BP’s angriest critics open fire with F-bombs

July 30th, 2010 admin

The environmental movement UnF—k The Gulf is only putting into words (well, one specific word) how most of us have felt about the BP oil spill, and their edginess is balanced out by cool ideas like letting donors vote on which charities get their money. So of course, the group is getting death threats from gomers who think actual violence is less objectionable than rude language.


Originally posted on adfreak

 
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