Comments on: Fox News: Kids Should Be Punished For Caring About the Environment

By: BD

BD — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:26:32 +0000

After a good undeserved spanking from the media’s for being a pest, just remember they’re still our little ECO KIDS and it’s going to be their world. It’s our mess that they have been left to clean up and the world’s ECO KIDS are trying to do it the best way they know how as kids, probably not too differently then what you would have done at their age if you had been giving a similar challenge; so give the ECO KIDS a pat on the back instead of the smack, it just may go a long way in solving two problems. Thank goodness for the world’s ECO KIDS.

By: Jennifer Lance

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:19:49 +0000

Jamie, that’s why we love you…you have a unique family and show that environmentalism and liberalism do not need to be mutually tied together.

Brandie, no, I have never watched the show other than this clip, and yes, I could tell they were joking, but they had a base of belief in which to start the joking. Would Gutfeld actually punish his kids for going green, I believe yes if they tried to fine him like in the example he mentioned or they pushed him on the issue. To brush this off as just a joke is not ok with me, because I don’t find humor in offensive jokes, and yes, this is offensive to me. I had a history teacher in high school that asked, does it make you a racist to laugh at a racist joke? I would answer yes.

Sonja, I thought the same thing about the population bomb and Ehrlich’s ideas. Not a new idea at all. We discussed this in my environmental science courses in college the early 90s, and it wasn’t even a new idea then!

By: Jamie Ervin

Jamie Ervin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:30:48 +0000

I watch Fox… we are very Republican and generally pretty conservative. We are also VERY environmental. A contradiction, I know. I don’t think this was put out to be negative, ie, having eco conscious kids is bad. I think it was more a haha look how extreme this is because there is a lot of extremist mentality in environmentalism. I would NEVER allow my children to be in control in my house or to set rules. I do encourage my children to come up with new ideas and take responsibility. There is a huge difference between raising eco conscious children and allowing children to run the ship.

We have a large family. I don’t believe that large families are a bad thing, and I certainly don’t agree that population control is or should ever be considered as part of the environmental movement.

There are factors way beyond carbon footprints that go into family size. I can guarantee that my family of 7 has a smaller carbon footprint than most ‘average’ families of 4. I think eco families should have more children because they are raising more stewards of the earth. Wouldn’t that have a greater impact than anything? The U.S. is not at replacement birth rates, so I think population control is crazy, oh, and communist.

By: Sonja Cassella

Sonja Cassella — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:52:41 +0000

A movement to stop anyone from having more than two kids — I thought that was called “Zero Population Growth” and was greatly energized in the late 1970’s.

Anyway, there is some substance to the argument that more people means more pollution. However, there are many conflicting factors driving decisions to have or not have children, and in the U.S. and the developed world, birth rates are below replacement, so the issue would seem moot. Meanwhile, to suggest that those in the developing nations restrict births — although tremendous effort has already been put into that vein — makes developed nations seem like — dare I say it — they don’t want to “share.”

By: Brandie

Brandie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:43:15 +0000

Have you ever watched the show? The whole thing is full of sarcasm and humor. Pretty much any quote from the show looks horrible when taken out of context.
I actually watched that show he said that in, and I knew it would be picked up and people would be horrified … but it was funny – not serious.

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:19:52 +0000

This is absolutely infuriating! Even for Fox news.

I hate it when people insist you got 100% green or “shut up” like this. There is nothing wrong with expressing concern and changing one thing a day/week/month or even year. Everything we do has an impact and I’d rather see see a child be mindful of their carbon footprint than throw their trash on the ground in an effort to be as non-green as possible.