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Word For the Day - Controversialist
Aug. 11th, 2008 02:01 amControversialist. Not a term you'd hear in the States, but you should.
Caroline Lucas: You Ask the Question - The Independent (UK) - 11 Aug 08
"What do you say to people like Julie Burchill, who think Greens are just a bunch of middle-class hypocrites who would deny the working classes the same pleasures they enjoy? [-] Thomas Champion, Colchester, Essex
People who hold those views are themselves often people who earn considerably more than most Greens, and don't usually spend their time fighting to give a family free insulation for their home, to get workers a living wage, or to help save a local hospital. Greens work on these things every day, and should not be too bothered by a controversialist with a book to promote."
Are Greens Hypocritical? - BBC 4 - 06 Aug 08 [Audio segment - Six minutes]
"Green politicians have been attacked as "hypocritical" in a new book. Julie Burchill, author of Not In My Name: A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy, and environmentalist George Monbiot discuss whether the middle-classes can really be green."
Feature: Green Party Leadership Elections - Politics.co.uk - 09 Aug 08
"I put it to her that union workers, those in industries which will be crippled – even eradicated – by a radical environmental agenda, might not be so happy to learn of the imminent extinction of their profession.
'Their industries are under threat from climate change – not environmentalism,' she says. 'The Green party has a clear message - the transition from high to low carbon economy has to have workers in the forefront of it.'
'Given it has to happen one way or another, it can either be forced on us or we can manage it in the best way. Obviously it's frightening to realise your industry will change. But a post-carbon economy will need lots of skills and human power so it's very good news for a lot of workers. These industries will be more labour intensive than the fossil fuels they are set to replace.'"
Caroline Lucas: You Ask the Question - The Independent (UK) - 11 Aug 08
"What do you say to people like Julie Burchill, who think Greens are just a bunch of middle-class hypocrites who would deny the working classes the same pleasures they enjoy? [-] Thomas Champion, Colchester, Essex
People who hold those views are themselves often people who earn considerably more than most Greens, and don't usually spend their time fighting to give a family free insulation for their home, to get workers a living wage, or to help save a local hospital. Greens work on these things every day, and should not be too bothered by a controversialist with a book to promote."
Are Greens Hypocritical? - BBC 4 - 06 Aug 08 [Audio segment - Six minutes]
"Green politicians have been attacked as "hypocritical" in a new book. Julie Burchill, author of Not In My Name: A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy, and environmentalist George Monbiot discuss whether the middle-classes can really be green."
Feature: Green Party Leadership Elections - Politics.co.uk - 09 Aug 08
"I put it to her that union workers, those in industries which will be crippled – even eradicated – by a radical environmental agenda, might not be so happy to learn of the imminent extinction of their profession.
'Their industries are under threat from climate change – not environmentalism,' she says. 'The Green party has a clear message - the transition from high to low carbon economy has to have workers in the forefront of it.'
'Given it has to happen one way or another, it can either be forced on us or we can manage it in the best way. Obviously it's frightening to realise your industry will change. But a post-carbon economy will need lots of skills and human power so it's very good news for a lot of workers. These industries will be more labour intensive than the fossil fuels they are set to replace.'"
