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The SPLC Owes Me an Apology Too
CharismaNews.com ^ | 02/13/2015 | MICHAEL BROWN

Posted on 02/13/2015 8:24:20 AM PST by aimhigh

I'm pleased to see that the Southern Poverty Law Center has come to its senses and apologized to Dr. Ben Carson, removing him from their "extremist" list. But they need to apologize to me too, since I'm still on their list, along with a number of other Christian leaders whom they have branded anti-gay extremists.

To be sure, I have considered it a badge of honor to be on the SPLC's list, actually writing an article in 2012 thanking them for placing me in their elite category of "30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right."

Several years ago, I received a letter from Mark Potok, spokesman and director of the SPLC, offering to enlighten me in the error of my ways if I, along with others receiving the letter, had been duped by various pro-family organizations.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: michaelbrown; splc

1 posted on 02/13/2015 8:24:20 AM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

The SPLC is a socialist hate group.


2 posted on 02/13/2015 8:28:10 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: aimhigh

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....if, that’s IF in capital letters one isn’t an extremist in the eyes of the SPLC, then I don’t want anything to do with them as a candidate.


3 posted on 02/13/2015 8:28:42 AM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: aimhigh

SPLC has defined holding an opinion that they have not approved to be a hate crime. They need to expalain what it is about Dr Carson’s skin color that make his opinion not a hate crime.


4 posted on 02/13/2015 8:31:19 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: aimhigh

The SPLC is a hive of domestic terrorists.

Find out who funds them and have the IRS give those folks the same treatment TEA Party/Conservative groups received.


5 posted on 02/13/2015 8:32:58 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: aimhigh

SPLC didn’t issue any real apology to Carson, they obfuscated into another attack.


6 posted on 02/13/2015 8:41:16 AM PST by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Arm_Bears

Their funding is well known.

And far from being classed as terrorists - which they are, but their real expertise is subversion - the FBI uses them routinely as a source, although recently thats changed...supposedly.

SPLC routinely smears people with legally actionable terms like calling them Hate criminals or organizations, which the government then acts on.

Simply because they dont agree with far left extremist ideas that the SPLC espouses.

So thats the real question - why does the government use their slander and lies to arrest and destroy people? When did the FBI become the enforcement arm of the Socialists?


7 posted on 02/13/2015 8:46:49 AM PST by Regulator
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To: baltimorepoet

“The SPLC is a socialist hate group.”

A CPUSA founded hate group


8 posted on 02/13/2015 8:57:46 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Regulator

The FBI behaves more like an enemy of freedom these days. No Efrem Zimbalist Jr. likeness anymore.


9 posted on 02/13/2015 8:59:41 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: aimhigh

The SPLC has everyone to the right of Stalin on their list. Wear it as a badge of honor.


10 posted on 02/13/2015 9:12:41 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I was fascinated to find that the current FBI director actually signed an Amicus Curiae brief in favor of queer marriage in Hollingsworth v. Perry.

Rather amazing that such a man - a far left zealot and partisan - is supposedly an impartial officer of the law, heading up a police organization which operates both nationally and internationally, with a 10 year tenure to his term.

Just amazing.


11 posted on 02/13/2015 9:19:39 AM PST by Regulator
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To: Regulator

Yeah, this guy is bad news. The TRUE irony is that when I was a kid, this FBI director would likely be investigated by the old one for subversive activity!


12 posted on 02/13/2015 9:26:23 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker
The FBI behaves more like an enemy of freedom these days. No Efrem Zimbalist Jr. likeness anymore.

*THESE* days? They've been such ever since their inception. What *has* changed, however, are the ones 'holding their leash' so to speak. Half a century ago, those opposed to Marxism/Leninism held the leash, now supporters of same hold the leash.

But the nature of the beast on the other end of the leash didn't change at all...

the infowarrior

13 posted on 02/13/2015 9:36:12 AM PST by infowarrior
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To: aimhigh

The SPLC is itself an extremist hate group. Who cares what they say?


14 posted on 02/13/2015 9:58:04 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: aimhigh

Political enemies lists have no place in a free society.

The Southern Law Poverty Center is a far left organization with a political agenda.


15 posted on 02/13/2015 10:17:28 AM PST by GOPJ (If you can't get on the high horse for men burned alive and children raped, what's the horse for?)
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To: aimhigh

SPLC is a hate group.


16 posted on 02/13/2015 10:44:27 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: baltimorepoet

You forgot racist.


17 posted on 02/13/2015 10:44:44 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Regulator

I’m convinced that Bam-Bam is himself a sodomite, and routinely appoints sodomites to any available office.


18 posted on 02/13/2015 10:50:21 AM PST by NorthMountain
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To: stephenjohnbanker
this FBI director would likely be investigated by the old one for subversive activity!

Been meaning to write Mr. Sessions about doing just that.

The epic crime wave on our border should motivate thousands of FBI agents to do something. Yet...nothing.

Nope. Mr. Comey hunts for WASPs with squirrel rifles, or 'insider information' as he did when he prosecuted Martha Stewart.

But Sessions is probably already on to him...

19 posted on 02/13/2015 10:58:46 AM PST by Regulator
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