And the prize for the best little hate group goes to the Southern Poverty Law Center they hate everybody
That's pretty funny. If you read the FBI Terrorist Report put out every year and NOT publicized because a certain group (hint JDL/ADL) was listed as committing far more hate/terrorist crimes in the USSA than the next ten or fifteen combined. Look at the various "right wing" so-called "hate groups" like Stormfront, the alleged Nazi/Klan group. If you do a FOIA on them, well guess who owns it?! You guessed it, the JDL/ADL! Of course you wade through ten or so dummy corps to get there, but that is who/what the fed claim owns it anyway. In fact try to find ANY right wing hate group and do a FOIA on them and see who REALLY owns them!
How do you figure the JDL/ADL owns the SPLC, or is that not what you are saying? (After all, this thread is about the SPLC, not those other alphabets up to and including the Fibbies.) That is a serious stretch of imagination. Even with all your research ability you will NOT, ever, find a credible lineage/linkage connecting those two.
The thread started out as a statement. @john316 said SPLC is a hate group. Nothing to back it up or why he felt that way, just a personal statement. The rest of the responses are trying to have some sort of dialog. I mention WLM so I was off topic also.
This thread led me to think about what actually constitutes a "hate group." I think we could all agree the proclaimed Nazi from the formation of the party through today are a hate group. That probably includes the so called skinheads. And who wants to forget the KKK. Today, we can add the "Radical" Muslims as opposed to the our friends and neighboring Muslims who aren't hell-bent on killing us because we hold different beliefs. Aha....maybe that's the true meaning of "hate group," those who act in congress to do bodily harm to those with whom they disagree. Using that definition, could the members of our military forces be called a hate group? They have certainly been known to use whatever means is necessary to either eliminate their "enemy" from the face of the earth or convert them to our way of thinking. And while I'm at it, when did dislike, disapproval, even downright hatred of those removed from our way of thinking become a hate group. In high school, the cheerleaders professed all of that for the majorettes but no one thought the cheerleaders were a hate group. This is all tongue in cheek but the point being, labels are usually more destructive and dangerous than the group itself. As human beings we gravitate toward those with similar beliefs, either positive or negative. Until we decide the other side isn't worthy of life on earth, we're simple a collection of people who share an opinion.
It's pretty easy actually...if you favor the constitution, you are a hate group. If you dislike "progressives", you are a hate group. If you object to illegal immigration, you are a hate group. If you support your local police, you are a hate group...etc.
I think all lives matter. I don't think it worth getting into a pi$$ing contest as to whose lives are worth more, and whose lives are worth less than others, or mine, for that matter. Hatred of one class of people rarely ends well for the class of people hated...nor the haters for that matter...those who indulge themselves in visiting hatred upon others, devalue their own humanity as much as the humanity of those who are the targets of their hatred.
-----I NEVER said the JDL/ADL is owned by the SPLC. Where did you get that? I sure couldn't find it in anything I said. I DID say that Stormfront the "Nazi/Klan" group was owned by them, which the Feds claim if you do a FOIA on them (Stormfront). Did you just make that up out of thin air to attack me? If so, why? Possibly you are claiming the SPLC is a rightwing group? Another wild stretch of the imagination on your part, not mine as I never said they were rightwingers either. (After all, this thread is about the SPLC, not those other alphabets up to and including the Fibbies.) ------Sorry, the thread title reads "there are 892 active hate groups in the country". Where did you get the idea that it was only about the SPLC? They were just the winner of the scummyness tryouts according to John316. With a title like "there are 892 active hate groups", why wouldn't other groups be mentioned? Even Motomom mentioned ALL LIVES MATTER. If John316 objects, and it is his thread after all, that is another matter and I am sure he can tell me what he wants if he desires to or if he will allow the thread to be open to the discussion of all hate groups. Why wouldn't it be open to all hate groups? That is a serious stretch of imagination. -----Yes it is, but it is what YOU claimed, not me! Please show me where I claimed any of this. Even with all your research ability you will NOT, ever, find a credible lineage/linkage connecting those two. -----Gee, I never did claimed that there was. Where did you come up with that idea? Please, I would like to know where all this came from since I never said any of it.
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