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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    The SPLC has been reported as placing groups it merely disagrees with on its hate group list. Also, it has become a fundraising arm more than anything. I posted links to all of this a month or so ago. It is a shell of what it used to be.

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...CmQAHf-0SVlTq1

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...-center-215312

    https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/the-so...i-hate-racket/

    https://www.philanthropydaily.com/em...red-by-others/
    Thanks for the info.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    The SPLC has been reported as placing groups it merely disagrees with on its hate group list. Also, it has become a fundraising arm more than anything. I posted links to all of this a month or so ago. It is a shell of what it used to be.

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...CmQAHf-0SVlTq1

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...-center-215312

    https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/the-so...i-hate-racket/

    https://www.philanthropydaily.com/em...red-by-others/
    So I read all these articles and the main critique seems to be the placement of certain individuals on the hate groups list, such as Charles Murray. Those things can be debated as folks such as Murray are certainly controversial. I don't see this however as an overall indictment of what the SPLC does.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ripmeister View Post
    So I read all these articles and the main critique seems to be the placement of certain individuals on the hate groups list, such as Charles Murray. Those things can be debated as folks such as Murray are certainly controversial. I don't see this however as an overall indictment of what the SPLC does.
    The SPLC has an existential interest in discovering as many "hate groups" as possible. For example, Bubba and Travis will be one hate group while Bubba's 2 cousins in another county are of course a separate hate group. Quite frankly, you have to be incredibly naive to believe the SPLC is somehow objective and has the public interest at heart. They would demonize a ham sandwich if it would help their fund raising. Take their "data" with a grain of salt about the size of a basketball.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    The SPLC has an existential interest in discovering as many "hate groups" as possible. For example, Bubba and Travis will be one hate group while Bubba's 2 cousins in another county are of course a separate hate group. Quite frankly, you have to be incredibly naive to believe the SPLC is somehow objective and has the public interest at heart. They would demonize a ham sandwich if it would help their fund raising. Take their "data" with a grain of salt about the size of a basketball.
    I take all data with a grain of salt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ripmeister View Post
    I take all data with a grain of salt.
    If you think the SPLC is a disinterested party either ideologically or financially then, no, you don't.
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    So did anyone provide actual evidence to the contrary of the OP? DGutley did provide links to the credibility of the source, However was anyone able to find evidence that the left commits more terrorism than the OP suggest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    If you think the SPLC is a disinterested party either ideologically or financially then, no, you don't.
    I never said they were disinterested. Of course they have an adjenda. That doesn't mean that they don't do some good work, and that doesn't mean that one doesn't look at such work with a critical eye without being 100% dismissive of said work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ripmeister View Post
    I never said they were disinterested. Of course they have an adjenda. That doesn't mean that they don't do some good work, and that doesn't mean that one doesn't look at such work with a critical eye without being 100% dismissive of said work.
    If they have an agenda they have been discredited. The SPLC is not a public interest watchdog. Glad we agree.
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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    So did anyone provide actual evidence to the contrary of the OP? DGutley did provide links to the credibility of the source, However was anyone able to find evidence that the left commits more terrorism than the OP suggest?
    I don't particularly care.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    If they have an agenda they have been discredited. The SPLC is not a public interest watchdog. Glad we agree.
    Having an agenda means one is discredited? Hmmmm...
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