SPLC Tag

‘New Tolerance Campaign’ Launches ‘Hate Map’ to Track Left Wing Violence

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 23, 2024 5 Comments

“Time and again, I see the SPLC using the reputation it gained decades ago fighting the Klan as a tool to bludgeon mainstream politically conservative opponents”...

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Southern Poverty Law Center Terminates a Quarter of its Staff, Outraging Union

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2024 10 Comments

“We are devastated for our union and our colleagues”...

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John Stossel Calls the Southern Poverty Law Center a ‘Scam’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 05, 2024 23 Comments

"Looking at their map of hate groups, you'd think hate groups were everywhere."...

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Ted Cruz Slams Biden Education Department for Meeting With SPLC Which is Targeting Parental Rights Groups

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 03, 2024 3 Comments

“I challenge the so-called reporters in the corporate media: Have an ounce of honesty and cover this story.”...

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House GOP: FBI ‘Abused Its Counterterrorism Tools to Target Catholic Americans as Potential Domestic Terrorists’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 05, 2023 28 Comments

Rep. Jim Jordan: "If you're pro-life, if you're a traditional Catholic, somehow you're radical, somehow you're an extremist."...

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Liberal Activist Groups Condemn Killing of Black Man Who Attacked Cop During Traffic Stop

Posted by Terrance Kible on October 24, 2023 131 Comments

"Yeah, bitch. Yeah, bitch," the man exclaimed while grabbing the sheriff deputy's throat shortly before being shot....

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Jewish Leaders and Moms Slam the SPLC for Calling “‘Mom’s For Liberty’ a Hate Group”

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 21, 2023 6 Comments

“It is a group of passionate women who in no way resemble extremists or a hate group. The SPLC are beclowning themselves and exposing nothing but their own bias”...

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Southern Poverty Law Center Designates Parental Rights Groups as Extremists

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 07, 2023 39 Comments

Yes, organizations to keep parents involved in their child's education are on par with the Nation of Islam and the KKK....

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Rep. Jordan Subpoenas FBI Director Wray to Hand Over Documents Associated With Operation Targeting Catholics

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 10, 2023 56 Comments

"Americans attend church to worship and congregate for their spiritual and personal betterment. They must be free to exercise their fundamental First Amendment rights without worrying that the FBI may have planted so-called 'tripwire' sources or other informants in their houses of worship."...

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FBI HQ Retracting Richmond Field Office Document Targeting ‘Radical Traditionalist Catholics’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 09, 2023 78 Comments

The Richmond FBI office relied on the Southern Poverty Law Center and articles from Salon and The Atlantic to justify targeting these "radicals."...

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Airbnb Bans Conservative Columnist Michelle Malkin, Accusing Her of Being a ‘White Nationalist’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 04, 2022 80 Comments

Michelle Malkin and her family have been banned by the temporary housing service Airbnb after accusing her of being a white nationalist. Malkin, who is of Asian descent, is a conservative columnist and the founder of the popular conservative websites Hot Air and Twitchy.

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Southern Poverty Law Center Pushing Biden to Implement ‘Curriculum on Structural Racism’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 04, 2021 17 Comments

The Southern Poverty Law Center is seizing on the left's hard push to embed Critical Race Training in public education. They have rebranded their "Teaching Tolerance" program as "Learning for Justice" and are pushing Biden to implement a "curriculum on structural racism" in the Department of Education.

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Free Speech Coalition to Amazon: Stop Using Discredited SPLC ‘Hate Map’ Against Charitable Conservative Orgs

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 09, 2019 9 Comments

A coalition of free speech advocates have taken on Amazon over their use of the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate group" standards when deciding which organizations they will include in their Smile charitable donation program.

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Southern Poverty Law Center fires co-founder Morris Dees for unspecified misconduct

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2019 16 Comments

I was critical of the Southern Poverty Law Center before it was cool to be critical of the Southern Poverty Law Center. You can scroll through my posts about the SPLC dating back to 2009, including:

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Women’s March losing more big partners

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 12, 2019 9 Comments

The Daily Beast has reported that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has decided not to partner with the Women's March this year. SPLC considers Nation of Islam, which is led by Louis Farrakhan, a hate group. Women's March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour are some of Farrakhan's biggest supporters.

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Coalition of left-wing activist groups calls on big tech to censor online speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2018 15 Comments

While you were focused on the midterm elections, the Kavanaugh hearings, and other media firestorms, a coalition of left-wing activist groups, including some that actively attack conservatives, has moved forward with efforts to get big tech companies to censor online speech. The problem of big tech companies acting as speech gatekeepers has been a focus here for a long time. What starts with calls to censor "Nazis"and "White Supremacists" inevitably morphs into broader attempts to censor anyone who is right of center or deemed to have expressed politically incorrect views.

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Report: FBI Still Partnering With SPLC; GOP Rep Demands Answers

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 30, 2018 15 Comments

Several years ago, there was an outcry from the right about the FBI's partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).  At the time, it seemed that the relationship might have been severed; however, it apparently was not and, to date, has not been. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is demanding answers.

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SPLC apologizes, pays $3.375 mil settlement for wrongfully labelling Maajid Nawaz an anti-Muslim extremist

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 18, 2018 12 Comments

Couldn't have happened to a nicer organization. Monday, the Southern Poverty Law Center announced they'd forked over $3 million in a settlement over the inclusion of Maajid Nawaz and the Quilliam Foundation in their Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists.

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