Given the despicable acts of Earth Day's founder, shouldn't the holiday be canceled? After all, this is the logic leftists use to cancel Columbus Day, writes cwtremo and Mike3wives.
oday is Earth Day. It is a holiday created by environmentalists in the 1970s to help protect the environment and save the planet. Like many things in this country's history, the annual celebration has its roots in Philadelphia. Earth Day's founder, Ira Einhorn, was born there, and the first Earth Day event occurred in the city's famous Fairmount Park in 1970.
Einhorn, a member of the counterculture pantheon, one of the founders of the environmentalist movement, an icon of the liberal intelligentsia, was a deranged murderer. He preached peace and love to his left-wing, hippie friends in the 1960s and '70s, only to commit a gruesome act of domestic violence. This hypocrisy is a common theme among radical, left-wing political activists — though most do not turn out to be bloodthirsty maniacs like Einhorn.
In 1997, Einhorn was found in France. Philadelphia's District Attorney's Office requested to have him extradited. However, the French denied the request, citing Pennsylvania's use of capital punishment and Einhorn's conviction in absentia as reasons for their refusal. Einhorn convinced the French courts not to extradite him until he received the promise of a new trial.
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