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2017-09-14 -Land of the Free
Greenfield: Carol Swain smeared as White Supremacist (!)
A reminder from Carol Swain, an African-American conservative, of just how malicious and dishonest the leftist hate group known as the Southern Poverty Law Center really is.

What landed me in the SPLC’s crosshairs was a Sept. 10, 2009, Huffington Post blog entry titled “Mission Creep and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Misguided Focus.” I pointed out the SPLC’s silence about video footage released after the 2008 elections showing members of the New Black Panther Party, decked out in full paramilitary regalia, patrolling a polling precinct in Philadelphia where they were clearly intimidating white voters...

I ended my post with a one-liner that raised the ire of the organization and had a devastating effect on my life. I wrote: “Rather than monitoring hate groups, the Southern Poverty Law Center has become one.”

The SPLC’s retaliation was vicious and effective. On Oct. 17, 2009, my photo appeared on the front page of my local newspaper, the Tennessean, with the headline “ Carol Swain is an apologist for white supremacists.”

Like others targeted by the SPLC, Carol Swain experienced the consequences of the blacklist.

Being targeted by the SPLC has had a lasting impact on my life and career. Offers from other universities ended and speaking opportunities declined. Once you’ve been smeared in this way, mainstream news outlets are less likely to cite you as an expert of any kind.

Yet today I wear the SPLC’s mud as a badge of honor because I know I am in the company of many good men and women who have been similarly vilified for standing for righteousness and truth. Other SPLC targets have included Ben Carson (who eventually received an apology and retraction), Somali refugee Ayaan Hirsi Ali, terrorism expert Steve Emerson, political scientist Guenter Lewy (who successfully sued the SPLC), attorney Robert Muise, Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy, and Princeton professor Robert P. George...

Some of those vilified by the SPLC have been subjected to even worse treatment. The Family Research Council and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise have been violently attacked by individuals inspired by the propaganda the SPLC regularly dishes out.

The SPLC is an ugly, hateful and sloppy organization that cashes in by claiming to fight extremism even as it practices it.
Posted by badanov 2017-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 So. The ruling class has decided to classify anyone who does not tow the line, "White Supremacist". How quaint.
Posted by Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-09-14 01:03||   2017-09-14 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 

Carol is welcome into our Scottish clan.

Posted by Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-09-14 01:10||   2017-09-14 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 It's "toe the line" BTW

/pedant
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-09-14 05:31||   2017-09-14 05:31|| Front Page Top

#4 The SPLC is an ugly, hateful and sloppy organization that cashes in by claiming to fight extremism even as it practices it.

So they have become what they criticize? They might also have some money-laundering issues in off-shore accounts.
Posted by JohnQC 2017-09-14 11:25||   2017-09-14 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, if they can call a white woman black and elect her to the NAACP board, then I guess they can call a black woman a white supremacist...Does that mean they are equal opportunity?

Practicing affirmative action?

Proving they really are color blind?

Just flat stupid?

irrational looney leftists?
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-09-14 14:45||   2017-09-14 14:45|| Front Page Top

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