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The SPLC has been described as a "money-making scam," which a former staffer has affirmed.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (March 22, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31809-former-staffer-admits-splc-is-a-money-making-scam Former Staffer Admits SPLC Is a Money-making Scam]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 23, 2019.</ref>

SPLC lists over 1000 organizations as hate groups. Many of these are widely accepted but the list continues to grow with the controversial additions of [[conservative]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] organizations. Conservative political stances and Christian moral stances that the SLPC disagrees with are now targeted, many of these additions are organizations for the general welfare of American citizens and are not associated with hate.<ref>Wilcox, Dale (March 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/01/wilcox-splcs-hate-map-hysteria-enables-hoaxes/ Wilcox: SPLC’s Hate Map Hysteria Enables Hoaxes]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2019.</ref> Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer has described the SPLC as "defamers and the blacklisters."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/12/15/israeli-ambassador-ron-dermer-slams-southern-poverty-law-center-defamers-blacklisters/ Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer Slams Southern Poverty Law Center As ‘Defamers and Blacklisters’]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''The Times of Israel''). Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref>