So, you are equating a disagreement over what should be done with Federal land in Alaska to where someone stands on whether one of the wealthiest oil companies in the world making record profits should pay damages to the people whose lives and environment were ruined by Exxon's negligence or whether the oil company should be let off the hook. That makes no sense whatsoever.

And yes...I am aware of the Alaskan attitude towards oil drilling and the payouts they get both from oil profits and from the government. I happen to know people from Alaska and I know politicians in Alaska. Apparently unlike you I don't feel I have to agree with someone 100% to stand up for their rights. I don't personally believe flag burning is a reasonable thing to do, yet I support a person's right to burn a flag as part of freedom of expression. I personally don't think gun ownership is a logical thing for most people, but I support second amendment rights because they are Constitutional rights. So my personal views of whether there is any use whatsoever in drilling on pristine Federal lands has no bearing on whether I will support fellow Americans fighting for what they deserve from a negligent oil company that screwed them. You see, I consider people as mattering more than ideology and more than Exxon's profits.