According to their own logic SPLC should be closed as racist -
1. the first word in their title is southern
2. southern states owned slaves
3. southern states started the civil war to keep slavery
4. ergo SPLC is hereby proven racist.
Falsely Smearing Conservatives as âHatersâ
Regardless of how dramatically SPLC overstates their numbers, white racists like neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and skinheads indisputably deserve the âhate groupâ label. But the Center
extends that designation also to conservative and libertarian organizations that harbor no ill will against any demographic group, and that merely hold positions contrary to those of SPLC on issues of social or political import.
As syndicated columnist Don Feder writes: âWhat makes the Southern Poverty Law Center particularly odious is its habit of taking legitimate conservatives and
jumbling them with genuine hate groups (the Klan, Aryan Nation, skinheads, etc.), to make it appear that thereâs a logical relationship between, say, opposing affirmative action and lynching, or demands for an end to government services for illegal aliens and attacks on dark-skinned immigrants.â
The
City Journal puts it this way: âIn the popular perception, 'hate group' is a label that appropriately describes the KKK, neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, and similar groups â and the SPLC does in fact label them as such â but the SPLC misleadingly lumps these odious groups together with mainstream organizations with which it disagrees, solely because of their views regarding, among other issues, LGBT rights, immigration policy, and opposition to Sharia Law.â
Yet
another City Journal piece says: â[R]easoned discourse requires that disagreement be expressed through facts and argument, not pejorative name-calling, innuendo, and guilt by association. The SPLC deliberately blurs the distinction between true hate groups, peaceful activists, and reputable organizations with which it disagrees.... What ...........................
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) - Discover the Networks
SAME LINK :
âThey [SPLC] wish to silence those who speak honestly about the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat, blaming us for a supposed rise in 'Islamophobia.' If they really want to stamp out suspicion of Islam, of course, they will move against not us, but [against] the likes of ⌠Muslims who commit violence in the name of Islam and justify it by reference to Islamic teachings. The SPLC doesnât do that because its objective is not really to stop 'Islamophobia' at all, but to create the illusion of a powerful and moneyed network of 'Islamophobes,' who can only be stopped if you write a check to the SPLC. Thatâs what this is really all about.
âIn constructing this illusory edifice, the SPLC labels me and fourteen others 'anti-Muslim extremists.' We are, of course, no more 'anti-Muslim' than foes of the Nazis were anti-German, but note the word 'extremists.' Thatâs the mainstream media and Obama administrationâs term of choice for jihad terrorists.... [A]ll we have done is speak critically about jihad terror and Sharia oppression. The SPLC is trying to further the libel that we are the other side of the coin, the non-Muslim
bin Ladens and
Awlakis....â
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