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- adj. derogatory Supporting of environment concerns such as combatting pollution, deforestation, etc.
Examples
“Let all the wretched tree-hugging mammals tremble when they hear my name…Caroline SpelmanDear Ms SpelmanYou are suffering from an extreme case of repressed megalomania.”
The Guardian: Dr Gerry Mander: the therapist the stars trust
“She was, in her own words, the "typical tree-hugging granola-crunching liberal" and worked on Capitol Hill.”
“Those hemp-growing, tree-hugging, corporate-hating deistic free loving and free thinking present-at-the-creation Americans believed above all that the Truth would keep us free.”
The Huffington Post: Harvey Wasserman: The Tea Party/GOP Would Hate Our Actual Founders
“The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.”
“An alien planet of tree-hugging indigenous creatures is invaded by an armada of humans that seek to exploit the planet's natural resources, and only a single human and his relationship with a female alien can save the day.”
“What's more, Hatch is an unabashed tree-hugging, parrano cheese-eating,Pitchfork-reading liberal who has alienated his party's base by opposing health care reform, gay rights and wall street overhaul.”
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“I know people will kill him as some tree-hugging left-wing activist.”
Crist wants special session, amendment to ban offshore drilling
““… Avatar can mould you into some kind of crying, tree-hugging, man baby””
“Tone of campaign ad voice over: ApocalypticPoll standing IA: 1st, 25% NH: 4th, 9.7%Typical facial expression: Dazedly giddyTake on Obama: Foreign-born tree-hugging terroristKey quote: "I'm a doer, not a talker.”
The Guardian: Rick Perry's election evolution: versions 1.0 through 4.0 | Ana Marie Cox
“Put a computer in your tree-hugging, pot-smoking, hemp-wearing cousin Horizon Flower's hands and she signs in as Militant Uber-Environmental Queen Who Thinks Anyone Questioning Industrial Wind Turbines Is a NIMBY Asshole never mind that the growers supplying her weed are busy destroying the natural forest as she types!”
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