Re: Hate Group Count Tops 1,000 as Radical Right Expansion Continues

I just don't see how we get to laying the
"Jew" label here
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I thought your knew about the makeup of the SPLC but simply disagreed.
My apologies.

Of the 22 Southern Poverty Law Center senior program staff members, 15
are Jews.
Of the 13 Southern Poverty Law Center directors, 8 are Jews or have
Jewish spouses.
The remaining members are either minorities or gay, excluding 2
whites.

fyi - The SPLC is leading the fight against those who oppose
redefining marriage and have a special program for Teaching Tolerance
in schools.
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/spring/a-mighty-army?page=0,3
The SPLC puts out a monthly publication typically focusing on a
minority, feminist, or LGBT youth organization.
Teaching Tolerance also provides advice to parents, encouraging
multiculturalism in the upbringing of their children. A guide urges
parents to "examine the 'diversity profile' of your children's
friends," to move to "integrated and economically diverse
neighborhoods," and to discourage children from playing with toys or
adopting heroes that "promote violence." The publication also advises
parents to use culturally sensitive language (such as the gender-
neutral phrasing "Someone Special Day" instead of the traditional
Mothers Day and Fathers Day) and to make sure that "cultural diversity
(is) reflected in your home's artwork, music and literature."

laying the jew label is accurate if you consider the thousands of
jewish organizations that divide Americans along racial, ethnic and
religious lines.

