Too many people see them as heros and still are looking for KKKers and White Racists to blame the ills of society on. 60% of the ALF/ELF eco terrorism has happened in Oregon. The current enviral hand maiden governor, Katznslobber had made sure that the OSP has not investigated these dangerous eco terrorists for crimes that they have commited.
A large % of Oregonians view the beseiged farmers/ranchers in the Klamath Basin as evil and the ALAS/ELFS/PETAS/ANARCHISTS as the good guys or folk heroes.