Terry Zink has spent 57 years building a life in Montana’s backcountry. The 57-year-old third-generation houndsman from Marion—a remote town nestled deep within the Flathead National Forest—runs a small archery target business serving outdoor recreation workers and guides who, until recently, had steady employment managing America’s public lands. Contents
Those workers are disappearing. Their jobs are gone. And Zink, who voted for Trump in 2024, is watching his customer base—and his livelihood—vanish before his eyes.
“You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,” Zink told Politico reporters as he surveyed the damage. “You cannot fire our firefighters. You cannot fire our trail crews. You have to have selective logging, water restoration, and healthy forests” (1).
Indeed.
That’s a typical conservative, religious viewpoint that sees women and children as property to be used by men.
It’s a man’s prerogatvie, after all to put his dick wherever he wants. Whenever he wants. It’s a potent heady power trip for men that are single and lonely and feel powerless.
Vile nonetheless, lest you think I make excuses for it.