SPLC: Still Alive and Hating

You know those websites listing celebrities you thought were dead but are still around? The Southern Poverty Law Center might as well have been on such a list.

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The appearance of its annual “hate map” was months late, raising suspicions that there were changes afoot. No such luck — the latest anathema was just pronounced. (Google it yourself, if you want to see it.)

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But the SPLC may be facing an unprecedented challenge. Earlier this year, a defamation lawsuit against it for a “hate group” designation was, for the first time ever, not dismissed and has made it to the discovery stage. The Dustin Inman Society — run by immigration-enforcement dynamo D. A. King in Georgia — was classified as a “hate group” in 2018, right after the SPLC registered as a lobbying organization to oppose a bill King supported in the state legislature. {snip}

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No one has ever gotten a look at SPLC’s internal machinations, and staff communications and other files regarding the plaintiffs could well turn over rocks that SPLC would prefer to keep in place.

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King doesn’t have deep pockets — he’s had to take out two mortgages just to keep going. Which is why he needs the support of anyone who wants to see some sunlight shed on the SPLC’s shenanigans. To help fund its fight for justice, the Dustin Inman Society has a GoFundMe page, and one at GiveSendGo. I’ve donated myself; this is not a grift. It’s not every day that an opportunity like this comes along to get accountability from one of the worst actors on the left. {snip}