know the enemy

On Mar 30, 2:31 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no use for the SPLC,  as you well know.  I consider them to be a
> hate group in and of themselves.  I just don't see how we get to laying the
> "Jew"  label here, as there are a lot more Moonbats who are Agnostic than
> there are Jews.
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:47 PM, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com
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> > wrote:
> > It's not really the Jews here,  it is a far left extremist faction,
> > which
> > is still in the minority in this Nation,  that espouses this nonsense.
> > ---
> > go ahead and deny who has always been the main influence on their
> > group. It does not change who they are and who they are attacking.
>
> > if you're white and even hint of preserving your national or religious
> > heritage or participate in a militia you will be accused of racism and
> > be labeled a hate group by the SPLC.
> > their hypocrisy is astounding
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgkDT_2W4_A
>
> > as you know ... I don't care about the fate of religious groups ...
> > but the obvious jewish promotion of  socialism, hate and speech laws,
> > open borders, race baiting, interventionist advocacy in the middle
> > east and the protection of israel is not in my country's best
> > interest ... and I will not stand silently and ignore the threat. It's
> > not about their race, religion or ethnicity ... it's about their
> > efforts to make the USA a socialist nation and their loyalty to the
> > USA first.
>
> > yes, they accurately accuse some groups who deserve the distinction,
> > but how many jewish hate groups have ever been on their list?
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/v/R611drTEHPA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&...
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> > On Mar 29, 10:16 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It's not really the Jews here,  it is a far left extremist faction,
> >  which
> > > is still in the minority in this Nation,  that espouses this nonsense.
> >  In
> > > thruth and fact, the SPLC is one of the leading hate groups in the
> > Nation.
>
> > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:42 AM, plainolamerican <
> > plainolameri...@gmail.com
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> > > > wrote:
> > > > Hate Group Count Tops 1,000
> > > > ---
> > > > say the jews ... and only the jews
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> > > > most Americans consider the SPLC a hate group
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> > > > On Mar 29, 10:36 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > SPLC Hate Group Count Tops 1,000 as Radical Right Expansion Continues
> > > > > Posted in 'Patriot' Groups, Editor's Pick, Hate Groups, Nativist
> > > > > Extremist by Mark Potok on February 23, 2011
>
> > > > >  Print This Post
> > > > > Editor's Note: The Southern Poverty Law Center is today releasing its
> > > > > annual count of groups on the American radical right and analysis.
> > > > > What follows is the main essay from the new issue of the Intelligence
> > > > > Report, the SPLC's investigative magazine. In the story, you'll find
> > > > > links to our new hate group map and additional lists of
> > antigovernment
> > > > > "Patriot" groups and nativist vigilante organizations. The issue also
> > > > > contains my editorial and stories on Cliff Kincaid, a homophobic
> > > > > propagandist at the far-right Accuracy in Media group; the adoption
> > of
> > > > > an Oklahoma law forbidding the use of Shariah law; a racist group's
> > > > > funding of two Mississippi private academies; a white supremacist's
> > > > > new novel targeting the SPLC; the National Center for Constitutional
> > > > > Studies and its extremist version of American history; candidates
> > with
> > > > > extreme-right ideas who ran in last year's elections; an interview
> > > > > with a former "esoteric Nazi," and more. The new issue's table of
> > > > > contents is here.
>
> > > > > For the second year in a row, the radical right in America expanded
> > > > > explosively in 2010, driven by resentment over the changing racial
> > > > > demographics of the country, frustration over the government's
> > > > > handling of the economy, and the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories
> > > > > and other demonizing propaganda aimed at various minorities. For many
> > > > > on the radical right, anger is focusing on President Obama, who is
> > > > > seen as embodying everything that's wrong with the country.
>
> > > > > Hate groups topped 1,000 for the first time since the Southern
> > Poverty
> > > > > Law Center began counting such groups in the 1980s. Anti-immigrant
> > > > > vigilante groups, despite having some of the political wind taken out
> > > > > of their sails by the adoption of hard-line anti-immigration laws
> > > > > around the country, continued to rise slowly. But by far the most
> > > > > dramatic growth came in the antigovernment "Patriot" movement ­—
> > > > > conspiracy-minded organizations that see the federal government as
> > > > > their primary enemy — which gained more than 300 new groups, a jump
> > of
> > > > > over 60%.
>
> > > > > Taken together, these three strands of the radical right — the
> > > > > hatemongers, the nativists and the antigovernment zealots — increased
> > > > > from 1,753 groups in 2009 to 2,145 in 2010, a 22% rise. That followed
> > > > > a 2008-2009 increase of 40%.
>
> > > > > What may be most remarkable is that this growth of right-wing
> > > > > extremism came even as politicians around the country, blown by gusts
> > > > > from the Tea Parties and other conservative formations, tacked hard
> > to
> > > > > the right, co-opting many of the issues important to extremists. Last
> > > > > April, for instance, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed S.B. 1070, the
> > > > > harshest anti-immigrant law in memory, setting off a tsunami of
> > > > > proposals for similar laws across the country. Continuing growth of
> > > > > the radical right could be curtailed as a result of this shift,
> > > > > especially since Republicans, many of them highly conservative,
> > > > > recaptured the U.S. House last fall.
>
> > > > > But despite those historic Republican gains, the early signs suggest
> > > > > that even as the more mainstream political right strengthens, the
> > > > > radical right has remained highly energized. In an 11-day period this
> > > > > January, a neo-Nazi was arrested headed for the Arizona border with a
> > > > > dozen homemade grenades; a terrorist bomb attack on a Martin Luther
> > > > > King Jr. Day parade in Spokane, Wash., was averted after police
> > > > > dismantled a sophisticated anti-personnel weapon; and a man who
> > > > > officials said had a long history of antigovernment activities was
> > > > > arrested outside a packed mosque in Dearborn, Mich., and charged with
> > > > > possessing explosives with unlawful intent. That's in addition, the
> > > > > same month, to the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in
> > > > > Arizona, an attack that left six dead and may have had a political
> > > > > dimension.
>
> > > > > It's also clear that other kinds of radical activity are on the rise.
> > > > > Since the murder last May 20 of two West Memphis, Ark., police
> > > > > officers by two members of the so-called "sovereign citizens"
> > > > > movement, police from around the country have contacted the Southern
> > > > > Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to report what one detective in Kentucky
> > > > > described as a "dramatic increase" in sovereign activity. Sovereign
> > > > > citizens, who, like militias, are part of the larger Patriot
> > movement,
> > > > > believe that the federal government has no right to tax or regulate
> > > > > them and, as a result, often come into conflict with police and tax
> > > > > authorities. Another sign of their increased activity came early this
> > > > > year, when the Treasury Department, in a report assessing what the
> > IRS
> > > > > faces in 2011, said its biggest challenge will be the "attacks and
> > > > > threats against IRS employees and facilities [that] have risen
> > > > > steadily in recent years."
>
> > > > > Extremist ideas have not been limited to the radical right; already
> > > > > this year, state legislators have offered up a raft of proposals
> > > > > influenced by such ideas. In Arizona, the author of the S.B. 1070 law
> > > > > — a man who just became Senate president on the basis of his harshly
> > > > > nativist rhetoric — proposed a law this January that would allow his
> > > > > state to refuse to obey any federal law or regulation it cared to. In
> > > > > Virginia, a state legislator wants to pass a law aimed at creating an
> > > > > alternative currency "in the event of the destruction of the Federal
> > > > > Reserve System's currency" — a longstanding fear of right-wing
> > > > > extremists. And in Montana, a state senator is working to pass a
> > > > > statute called the "Sheriffs First Act" that would require federal
> > law
> > > > > enforcement to ask local sheriffs' permission to act in their
> > counties
> > > > > or face jail. All three laws are almost certainly unconstitutional,
> > > > > legal experts say, and they all originate in ideas that first came
> > > > > from ideologues of the radical right.
>
> > > > > There also are new attempts by nativist forces to roll back
> > birthright
> > > > > citizenship, which makes all children born in the U.S. citizens. Such
> > > > > laws have been introduced this year in Congress, and a coalition of
> > > > > state legislators is promising to do the same in their states. And
> > > > > then there's Oklahoma, where 70% of voters last November approved a
> > > > > measure to forbid judges to consider Islamic law in the state's
> > > > > courtrooms (see related story) — a completely groundless fear, but
> > one
> > > > > pushed nonetheless by Islamophobes. Since then, lawmakers have
> > > > > promised to pass similar laws in Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, South
> > > > > Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.
>
> > > > > After the Giffords assassination attempt, a kind of national dialogue
> > > > > began about the political vitriol that increasingly passes for
> > > > > "mainstream" political debate. But it didn't seem to get very far.
> > > > > Four days after the shooting, a campaign called the Civility Project
> > —
>
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