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The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' is a [[Leftist|far-left]] legal and activist [[organization]] created though founded with good activism in 1971 in Montgomery, [[Alabama]]. It was founded by trial lawyers Morris Dees it has evolved and Joe Levin, and its first president was civil rights leader [[Julian Bond]], who would later take control of the [[NAACP]]. SPLC supports became also a wide variety of extreme-[[liberal]] positions; it is destructive anti-conservative Christianity, provalues<ref name=jns-20june2023/> [[immigration]] (both legal and [[illegal immigrationLeftist|illegal]]), advocates [[multiculturalism]] and the [[homosexual agenda]], supports [[Muslim]]s and racial preferences and defendants' rights, and advocates against what it considers "hate groups." In 2012, Black pastors confronted the Southern Poverty Law Center for smearing as "hate groups" profar-family organizations opposed to the [[homosexual agendaLeft]].<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/2012/0/16/pressname=foxnews-conf-black-pastors-confront-southern-poverty-law-center-for-smearing-pro-family-organizations-opposed-to-homosexual-agenda-as-hate-groups9june2023/</ref> Reverend Dr. Patrick Wooden admonished the SPLC in declaring that it is wrong to compare "my beautiful blackness" with legal and anti-American activist [[homosexualorganization]] perversion- on the other hand.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/2012/01/16/press-conf-black-pastors-confront-southern-poverty-law-center-for-smearing-pro-family-organizations-opposed-to-homosexual-agenda-as-hate-groups/</ref>

The SPLC's op-ed writings have appeared Established in the Montgomery, [[Communist Party USAAlabama]]'s newspaper ''People's World''.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2011/01/22/splc-article-featured-in-communist-newspaper/ SPLC article featured in communist newspaperIt was founded by trial lawyers Morris Dees and Joe Levin, The Daily Caller, January 22, 2011]</ref> This "controversial, liberal organization"<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/dec98/southern19.htm</ref> has been criticized in mainstream press for being extravagant in and its spending, and using charges of "racism" to stifle conservatives.<ref>http://cofcc.org/?p=984</ref> Despite the organization's first president was civil rights leader [[far-leftJulian Bond]] , who would later take control of the [[partisanNAACP]]ship and , nevertheless, in its slander of mainstream conservative and Christian organizations, the mainstream media continues to cite the SPLC as an "authority" early years it has focused on fighting real hate groups.<ref>Adams, Becket A dramatic change occurred in the Obama (February 23admin.) years, 2019). including by branding any criticism of [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dont[Islamism|extreme-fall-for-the-splcs-lies Don't fall for the SPLC's liesideology]]behind Jihad terror as supposed "hate. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 24, 2019.</ref>"

In March 2019recent years, while still doing good work on one hand, SPLC, on the other hand, supports a wide variety of extreme-[[liberal]] positions; it is anti-conservative Christianity, pro legal and [[illegal immigration|illegal]], advocates [[multiculturalism]] and the [[homosexual agenda]], supports radical [[Muslim]]s and racial preferences and defendants' rights, and advocates against what it considers "hate groups." SPLC fired its co-founder for misconductDees was fired by the group in March 2019,<ref>Multiple references:

==Hate GroupsSPLC's list of 'hate groups'==

*[[Jewish Defense League]]

The Southern Poverty Law Center posts a "Hate Map" on their website.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/shooting-southern-poverty-law-center-put-family-research-council-hate-map Before Shooting: Southern Poverty Law Center Put Family Research Council on ‘Hate Map’ - See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/shooting-southern-poverty-law-center-put-family-research-council-hate-map#sthash.WwD1HS7R.dpuf CNSNews, April 16, 2012]</ref> The organization lists various "hate groups" for their opposition to the [[homosexual agenda]], [[abortion]] and [[social justice]] to name a few. Homosexual activist [[Floyd Corkins]] utilized the information with the intent on causing [[mass murder]] at the [[Family Research Council]] in D.C., the conservative organization is listed by them as a hate group. Corkins entered FRC's lobby allegedly shouted “I don’t like your politics” and shot an unarmed guard in the arm with a 9mm pistol before being wounded and arrested.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/perkins-shooting-family-research/2012/08/16/id/448862#ixzz2kTjbZHV5 FRC's Perkins: Southern Poverty Law Center Gave Gunman 'License to Shoot']</ref> The SLPC denied they were responsible but the gunman admitted as much. Though Corkins' actions perfectly fit the definition of a [[hate crime]], no such sentence was given likely due to his liberal sympathies. Corkins did receive a 25-year prison sentence.

