The SPLC Is A Radical Organization

by Steve MacDonald

The Republican National Committee is adopting a new resolution. It is “refuting the legitimacy of the Southern Poverty Law Center to identify hate groups.” The resolution denounces the organization as a whole. It focuses on the Obama-Biden administration’s relationship with the group.

“RESOLVED, That the SPLC is a radical organization and that the federal government should not view this organization as a legitimate foundation equipped to provide actionable information to DHS or any other government agency,” the resolution concludes.

The SPLC responds to the RNC’s resolution claiming it is a victim. This is an “attack” on the SPLC and a political ploy to gain power.

SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang says, “… This resolution comes at a moment when Trump wants to argue to the American people that he should be trusted to combat bigotry. Our answer to that suggestion is a resounding no. In addition to this resolution giving comfort to hate groups, we have recently seen other evidence of hate groups and extremists making inroads into the Republican Party…”

The SPLC insists its devotion is to “… pushing back against their dehumanizing rhetoric.” But there are many examples of SPLC’s actions with political motivation. Many of the group’s designations have a political bias or are without foundation. It is also clear that its rhetoric incites violence.

Action at the Family Research Council

August 15, 2012, a man arrived at the Family Research Council (FRC).  FRC is a notably conservative group. Its headquarters are in Washington. He came with a 9 mm handgun, 50 rounds of ammunition, and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches.

His intent was to “… kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims’ faces, and kill the guard…” The man told the security guard, “It’s not about you… I don’t like these people, and I don’t like what they stand for.”

The shooter was quickly subdued by the security guard, Leonardo Johnson. He did fire off a few shots before he was restrained.

Later, the shooter clarified his statements to the FBI. He said he was targeting anti-gay organizations as designated by the SPLC. He also incorporated Chick-fil-A in his plan due to their stances on the issue. “Chick-fil-A came out against gay marriage, so I was going to use that as a statement,” he said.

The shooter reportedly found the FRC on the SPLC’s online hate map. SPLC claims the council’s “anti-LGBTQ” ideology as the reason for its designation as a hate group. From this, the shooter began forming his plan.

The FRC denounced the shooter and his intentions. It also denounces the SPLC. FRC says SPLC gave the shooter “a license to perpetrate this act of violence.”

FRC President Tony Perkins said, “The day after Floyd Corkins came into the FRC headquarter and opened fire wounding one of our team members, I stated that while Corkins was responsible for the shooting, he had been given a license to perpetrate this act of violence by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center which has systematically and recklessly labeled every organization with which they disagree as a ‘hate group…’”

Wrapping it up

Corkins was arrested and eventually charged with “three felony charges, including a terrorism offense” for his actions. Despite the charges, the SPLC still has not removed the FRC from their hate list. SPLC maintains FRC “knowingly spread false and denigrating propaganda about LGBT people.”

The SPLC is a radical organization. It is particularly dangerous in that it was granted institutional credibility. This legitimized its fringe views. It is one of many Democrat radical organizations. There’s BLM, Antifa, and Anarchists among other. Each organization has branches, subsidiary groups. The radical groups tend to violence.

To date they have made no discernible positive contribution to correcting any issue they identify. They appear to be the action arm of the DNC. Their charge is to instigate change by force. Is that what you want as your future? Is this your vision? Vote early, vote often.

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  • Steve MacDonald

    Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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