SPLC report: Hate groups in decline as views hit mainstream

The Associated Press ^ | March 9, 2022 | By AARON MORRISON

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The number of white nationalist, neo-Nazi and anti-government extremist groups across the U.S. fell for a third straight year in 2021, even as some groups were reinvigorated by the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol last year and by the ongoing culture wars over the pandemic and school curriculums.

The Montgomery, Alabama-based law center cited several examples including Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, whose discussion of a conspiracy likening immigration from nonwhite countries to a “great replacement” of white Americans last September was welcomed by white nationalists who were linked to the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The law center counted 98 active white nationalist groups in 2021.

Beyond the Capitol attack, the law center’s report details how several factions of the far right movement have been reinvigorated by political wedge issues. Issues fueling active hate and anti-government extremist groups include the banning of critical race theory and books that discuss LGBTQ identity in public schools, coronavirus vaccine and mask mandates, and immigration.

“This movement is working feverishly to undermine democracy, but what’s more startling is that they are also coalescing around a willingness to engage in violence,” Corke said.

Slowing any push toward authoritarianism, according to the SPLC, requires elected leaders to universally embrace democratic institutions, while also protecting the right to vote for communities of color and other marginalized people. The law center has also called for better funding of prevention programs that interrupt the radicalization of young people by hate and anti-government groups.

[unixfox]

But the number of false flag reports are up considerably.

[Whatever Works]

Well, I guess they will just have to identify more hate groups to go after, cuz without them, they lose their power and victimhood.

[DarrellZero]

SPLC lol. As if they have any credibility.

[lee martell]

What about the BLM’ers and those who want to be segregated away from whites or anyone not also black.
Are they reducing in numbers as well?
I tend to doubt it. Eventually this will happen, but not yet.
Too much positive reinforcement online to saying one hates white folks. That must change. Make All Racism Undesirbable Again!

[Tell It Right]

If it’s “hate speech” to tell you to quit calling everyone you disagree with “a hate group” ... you might be a Democrat. LOL

[Bishop_Malachi]

Ha! The “Associated Press”...Proving that shite journalism is very mainstream in 2021.

[jeffersondem]

Is this the group that radicalized a hate monger who went to to murder somebody?

What was that all about?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I’m 60 and have been in 47 states a lot....multiple times. I also lived in 5 different states. Not once, NEVER, have I ever met a neo-Nazi or a white supremacist. I’m not saying they do not exist but their numbers are so small they are rarely seen. On the other hand I now live in New York city and ROUTINELY run in to racist democrats who are constantly bashing white people, trying to make white people into something they are not which to me is a hate crime. And this is ALLOWED!

[epluribus_2]

Got to love the associated press. No way to imagine how someone could find racism to be the cause of January 6th in any way but it is a checkbox printed with a checkmark for every story outline. It was about a stolen election illegally removing a highly successful, motivating, widely beloved president because he represented the American people and spoke truth to power. The left viewed him as a national emergency and existential threat.

[ronnie raygun]

Only groups that are threatening the crime syndicate running the government

[bk1000]

Hate groups? You mean BLM and Antifa, right?

[alexander_busek]

“This movement is working feverishly to undermine democracy, but what’s more startling is that they are also coalescing around a willingness to engage in violence,” Corke said.

Not willingly boarding the cattle cars = "violence."

Regards,

[Jewbacca]

Yep.

I’m a swarthy Orthodox Jew.

Excepting one lady in Brandon, MS I’ve never had dealings with an antisemite in the USA that wasn’t black, middle Eastern, or part of a radical liberal group like ANTIFA BLM or 99%.

[Wilhelm Tell]

In other words, if you aren’t a “woke” student or corporate drone or an Antifa or BLM thug, you’re a “Nazi.” There’s a “Nazi” behind every tree. Got it.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Of course the AP and SPLC are hate groups.

[libertylover]

The number of white nationalist, neo-Nazi and anti-government extremist groups across the U.S. fell for a third straight year in 2021,

I guess the number fell from close to zero to closer to zero.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yes antisemitism is another thing besides the racism. They constantly called Trump a Nazi when he was in office, but THEY are the ones who are the antisemites! There is not one thing Trump has ever said or done that is antisemitic. They are totally projecting! We have to fight back, they need to be called out and exposed. This is one of the reasons why I still use social media like Twitter or Facebook. When I read about this crap, I confront these people on Twitter

[Track9]

The Jessie Smolette of credibility groups reporting from their walled in bunker full of elicit cash.

[MtnClimber]

Does the SPLC count themselves as a hate group? I think they are among the worst haters out there. Direct descendants of KKK grand masters bad is what they are.