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Southern Poverty Law Center labels parents' rights groups extremist, anti-government
UPI ^ | June 6, 2023 | By Sheri Walsh

Posted on 06/06/2023 6:23:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

June 6 (UPI) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report Tuesday saying hate groups are on the rise and targeting public education through book bans and protests, as the center labeled 12 right-wing parents rights groups extremist.

The report, titled "Year in Hate & Extremism," documents 1,225 active "extremist hate groups which are stripping communities of their rights" through public demonstrations, flyers and media attention.

"Taking on the most hateful factions in our country is critical to dismantling white supremacy and advancing the civil rights of all people," Margaret Huang, president and chief executive officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, said in a statement.

"We are exposing a concerted effort by hate groups and extremist actors to terrorize communities and gain control of public institutions by any means necessary," Huang said.

"These groups are descending on Main Street America and disrupting people's daily lives, too often with dire consequences for communities of color, Jewish people and the LGBTQ+ community," Huang added.

Groups mobilizing at public schools, which SPLC called "extremist," were singled out. Specifically the report documented 12 anti-student inclusion groups, which it said have attacked public education, banned books and removed curriculum focused on race, discrimination and LGBTQ+ identities.

"Hate and anti-government extremist groups are intent on staging public spectacles of hatred that harass, threaten and violently harm Black, Brown, Asian, Jewish, LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities," Susan Corke, director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project, said in a statement.

"Schools, synagogues and LGBTQ+ businesses -- venues that have traditionally been safe spaces for our children, the Jewish community and LGBTQ+ people -- are now on the frontlines of hatred and violence," Corke added.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: children; communists; democrats; education; marxists; parentalrights; splc
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1 posted on 06/06/2023 6:23:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Southern Poverty Law Center Is a violent terrorist organization that assaults me every day.


2 posted on 06/06/2023 6:25:45 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...targeting public education through book bans...

It's porn.

3 posted on 06/06/2023 6:31:34 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Of course they do!


4 posted on 06/06/2023 6:38:09 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

badge of honor


5 posted on 06/06/2023 6:39:12 PM PDT by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: Chgogal
You'd think the the libs would hate a group with "Southern" in the title. But I guess poverty and law makes it ok.

And also...just who anointed them to be the final arbiter of right and wrong??

6 posted on 06/06/2023 6:39:15 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Americans aren’t worried about anti-government “extremists”.

It’s the pro-government extremists which are a danger to America.


7 posted on 06/06/2023 6:39:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Names and phone numbers, please. Time for some firm, yet polite push back.


8 posted on 06/06/2023 6:45:02 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Seriously.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

See the link below from a thread at FR from just a couple days ago. SPLC might want to back off a bit from declaring everyone who disagrees with the far left a right-wing white supremacist “hate” group.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4158411/posts

“COMPROMISED: SPLC Whistleblower’s History Makes Groundbreaking Defamation Case Even Stronger”


9 posted on 06/06/2023 6:45:17 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: Chgogal

Joseph J Levin Jr is a founder of SPLC but Wiki has nothing on him.


10 posted on 06/06/2023 6:46:17 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Government is a necessary evil and the Constitution is designed to rein it in.

But they have ignored that thus we are in a situation where being opposed to the government is considered a bad thing.

Limited government is NOT.


11 posted on 06/06/2023 6:52:49 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It is a badge of honor to be called an extremist by the SPLC.


12 posted on 06/06/2023 7:01:03 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

SPLC

Some Pompous Loser Cretins


13 posted on 06/06/2023 7:02:32 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: BenLurkin

“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.”


14 posted on 06/06/2023 7:10:42 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The FBI, Justice Department, and the SPLC are revolutionaries down for the struggle.


15 posted on 06/06/2023 7:12:40 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The report, titled "Year in Hate & Extremism," documents 1,225 active "extremist hate groups which are stripping communities of their rights" through public demonstrations, flyers and media attention.

Sounds like they're achieving their goals through peaceful and legal means. Isn't that the way it's supposed to work in this country? Contrast that with BLM and Antifa.

16 posted on 06/06/2023 7:37:11 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Since when was anti-government a bad thing?


17 posted on 06/06/2023 7:39:35 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The SPLC is a hate group. They called our friend Terry Anderson a racist.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2558808/posts


18 posted on 06/06/2023 8:19:26 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

High praise, indeed.


19 posted on 06/06/2023 8:36:35 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The only thing the SPLC is good for is cleaning toilets and emptying bed pans. Everything else is way above them.


20 posted on 06/06/2023 9:00:13 PM PDT by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
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