Oh I ' m sure the people are protesting that , but it ' s not why standing rock originally made his whole stink . It ' s an obvious cash grab . And they have absolutely no legal case . That pipeline is getting built . What do I mean opens in a month ? I mean the tribe is deliberately making it seem like the water treatment plant they currently use , which is close to the pipeline , is what will be contaminated if a break happens . All the while knowing full well that it is going to be shut down and the new one opened 70 miles away . They . Are . Lying . And they are lying because the water situation is a red herring . It ' s not my fault you or any of the others protestors fell for it . Bet you didn ' t even know about that other facility . Hmm wonder why that is . Yeah pipelines leak . Shit happens . But with over 2 million miles of pipelines in the US , pointing to a single example of a leak and saying ' yeah but there ' s a leak ! ' Doesn ' t prove anything besides your ability to fall into logical fallacies . And that pipe was hit by a backhoe fyi . It didn ' t just fail on its own . I have all the facts on my side . That ' s why this pipeline will be built . That ' s why the tribe lost their court case to stop construction . That ' s why they ' ve changed why they are protesting in an effort to try this in the court of public opinion . Their arguments are bad and they should feel bad . But hippies who want to feel important love this kind of thing so they ' ll continue to excersize ZERO skepticism in regards to everything they read about it and trot out platitudes about water is life Maaannnn . Read the court docsdenyingPI . pdf if you want to actually understand why the tribe has zero legs to stand on . It ' s not about water . The pipeline is safe .