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Dr. Oz says the left thinks human beings are cockroaches and that's why they don't like fracking

2022-04-15 00:00:00

Nostrum peddler and GOP political candidate Mehmet Oz shared his bizarre thinking about human beings, God, and fracking on Ted Nugent's internet video show, The Nightly Nuge.

Here's why I think they don't want energy coming out of the ground. The far left believes we're a pestilence, human beings are cockroaches on the planet. If you give us tools to prosper, we'll just destroy more because we're not a force for good. If you think God created man to be something that was special, unique, and that is the divinity — I can look in your eyes I see that spark of God in you. If you believe that, then you would want us harvesting the cleanest energy possible and using it while we move to even better sources. But if you think we're bad, evil, toxic creatures that should not be on the planet, you're going to block every effort and that's what happened.

Dr. Oz said the left believes "human beings are cockroaches" and it's people who believe God created man to do good who support fracking. pic.twitter.com/iT2QHSJ8q2 — PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) April 15, 2022

This is, of course, a completely unfounded and ridiculous claim. The reality is that there are many legitimate reasons to oppose fracking, such as

water contamination

release of methane gas, which is a powerful greenhouse gas

disruption of local ecosystems

gas explosions

noise and visual pollution

toxic chemical exposure

None of these have anything to do with some kind of conspiracy to keep humans from prospering. They are simply the result of fracking being an industrial process that comes with environmental costs. If anything, Oz must think people are cockroaches, the only creatures hardy enough to survive an environment ravaged by fracking.
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