The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claims there has been a 20-percent surge in hate groups since 2014. The so-called civil rights organization also claims a rise since Donald Trump was elected.
MSN.com reports:
The Southern Poverty Law Center's annual census identified 954 hate groups in 2017, a 4 percent rise from the year before. The increase followed a 2.8 increase in 2016, and the most recent number represents a jump of one-fifth from 2014.
Among the more than 600 U.S. white supremacist groups, neo-Nazi organizations rose to 121 from 99. Anti-Muslim groups increased for a third year in a row, to 114 from 101 in 2016, after tripling in number a year earlier, the report said.
What’s not mentioned in the report is how the SPLC arrives at these figures. As TruthRevolt has reported time and time again, the SPLC has put elementary schools on its various lists if it’s named after a Confederate general. The group also targets churches and ministries as “anti-gay” if they don’t support same-sex marriage. And if any organization wants to expose the truths about Islam, well they’re, of course, “Islamophobic.”
So, it’s really not surprising that the SPLC has seen an “increase” in hate groups, because they’re the ones who decide what a hate group is.
The organization is viciously anti-Trump and its “Intelligence Project” director, Heidi Beirich, claims the president is the reflection of a country full of white supremacists and that's why we're seeing the uptick:
“President Trump in 2017 reflected what white supremacist groups want to see: a country where racism is sanctioned by the highest office, immigrants are given the boot and Muslims banned.”
Did it ever occur to Beirich that the supposed surge happened over the last two years of Obama's presidency and yet she would rather blame the one year under Trump? That makes no sense.
Putting the ridiculous notion of “white supremacy” in the current White House aside, according to SPLC's logic, if anyone thinks illegal aliens should be deported, or Muslims carefully screened before entering the United States, you qualify for its definition of “hate.” That seems very scientific and unbiased.
In reality, with the SPLC’s history of slandering conservative organizations, and its published “hate map” which has come in handy for several violent leftist shooters who used it to locate targets, the Alabama-based organization is the real hate group.
Read more about the SPLC at our own Discover the Networks.