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The Southern Poverty Law Center: A Twisted Definition of ‘Hate’
Capital Research Center ^ | November 1, 2006 | Matthew Vadum

Posted on 11/06/2006 8:33:05 AM PST by vadum

Obsessed with fundraising, the fabulously wealthy Southern Poverty Law Center exaggerates the scope of racism in the United States to frighten donors into opening their wallets. It spends little on actual litigation and uses politically skewed definitions of racism to indoctrinate children while smearing conservatives who question racial preference programs.

It has one key message: America is boiling over with hatred and intolerance. Decades after the civil rights movement forever changed America, U.S. race relations are always worse today than in the days of Jim Crow, according to SPLC. “Hate in America is a dreadful, daily constant. The dragging death of a black man in Jasper, Texas; the crucifixion of a gay man in Laramie, Wyo.; and post-9.11 hate crimes against hundreds of Arab Americans, Muslim Americans and Sikhs are not ‘isolated incidents.’ They are eruptions of a nation’s intolerance.” That’s the message posted at Tolerance.org, a Center website for its special project, “Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide.”

“Somewhere in America…EVERY HOUR someone commits a hate crime. EVERY DAY at least eight blacks, four gays or lesbians, two Jews, two whites and one Latino become hate crimes victims. EVERY WEEK a cross is burned,” according to the guide. [emphasis in original] If the Center’s math is correct, 8,760 “hate crimes” are committed in the U.S. every year and 52 crosses are burned. But that’s not exactly a tidal wave of bigotry in an ethnically diverse nation of 300 million people.

The SPLC fights what it labels “hate,” “intolerance,” and “discrimination,” but it defines those terms very differently than most Americans would. To the Center, you practice “hate” whenever you fail to genuflect with politically correct reverence before every human difference...

Excerpt above is from the full article which is available as a PDF file at http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/OT1106.pdf

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allen; bond; dees; splc; tancredo
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The Southern Poverty Law Center loves to smear conservatives, especially Senator George Allen (R-VA) and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) while ignoring the racist transgressions of liberals like Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) who used to be a paid recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan!
1 posted on 11/06/2006 8:33:07 AM PST by vadum
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To: vadum

Morris Dees is scum.


2 posted on 11/06/2006 8:34:50 AM PST by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: vadum

There's money in them there racist hills!


3 posted on 11/06/2006 8:35:10 AM PST by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yeah - seriously. Someone here ought to post up a link on this child molestor to educate those unfamiliar with exactly who is running the show.


4 posted on 11/06/2006 8:36:42 AM PST by mbraynard
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To: cripplecreek
Good morning.
"Morris Dees is scum."

Morris Dees is an enemy of the USA. He is worse than scum.

Michael Frazier
5 posted on 11/06/2006 8:40:46 AM PST by brazzaville (no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: vadum
I liked in the article when it mentioned that to be labeled 'Racist' today is like being labeled 'Communist' in the 1950s. Very good observation, and quite true.
6 posted on 11/06/2006 8:47:33 AM PST by Chewie84
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it mentioned that to be labeled 'Racist' today is like being labeled 'Communist' in the 1950s.

Not true. Most of the people being smeared today as "racist" are not really racist, whereas people who were labeled "Communist" in the 1950's (which BTW includes many of the members of the SPLC) were actually Communists.

7 posted on 11/06/2006 8:51:07 AM PST by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 77-78)
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To: vadum

Southern Poverty Law Center = Racist Hate Mongers.



8 posted on 11/06/2006 8:58:48 AM PST by YOUGOTIT
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To: vadum

Southern Poverty Law Center follows Saul Alinsky's recommendations from beginning to end. It is a hotbed for socialism under the guise of "tolerance" and civil rights, and I hope their lawsuit gets drop-kicked out of court.


9 posted on 11/06/2006 8:59:22 AM PST by 3AngelaD
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Southern Poverty Law Center
Getting Americans To Hate Each
Other For Fun & Profit Since 1960

10 posted on 11/06/2006 9:06:38 AM PST by Doctor Raoul (Difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic is that the Free Clinic knows how to stop a leak.)
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To: 3AngelaD
Southern Poverty Law Center
Getting Americans To Hate Each
Other For Fun & Profit Since 1960

11 posted on 11/06/2006 9:07:09 AM PST by Doctor Raoul (Difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic is that the Free Clinic knows how to stop a leak.)
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To: vadum
Hate in America is a dreadful, daily constant

Bullship. End of story.

12 posted on 11/06/2006 9:15:10 AM PST by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: cripplecreek
"Morris Dees is scum."

Glad to hear someone say it so clearly. He and his SPLC certainly demonized the militia some years ago.

Carolyn

13 posted on 11/06/2006 9:17:27 AM PST by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: Doctor Raoul

So true.


14 posted on 11/06/2006 9:23:16 AM PST by 3AngelaD
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To: vadum

Never did like Morris Dees, a self-aggrandizing, self-appointed POS.


15 posted on 11/06/2006 9:29:55 AM PST by lilylangtree
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The Southern Poverty Law Center is also part of a new "working group" that includes three other groups that are working with the Mexican government. They not only make comments about illegal immigration, they're involved in at least one lawsuit (Stillmore, GA).
16 posted on 11/06/2006 9:48:44 AM PST by lonewacko_dot_com (http://lonewacko.com/blog)
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To: vadum
If you're NOT a liberal, you're a bigot. Simple.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

17 posted on 11/06/2006 9:50:16 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: vadum

The SPLC HAS added the MMM (Nation of Islam) to their list of hate groups. 'Bout time with all of Louis Fahrakhan's antisemetic rants and talk of white devils.


18 posted on 11/06/2006 9:59:30 AM PST by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: lilylangtree

A close look at Morris Dee's origins and personal life would be an eye opener for anyone that thinks the SPLC is a wonderful organization. Dee's makes Bill Clinton look like a saint.


19 posted on 11/06/2006 10:14:49 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: vadum

The Southern Poverty Law Center is the group that got two Texas ranchers on the border convicted and took their ranch so they could suck up to a "wetback".


20 posted on 11/06/2006 11:01:22 AM PST by RoadTest ( He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -Rev. 3:6)
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