Typical Lib phony hypocrite. Lectures to the world about the “dangers” of “Global Warming” while flying around on his private jets, owns four homes, two mansions — in Hollywood and Palm Springs — two apartments in NYC, and spent the summer on the fifth biggest yacht in the world, rented from a billionaire oil tycoon.
But he drives a Prius, so I guess all is forgiven.
Via Daily Caller:
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s carbon footprint is much larger than he would have his fans and environmentalist pals believe.
Robert Rapier, a Forbes writer and renewable energy insider, took exception to DiCaprio’s Oscar award acceptance speech Sunday, particularly his comments castigating “big polluters.”
….The fact that DiCaprio is a man of opulent tastes who criticizes polluters, Rapier writes, essentially eats into the efficacy of his credibility as an environmentalist.
“The problem is that DiCaprio himself is one of those ‘big polluters,’ which diminishes his moral authority to lecture others on reducing their own carbon emissions,” writes Rapier.
He continued: “While DiCaprio has donated a lot of his time, money, and effort into raising awareness on the issue — as he did in his Oscar speech — he unnecessarily hands ammunition to his opponents with his own wasteful consumption.”….
Related:
Daily Signal: The Inconvenient Facts the Media Ignore About Climate Change
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Hollywood gave him the Oscar for his performance in a movie where he was, Mauled by Bigfoot. Hellooooo!
It’s always interesting to look at the specific words that are used to make a point. This is the speaker’s (or journalist’s) subtle indication of how the reader is expected to process the information. Are the descriptive words blunt or soft? Consider how the charges could have been conveyed more forcefully. (I’m not saying they should have been; just noting how we are led.)