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Remember Erin Brockovich? The Hollywood Left thought so much of her environmental activism back in 2000 that she was the subject of the hit movie that bears her name, in which she was played by Julia Roberts. Moviegoers thrilled to the dramatization of Erin’s heroic fight against the faceless corporate greedheads of the California utility company Pacific Gas and Electric, which was contaminating the groundwater and lying to the locals about it. But in a telling indication of how quickly the Left has degenerated into a force for authoritarianism and totalitarianism, the once-celebrated Brockovich has now been classified as nothing less than a terrorist threat for raising a fuss about the release of toxic chemicals in the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
The celebrity-tracking site We Got This Covered noted Friday that “The real Erin Brockovich is Erin Brockoviching all over Palestine, Ohio.” Radar Online stated that same day that Brockovich “spoke out about the mishandling of the toxic train derailment catastrophe during a town hall meeting in East Palestine, claiming it appears to be a ‘classic cover-up’ by government agencies after a disastrous event.” It added that “the Biden administration has also been criticized.”
Like all authoritarians and would-be authoritarians, the Biden regime and its friends and allies hate to be criticized. This is demonstrated anew by their reaction to the simple news that Brockovich was heading to East Palestine. Yahoo News reported Thursday that “Ohio law enforcement issued a report late last month warning that events planned in East Palestine by the environmental activist Erin Brockovich could prompt a terrorist threat from violent extremists.” This was not a purely local effort. The report of the Ohio Statewide Terrorism Analysis & Crime Center Terrorism Analysis Unit Situational Awareness (STACC TAU) was “distributed to law enforcement agencies by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).” And so it’s clear: when does a hero of the Left become a terrorist? When a Leftist regime is on the receiving end of its criticism.
The STACC TAU report “assesses that special interest extremist groups will continue to call for changes in governmental policy, which may lead to protests in/around East Palestine and/or at the Statehouse in Columbus.” It notes that “environmental activist Erin BrockovichUSPER [United States person] is scheduled to be in East Palestine to explain residents’ legal rights. Brokovich has urged the community to use common sense and ask questions. Brockovich is also placing blame solely on Norfolk Southern. The STACC TAU assess this event could potentially increase tensions within the community.” That is a reasonable enough assessment, but the report doesn’t stop there.
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somehistory says
Psychopaths hate criticism and they fear people who can expose them. Psychopaths fight back in the only ways they know: lies, violence and pointing the finger at others for what they are doing, while denying all wrongs they have committed.
What many people don’t realize is, some psychopaths wear suits. “Snakes in Suits,” describes those who have high paying positions in society; doctors, attorneys, and politicians, among other professions.
Jedothek says
Does anybody fall for the mudslinging trick of calling people one dislikes “extremists”? some probably do. There are social circles in which I would arouse hatred merely by quoting Barry Goldwater’s statement ” extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice…”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I had a horrible opinion of Erin Brockovich when I saw that Julia Roberts movie years ago, for a variety of reasons. But seeing her remain intellectually honest even if it meant turning on her party is pretty refreshing
The other thing that struck me about this story was the Ohio governor Mike DeWine being pretty quiet during this crisis. Only elected official I’ve seen speak out about this has been Senator JD Vance
lyone says
Infidel, I am not sure where you are located. I live about 30 miles from East Palestine, and DeWine was all over the media in the first two weeks after the train derailment. He was advocating for stricter policies on defining what constitutes a hazardous load on trains passing through Ohio, and on mandatory notification for such loads to the state authorities. He also came to the site on several occasions since the derailment to survey the cleanup. . . . So just because certain media outlets don’t carry the events, that doesn’t mean they aren’t happening.