rssThe Right Battles the Southern Poverty Law Center
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 4:48 pm
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WorldNetDaily’s Bob Unruh has a lot of fun with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s report on new right-wing extremist groups, calling up some of the leaders named and shamed and finding — surprise — a lot of mockery and skepticism.
Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, told WND such accusers try to link activists with terrorists such as Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, because their arguments have no substance… “We want our government to return to the constitutional republic which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution defined and instituted,” he said.
And a less controversial group jumps in:
Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America … told WND the SPLC report was little more than “fundraising, trying to scare a bunch of little old ladies to cough up money.”
“It’s a typical argument that the left resorts to,” he said, “since they really have trouble with the fact that, until Obama was elected, they had been pretty successful at concealing that liberalism really is socialism.”
Like I said in a short post about the release of the report, this stuff doesn’t really bother the right — calling out their fringe as a possible threat to national security is laughed off as hyperbole.
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15 Comments
Comment posted March 3, 2010 @ 5:50 pm
It's all fun and games until the Silver Shirts come to burn down your house in the middle of the night. See Phillip Roth, General Smedley Butler, on and on.
Comment posted March 3, 2010 @ 6:13 pm
I didn't need the SPLC to tell me of the linkage between teabaggers and the Militia movement. Too bad the teabaggerz are being sucked down that sinkhole of history, when they could have turned the correct way and made common cause with the genuine populist movement which has been fomenting over the past couple of years…
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Comment posted March 4, 2010 @ 4:18 pm
The $outhern Poverty unLawful Communist Center exists to slander, defame, assassinate character, and solicit donations, in all possible methods.
Comment posted March 4, 2010 @ 4:37 pm
The membership of the TEAbaggers* is a reflection of the fabric of our nation.
* Taxed Enough Already
People are attracted to TEA party gatherings for a common Patriotic motivation, to join forces and get organized to raise their voice against a government that has grown too big, to bold, and that thinks it is more powerful than the people.
Go to a TEA party gathering and you will find taxpayers from every social, economic, ethnic, racial and religious, etc. group in the USA. Yes you may see militia members, neo-Nazis, Brown Berets, Black Panthers, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, etc., but that is what Americans are.
Comment posted March 4, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
The $outhern Poverty unLawful Communist Center exists to slander, defame, assassinate character, and solicit donations, in all possible methods.
Comment posted March 4, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
The membership of the TEAbaggers* is a reflection of the fabric of our nation.
* Taxed Enough Already
People are attracted to TEA party gatherings for a common Patriotic motivation, to join forces and get organized to raise their voice against a government that has grown too big, to bold, and that thinks it is more powerful than the people.
Go to a TEA party gathering and you will find taxpayers from every social, economic, ethnic, racial and religious, etc. group in the USA. Yes you may see militia members, neo-Nazis, Brown Berets, Black Panthers, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, etc., but that is what Americans are.
Comment posted March 9, 2010 @ 4:04 pm
No, it exists to counter the destructive influence of fat-headed bigots like you.
Comment posted March 9, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
Liar. The teabaggers are overwhelmingly white, middle aged, male, and right-wing.
Comment posted March 9, 2010 @ 4:06 pm
General Smedley Butler is one of America's unsung heroes. If he hadn't taken his oath to the Constitution seriously America might well have become a fascist dictatorship like Germany, Spain, and Italy.
Comment posted March 19, 2010 @ 1:15 am
LEARN about the SPLC by reading this expose. You'll be shocked to learn that non-profit charity review organizations have given them an F on a number of occasions for making millions and reinvesting next to nothing in actual charity work. You'll learn that they pretend to struggle for money but have a $200 million bank account. And much more:
http://cis.org/immigration-splc
Comment posted March 19, 2010 @ 1:16 am
The $PLC is made up ENTIRELY of middle aged, white males — only, they're multimillionaires. Did you know that minorities who have worked there have been discriminated against? Oh, yeah. Read all about it:
“Immigration and the SPLC: How the Southern Poverty Law Center Invented a Smear, Served La Raza, Manipulated the Press, and Duped its Donors”
http://cis.org/immigration-splc
Comment posted March 30, 2010 @ 3:55 am
The author seems upset that the SPLC doesn't like his little right-wing think tank. Not precisely what I'd call objective.
Comment posted March 30, 2010 @ 3:56 am
Has zip to do with the undoubted fact that the teabaggers are largely middle aged whites. Sorry.
Comment posted August 30, 2010 @ 2:29 pm
I didn't need the SPLC to tell me of the linkage between teabaggers and the Militia movement. Too bad the teabaggerz are being sucked down that sinkhole of history, when they could have turned the correct way and made common cause with the genuine populist movement which has been fomenting over the past couple of years…
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