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Actress Jane Fonda has never been one to get a standing ovation from conservatives, but her most recent insult should shake even her Democrat supporters.
The “activist,” who many believe provided aid and comfort to the enemy during the Vietnam War thus earning her the nickname of Hanoi Jane, is blaming white men for climate change.
Not white women mind you, as that would include her, and not men of any other race, even as China is the world’s greatest polluter, but only white men.
“We still have reason to be hopeful if we do everything right. But I’m saying this is serious. We’ve got about seven, eight years to cut ourselves in half of what we use of fossil fuels,” she said at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
“And unfortunately, the people that have the least responsibility for it are hit the hardest — Global South, people on islands, poor people of color. It is a tragedy that we have to absolutely stop. We have to arrest and jail those men — they’re all men – [responsible for the crisis],” she said, Deadline reported.
And, being the liberal that she is, she blamed “racism” and the “patriarchy” for the climate.
“It’s good for us all to realize, there would be no climate crisis if there was no racism. There would be no climate crisis if there was no patriarchy,” she said. “A mindset that sees things in a hierarchical way. White men are the things that matter and then everything else [is] at the bottom.”
“So when I say that I’m fighting the climate crisis, I also feel that I’m fighting patriarchy and racism. It’s important because we have to get out of the silos — feminists over here, environmentalists over here. That’s what I learned when I started being an activist around the Vietnam War. The more you go down any issue, whatever it is, you realize that it’s all connected. And if we solve the climate crisis and we haven’t solved those other things, we’re gonna be in trouble,” she said.
When she appeared on the NBC show, “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” in January she first gave her theory on the climate.
“Well, you know, you can take anything -– sexism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, whatever, the war, and if you really get into it, and study it and learn about it and the history of it and — everything’s connected. There’d be no climate crisis if it wasn’t for racism,” the actress, who has no scientific credentials that we are aware of, said.
When asked to explain her ridiculous theory she said, “Where would they put the s**t ?”
“Where would they put the poison and the pollution?” she said. “They’re not gonna put it in Bel Air. They’ve got to find some place where poor people or indigenous people or people of color are living. Put it there. They can’t fight back. And that’s why a big part of the climate movement now has to do with climate justice.”
Fonda lives a lavish lifestyle that likely includes using fossil fuels, and she is not alone in her hypocrisy.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, like most other Democrats, claims to be a champion of the Earth and extremely conscientious about the environment, but — like many of them — her actions belie her words.
“California Rep. Nancy Pelosi has continued her jet-setting ways despite relinquishing her leadership post and pushing for aggressive climate policies, according to a Fox News Digital review of campaign finance records,” the network reported on Wednesday.
According to her filings, her campaign spent $43,663.80 on private jet travel with Advanced Aviation in March, making her the largest spender on private jets in the first quarter of 2023.
Pelosi has a history of using charter aircraft, and her filings show that she has spent almost $700,000 in recent years, mainly with her preferred company, Advanced Aviation, Fox News noted further.
The flight company is headquartered in Northern Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C., and provides a range of aircraft for charter, including eight-seater turboprop jets for trips of up to three hours and 18-seater ultra-long-range jets.
