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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2013 18 Comments
Rand Paul is the civil libertarian hero of progressives, libertarians, and all people who care about the government being able to summarily execute an American on American soil who does not pose a threat of imminent substantial violence without due process of law. For the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2013 14 Comments
The long inexorable descent of the Southern Poverty Law Center continues with the revelation that the shooter at the Family Research Council used the SPLC Hate Group list to target the FRC. I have commented on the absurdity the SPLC has become many times before:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2012 22 Comments
SPLC has been relatively quiet lately.  Relatively being a relative term, of course. I haven’t seen Mark Potok on television much, but maybe I just wasn’t paying attention. SPLC may have been relatively quiet, but it has been busy maligning the Tea Party movement  as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 17, 2012 26 Comments
The Southern Poverty Law Center is back in the news because of the shooting at the Family Research Council, a group the SPLC had designated a “hate group” along with the Klan and Neo-Nazis. Based on the available evidence, it is clear the shooter was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2012 64 Comments
As long-time readers surely know, I have examined the pernicious methodology of the Southern Poverty Law Center in moving from fighting Klan and neo-Nazi groups to fighting for the Democratic Party agenda against conservatives and the Tea Party. In seeking to justify its hefty salaries,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2010 1 Comment
The Southern Poverty Law Center was a focus of my post earlier this week regarding SPLC’s new “anti-gay” list and “hate group” list. An important blog post (h/t Instapundit) by someone who describes himself as a “veteran gay and aids human rights activist” takes SPLC...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 23, 2010 15 Comments
I cannot begin to tell you how much it sickens me that the Southern Poverty Law Center, a group I supported many years ago because of its work against the Klan, has become a key player in labeling legitimate conservative political and religious groups as “hate groups.” I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2010 7 Comments
Guenter Lewy, an emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachetts, filed a defamation lawsuit in 2008 against the Southern Poverty Law Center, and two one of its employees, (including Mark Potok) David Holthouse. The lawsuit arose from Lewy’s historical research in which...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2010 8 Comments
In early March I wrote how the Southern Poverty Law Center had exaggerated regarding the alleged presence of the Ku Klux Klan in Rhode Island as part of SPLC’s report on a “surge” of hate groups. Specifically, I pointed out that SPLC claimed the Ku...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2010 7 Comments
The Southern Poverty Law Center issued a misleading and politicized report on hate groups for the purpose of smearing those who oppose Democratic Party plans to expand government. This has become an all too common SPLC tactic, and is a disgrace because there was a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2010 11 Comments
The Southern Poverty Law Center has issued its latest screaming report: “Patriot” Groups, Militias Surge in Number in Past Year. Unfortunately, the hype surrounding the SPLC report is just another indication that SPLC has lost its way and has become a primary source to smear...

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 02, 2024 35 Comments
Fox News reported that at least 16 Senate Republicans demanded the FBI provide the chamber with a “coherent and complete response” regarding a memo targeting Catholics. The FBI insisted only the Richmond field office had anything to do with the memo claiming a connection between...
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