Sadly the SPLC has turned into the worst hate group in America. I can fully support their earlier work against real hate groups. However in recent years they have turned to targeting any individual or group whose opinion they disagree with. They target these people with publicity campaigns with the aim of causing violence to the individuals while intimidating them by demanding they be fired from their jobs, etc.
The SPLC has become a group that targets free speech of non-violent & non-hateful individuals. Free speech is one of the most important rights under our constitution.
Let's take a look at an example of a typical person the SPLC has targeted recently - Lou Dobbs. The SPLC listed Lou Dobbs on their Hate Watch list and demanded he be fired from CNN. The SPLC disagreed with his commentary on illegal immigration and therefore spent a significant amount of money and resources to target Lou Dobbs.
There are plenty of other recent examples of the SPLC trying to eliminate free speech and targeting peaceful, non-hateful people they disagree with politically.
The SPLC has become the exact example of what they should be opposing.
I agree, its absolutely asinine and also somewhat ironic that they label all these groups as hate groups, when they were the ones who were responsible for setting off the first terrorist, and almost getting a bunch of innocent people killed.
It does seem somewhat fitting that a couple of loons like dbphoenix and futurecurrents would put a lot of value into what a batshit crazy far left organisation like the SPLC thinks.
FBI Video: Family Research Council Shooter Admits He Used Southern Poverty Law ‘Hate Map’ to Track Down Target
The Virginia man who
pleaded guilty to an act of armed terrorism and assault with intent to kill in
last year’s shooting attack at the conservative Family Research Council said he got the idea from the liberal-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center’s
“hate map.”
In FBI interrogation footage
posted online Wednesday by the Family Research Council, Floyd Corkins II was asked how he found the organization.
“Southern Poverty Law lists, uh, anti-gay groups,” Corkins answered. “I found them online — did a little research, went to the website, stuff like that.”
A
report earlier this year said Corkins told the FBI he wanted to kill anti-gay individuals and used the law center’s website to find targets, but this is the first publicly-released video of the interrogation.
Corkins fired three shots in the Family Research Council lobby, injuring a guard who still managed to subdue him. He
was carrying nearly 100 rounds of ammunition as well as 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches, in the news at the time for the company’s stance upholding traditional marriage. Corkins later said he
wanted to kill as many people as possible, and then smear the sandwiches on the victims’ faces.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...rn-poverty-law-hate-map-to-track-down-target/
