The protesters’ signs have improved since I complained. But opposition to gas wells across from a park and a hospital in Denton doesn’t seem to have grown much.
I’m sympathetic to their cause — or at least, I like to see people get passionate enough about a cause to march on the Denton Civic Center. But it’s plain that their efforts would be more fruitful if the entire enterprise weren’t being spearheaded by college-age kids who seem to embody the worst stereotypes of flaky young liberals.
Watch the video and you’ll see: 1)A guy sporting the Jesus look 2) Dreadlocks 3)A guy sipping a latte while holding his sign and 4 ) They call themselves members of the International Socialist Organization.
Maybe I’m being too hard on them. Their hearts are in the right place. And, like one of them says “[The wells have] the potential of releasing cancer-causing agents into the air, so that’s, you know, like a very big hazard to people’s health.”