ton of overreach policies and many that are clear double standards. Like most issues, there is a MUCH better approach that neither party seems to focus on.
I follow a few saltwater fishing reports forums like this one. In my dream world, I am retired and fishing the ocean every day in my $500k offshore boat and even slum it up surf fishing like my boring real life does for vacation... If my dream world was my real world, I would look the other way of Trump being a complete clown and vote Republican at every level. The hot topics that reach those forums are almost all Dem overreach, pandering to the far left wacko environazis. Just like this forum, I look at the issues, try to do a reasonable amount of research and form my opinion of where the truth lies. It is almost always the far left environazis that hide under the "environmental protection" BS. Beach closures so migrating birds don't get upset and chirp at you... Even to people on foot, staying clearly away from their nests. Having ridiculously speed restrictions in the open ocean due to migrating wales (who have something like .0001% incident report of anything smaller than a cargo ship hitting them). Flounder and other fish harvest restrictions for recreational fishermen, but completely fine for commercial fishermen. Not allowing bridges or roads due to some sort of endangered insect or bird migration found in the area. But look the other way when it comes to wind farms, solar farms or other clean energy projects. I am just fine with those projects and I don't buy into the BS that they are killing wales or use more energy than they produce wacko right wing crap. But the idea that these environazis will get in the way of any project and ends up making it cost 2-3 times the initial budget, but then have no issues with clean energy or other self serving projects, is a clear double standard. And are 99.9999999% Democrat supported. So, yes, I can see why many sportsmen wouldn't approve of the Democratic party.
I know many Republicans that recycle, reuse, reduce and wouldn't think to dump chemicals (legally or not), support C&R and only keep what they plan to consume. Many that look for more efficient motors or other (often more to due with lower cost of ownership). Many that do admit that climate change is partially to do with humans and we probably should do something about it. But the Dem party is lying about being the answer. Sure, some of their policies are good, but some are complete attack on sportsmen. Their constant support of environazis that have seemed to wage war on sportsmen for years isn't going to have many blindly switch to the Dem party for pretty good reason.