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2018-06-24 Home Front: Culture Wars

47 Groups Weighing SPLC Lawsuit Warn 'Editors, CEOs': 'You Are Complicit' in Hate Group 'Defamation'

h/t Gates of Vienna
[PJMedia] On Wednesday, no fewer than 47 nonprofit leaders maligned by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) ‐ many if not most of whom are considering a lawsuit against the organization ‐ warned a vast array of executives and leaders that if they parrot the SPLC's damaging "hate group" labels, they would be "complicit" in "defamation."

"Editors, CEOs, shareholders and consumers alike are on notice: anyone relying upon and repeating its misrepresentations is complicit in the SPLC's harmful defamation of large numbers of American citizens who, like the undersigned, have been vilified simply for working to protect our country and freedoms," the signatories wrote.

The letter followed news ‐ broken at PJ Media ‐ that no fewer than 60 organizations are considering suing the SPLC following a groundbreaking settlement in which the organization formally apologized to a Muslim reformer, Maajid Nawaz, for branding him an "anti-Muslim extremist."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-06-24 03:32|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 ...As the Ol' Perfessor would say, 'Heh'.

More seriously, let me cite an example that the SPLC would have profited to remember - the Klan. When the FBI was finally turned loose on them, a lot of the fun went out of that sort of thing - after all, being a bully loses a lot of its appeal when you know that people will hit back twice as viciously. But the real death of the Klan didn't happen until the lawsuits started. Prison was one thing, that could be survived. But to come out and have NOTHING...to have and be less than the people you were trying to intimidate and oppress? That ended the Klan as a coherent organization. (Yes, you still see the occasional moron in hood and robe, and the media plays it up like the coming of the Apocalypse, but a state LE officer told me some years back that you could probably put every true active Klansman in the country in your local multiplex and still have seats left over.)

The SPLC has a great deal to answer for, and the gates are now open to a great many questions. And those questions will cost them a great deal of money.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-06-24 07:07|| 2018-06-24 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Deep pockets(tm)

If as reported major search engine and social media organizations have relied upon SPLC to 'combat' hate speech and organizations, I suspect a very long litigation is in their future.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-06-24 07:18|| 2018-06-24 07:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Southern Poverty Law Center Transfers Millions in Cash to Offshore Entities

Posted by Frank G 2018-06-24 09:17|| 2018-06-24 09:17|| Front Page Top

#4 The SPLC ends up looking very much like that which they condemn.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-06-24 12:58|| 2018-06-24 12:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Projection is deep with the Left.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-06-24 13:30|| 2018-06-24 13:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Projection? Self-defense for the Ego: "If we are this Bad and we are the Good Guys, then the Right Wingers must be Ultimate Evil Incarnate!!!1!!1!!!"

Posted by magpie 2018-06-24 18:28|| 2018-06-24 18:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Is this the same SPLC that Mr Bezos picked to handle all of Amazons charitable donations?

Posted by irishrageboy 2018-06-24 21:36|| 2018-06-24 21:36|| Front Page Top

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