All of the incidents listed above further prove the SPLC is a left-wing political organization, as well as itself being a hate group, <ref>[https://aschaper1.blogspot.com/2022/06/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html Everything You Need to Know about Alabama Hate Group "The Southern Poverty Law Center" (But Were Afraid to Ask)]</ref> rather than one focused on racism and civil rights. ===Demonizing activists for values=== In June 2023, the SPLC vilified parents who wish to protect their young children. It listed ‘Moms for Liberty’ a hate group.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/moms-for-liberty-splc-not-hate-group-a9f41819 Moms for Liberty Is Not a ‘Hate Group’], ''WSJ'', June 20, 2023.<blockquote>The SPLC vilifies parents who wish to protect their young children</blockquote></ref>'''Margaret Huang''' still defended its decision after backlash.  We're not going to stop': Moms for Liberty co-founder slams Southern Poverty Law Center for labeling it an 'extremist' group - and accuses organization of an 'orchestrated attempt to stop our voices.{{Cquote|Undeterred by the label, Justice said: We're going to keep doing the work that we do across the country. We're set up by chapters. We have over 120,000 members. And if you talk to the moms and dads on the ground, they're concerned about some of the things that they're seeing taught in schools. They're concerned about the fact that not every American child is learning to read in school.' 'So we're going to keep focused on our mission of getting liberty-minded individuals elected to school board[s] and ensuring that parental rights are protected at every level of government.'<ref>Sophie Mann, [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12175591/Moms-Liberty-founder-slams-Southern-Poverty-Law-Center.html We're not going to stop': Moms for Liberty co-founder slams Southern Poverty Law Center for labeling it an 'extremist' group - and accuses organization of an 'orchestrated attempt to stop our voices'], ''Daily Mail'', 08 Jun 2023</ref>}}  Mothers, Jewish leaders criticize Southern Poverty Law Center listing ‘Moms for Liberty’ a hate group. {{Cquote|Bethany Mandel, a mother and conservative columnist, and co-author with Karol Markowicz of the 2022 book '"Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation,'' has worked with Moms for Liberty; delivered speeches to its chapters; and befriended many of its members. She is going to the group’s summit, which begins later this month. “It is a group of passionate women who in no way resemble extremists or a hate group. The SPLC are beclowning themselves and exposing nothing but their own bias,” Mandel told JNS. “It’s unfortunate that the SPLC has made clear that Jewish families don’t have a reliable source for this kind of content,” she added. “They just have another left-wing group, which falsely uses antisemitism as a cudgel against its political enemies.” ‘Obvious anti-Jewish bias’ The Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents Orthodox rabbis, has stated that the Council on American-Islamic Relations ([[CAIR]]) and the Southern Poverty Law Center—both of which were listed as partnering organizations in the new White House national strategy on antisemitism—have demonstrated “obvious anti-Jewish bias.”<ref name=jns-20june2023>Bradley Martin, [https://www.jns.org/us-news/parents/23/6/20/296853/ Mothers, Jewish leaders criticize Southern Poverty Law Center listing ‘Moms for Liberty’ a hate group], ''JNS'', June 20, 2023.<blockquote><small> Rabbi Yaakov Menken of the Coalition for Jewish Values called the parental-rights group an ally to Orthodox Jews. (Those involved with Moms for Liberty in Washington state. Source: Facebook.[https://cdn.jns.org/uploads/2023/06/Moms-for-Liberty-1320x880.jpg]) The Southern Poverty Law Center is a Montgomery, Ala.-based nonprofit that according to its website was founded in 1971 “to ensure that the promise of the civil rights movement became a reality for all.” Before reaching that first paragraph on the group’s site, however, comes the SPLC’s self-identification as “a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.” SPLC is often quoted in news articles as an authority on whether an entity is a hate group, and as critics, including 100 Orthodox rabbis at one point, have noted, the law center often deems mainstream groups with traditional religious values as hateful on the basis of those values. In its report “Year in Hate and Extremism,” which SPLC released earlier this month, the group listed the nonprofit Moms for Liberty, and other parental-rights organizations, alongside the KKK and neo-Nazi groups. “Moms for Liberty is a far-right organization that engages in anti-student inclusion activities and self-identifies as part of the modern parental rights movement,” per the SPLC. Bethany Mandel, a mother and conservative columnist, and co-author with Karol Markowicz of the 2022 book '"Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation,'' has worked with Moms for Liberty; delivered speeches to its chapters; and befriended many of its members. She is going to the group’s summit, which begins later this month. “It is a group of passionate women who in no way resemble extremists or a hate group. The SPLC are beclowning themselves and exposing nothing but their own bias,” Mandel told JNS. “It’s unfortunate that the SPLC has made clear that Jewish families don’t have a reliable source for this kind of content,” she added. “They just have another left-wing group, which falsely uses antisemitism as a cudgel against its political enemies.” ‘Obvious anti-Jewish bias’ The Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents Orthodox rabbis, has stated that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Southern Poverty Law Center—both of which were listed as partnering organizations in the new White House national strategy on antisemitism—have demonstrated “obvious anti-Jewish bias.” Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, told JNS that the SPLC turns a blind eye against antisemitism perpetrated by radical Islamic groups, which he said have killed more people than far-right groups on the SPLC list combined. That includes four Israelis killed on June 20 in a terrorist attack in Samaria. “SPLC does not even list the Council on American-Islamic Relations on their hate map, despite its history of antisemitism,” Menken said. He said SPLC was demonizing an ally for Orthodox Jews in America by listing Moms for Liberty as a hate group. “By this standard, we would like to be recognized as a hate group, too,” he said. “Moms for Liberty supports parental rights at a time when New York is encroaching on yeshivah education,” said Menken. He predicted that the law center would list Orthodox Jewish families, which support gender-segregated synagogues and swimming hours, as hate groups as well. ‘Stop labeling concerned moms’ Former school-board members Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich founded Moms for Liberty in January 2021. The nonprofit “is dedicated to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government,” says its site. The nonprofit has 120,000 members in 285 chapters across 45 states, per its Twitter handle. The law center should try to dismantle “groups that promote reprehensible ideas, like teaching children about sex and hijacking their education for the pleasure of adults,” Alison Centofante, a mother and longtime pro-life activist, told JNS. “They should also stop labeling concerned moms who value parental rights and their children’s innocence.” Centofante added that the SPLC designation is “reckless” and puts members of parental-rights groups in danger. A shooter used the SPLC “hate map” to find and target people at the Family Research Council in 2012, she noted. “SPLC’s labels have led to violence and they should be held accountable,” she said. Lyndsey Fifield, a mother and digital consultant who has worked at several Conservative organizations, told JNS that she knows the staff at SPLC, having lived in Alabama. “As a Christian with Jewish friends, it is scary to see this coming from people who claim to be fighting for racial and social justice,” she said. According to Fifield, SPLC uses its designations of hate groups as an intimidation tactic, to silence mainstream Conservative voices. She told JNS that “it is chilling to see how the SPLC is weaponizing their hate map against what was considered mainstream only 10 years ago.”</small></blockquote></ref>}} ===Family Research Council shooting===In the wake of an August 2012 shooting at the headquarters of the [[Family Research Council]], some columnists criticized the SPLC's listing of the Family Research Council as an "anti-gay hate group". Dana Milbank, of the Washington Post, wrote that the SPLC was "reckless in labeling as a “hate group” a policy shop that advocates for a full range of conservative Christian positions." <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-hateful-speech-on-hate-groups/2012/08/16/70a60ac6-e7e8-11el-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_story.html</ref><ref>[http://huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22dana-milbank-washington-post-family-research-council-hate-group_n_1822805.html Dana Milbank, Washington Post Writer, Slams LGBT Activists, SPLC For FRC's 'Hate Group' Label]</ref> Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said, after the attack, “I believe [the gunman Floyd Corkins] was given a license to do that by a group such as the Southern Poverty Law Center who labeled us a hate group because we defend the family and stand for traditional orthodox Christianity.”<ref>FRC's Perkins: Southern Poverty Law Center Gave Gunman 'License to Shoot', https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/perkins-shooting-family-research/2012/08/16/id/448862?s=al</ref> Capital Research Center states that the SPLC "deliberately mischaracterizes conservatives and tea partiers as “extremists”."<ref>Southern Poverty Law Center: Wellspring of Manufactured Hate, http://www.capitalresearch.org/2012/09/southern-poverty-law-center-wellspring-of-manufactured-hate/</ref> In July 2021, [[Google]] scrubbed from its search engine results<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/07/09/google-scrubs-mike-cernovich-report-on-splc-link-to-mass-shooter-from-search-results/</ref> [[Mike Cernovich]]'s ''How a Convicted Terrorist used the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Website to Identify Targets''.<ref>https://www.cernovich.com/splc-floyd-lee-corkins-family-research-council-shooting/</ref> ===Proud Boys controversy===[[Roger Stone]] noted:[[File:Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/exclusive-capital-one-cancels-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrios-credit-card-adverse-past-present-legal-action/</ref>]]{{quotebox-float|"To pull off their version of a “[[color revolution]]”, [[Democrat]]s and their [[fake news]] [[propaganda]] machine in [[mainstream media]] have set up a cynical diversionary effort. In recent weeks, corporate-owned Democrat shill media has been in overdrive falsely and maliciously smearing and defaming a fraternal organization called the “[[Proud Boys]],” an extraordinarily small group of mostly young men of all races and identities (the national chairman is a [[black]] [[latino]] of [[Cuba]]n descent) who are essentially a drinking society. Truly vile Democrat stooges in media have published [[libel]]ous and [[slander]]ous statements falsely labeling these men as “white supremacists.” Having absolutely ZERO evidence to substantiate this [[defamation]], all they do is cite a criminal front group run by leftist zealots called the “Southern Poverty Law Center” or SPLC (an organization whose name is three lies in one). The radical leftists behind this shady [[defamation]] factory disguised as a public interest group are neither neutral nor objective, and are a credible arbiter of absolutely nothing on this planet. They have been a malicious propaganda generator against anyone with views that are anything right of the Chamber of Commerce. This evil organization was essentially setup as a money-making scam for left-wing fundraiser Morris Dees, used to fleece well-intentioned low-dollar liberal donors of their money, thinking they were sending money to fight extremists on the right, like Gerald Ford. Meanwhile, they defame as a Nazi or Klansman anyone who doesn’t actively profess twisted hard left doctrine or bow down before the likes of [[Elizabeth Warren]]."<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/roger-stone-exclusive-democrats-plan-steal-2020-election/</ref>}}

