• Re: [OT] The Southern Poverty Law Center's Fake News

    From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Thu May 14 13:35:15 2026
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    On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:14:08 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Other groups on the SPLC "hate watch" list are only there because they're >conservative. Groups that have never engaged in or advocated for violence or >'hate' of any kind are listed as "extremist hate groups" merely for having an >agenda that isn't 'progressive' left - i.e., pro-life, Christian, anti-illegal >immigration, etc.

    Guess they think I must be a Klansman too (even though the ONLY white
    outfit in my closet is my late wife's dress which I can't bear to give
    away as it's the outfit she wore at our son's wedding 5 years ago...)
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  • From moviePig@nobody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu May 14 17:54:56 2026
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    On 5/14/2026 4:35 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:14:08 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Other groups on the SPLC "hate watch" list are only there because they're
    conservative. Groups that have never engaged in or advocated for violence or >> 'hate' of any kind are listed as "extremist hate groups" merely for having an
    agenda that isn't 'progressive' left - i.e., pro-life, Christian, anti-illegal
    immigration, etc.

    Guess they think I must be a Klansman too (even though the ONLY white
    outfit in my closet is my late wife's dress which I can't bear to give
    away as it's the outfit she wore at our son's wedding 5 years ago...)

    You might want to check that SPLC "hatewatch list" for yourself. E.g., afaics, it makes no mention of "pro-life" or "abortion". And its
    'Christian Identity' category comprises:

    "a wide variety of loosely affiliated believers and churches with a
    white supremacist and antisemitic theology that claims that White people
    are the true descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel."

    (So, not actually all that Christ-like...)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_designated_by_the_SPLC_as_hate_groups

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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Fri May 15 13:15:34 2026
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    On Thu, 14 May 2026 17:54:56 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    Guess they think I must be a Klansman too (even though the ONLY white
    outfit in my closet is my late wife's dress which I can't bear to give
    away as it's the outfit she wore at our son's wedding 5 years ago...)

    You might want to check that SPLC "hatewatch list" for yourself. E.g., >afaics, it makes no mention of "pro-life" or "abortion". And its
    'Christian Identity' category comprises:

    "a wide variety of loosely affiliated believers and churches with a
    white supremacist and antisemitic theology that claims that White people
    are the true descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel."

    (So, not actually all that Christ-like...)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_designated_by_the_SPLC_as_hate_groups

    Given I'm a Canadian I would be both astonished and outraged that SPLC
    put me on their list :)

    (Frankly I'd be outraged if SPLC put ANY non-US person or group on
    their list)
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