In the summer of 2003, the SPLC's ''Intelligence Journal'' carried a feature article entitled "Into the Mainstream", by [[Chip Berlet]]. The cover of the journal had an image of [[Adolf Hitler]] in front of the [[American flag]] and the caption, "Marching toward the Mainstream: the radical Right invades American culture". The implication was that such conservative activists as [[David Horowitz]] and his [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]], as well as other groups including the [[libertarian]] Ludwig von Mises Institute, were "radical right" and Hitlerian.<ref>Kantor, Myles. "Morris Dees' Defamation". ''FrontPage magazine'', September 25, 2003. [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=52878574-A7B7-4885-A6F9-58C15841D70C]<small>The Southern Poverty Law Center, and Morris Dees himself, have engaged in a dispute with conservative intellectual and activist David Horowitz over material related to Horowitz's campaign against slavery reparations, which the SPLC claims constitutes "hate speech". Horowitz writes [https://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/Readarticle.asp?ID=9830]:<blockquote>The effect is to multiply the number of racial hate groups, to scare well-meaning citizens into the belief that mainstream civil rights organizations like the Center for the Study of Popular Culture are really fever swamps of hate that deserve to be lumped alongside the Ku Klux Klan. The purpose of this fear-mongering is transparent. It is to fill the already wealthy coffers of your organization by exploiting unsuspecting donors into helping you promote leftwing agendas under the guise of civil rights.</blockquote></small></ref> This smear was denounced by David Horowitz, who demanded an apology, although none was forthcoming.