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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you'd care to learn more about the SPLC, here is a pretty even handed article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2018/11/08/feature/is-the-southern-poverty-law-center-judging-hate-fairly/?utm_term=.6eedcbafb581
Final paragraph from the article:
[quote]As these letters make painfully clear, hate, like so much in American life, has become highly ideological. In this climate, seeking widespread credibility for a hate list — with its inherently blunt methodology — seems at once quaint, noble and, possibly, futile.[/quote]

What is interesting is that they don't include groups--like Antifa--as a hate group even though they advocate violence.  They only include people that they claim are hateful.  And, that is a matter of their own ideology.  So, i guess in their view, if you harm people, it's not hateful.......

Sure, many of the groups they list are hate groups.  But, certainly not all of them.

Since this article was written, Morris Dees was fired.  You can google and find out more about that, if you like.

But, a group who disagrees with the transgender issue so much in the press these days, is not necessarily a hate group--except in the view of the SPLC.

My personal opinion on this issue is that it is very complicated.  I do think all people should be treated respectfully, and if someone is transgender and wants to be treated as another sex from the one they had when they were born, I'm willing to respect that--unless it infringes on someone else's rights.

The bathroom/locker room issue is not cut and dried.  It's complicated. However, to me, the athletic issue infringes on the rights of biological females. It essentially wipes out Title IX protections for girls' sports.

I also think the "science" is still out on whether or not transitioning as a child is wise.  There are studies that support both sides on that.

To me, these are decisions best made on an individual basis.  [/quote]

Nice misdirection of the actual issue here.

Do you believe that the American College of Pediatricians is a legitimate academic or professional organization?

Do you dispute any of the citations from the organization and their leadership quoted on SPLC's page about them, or elsewhere on the internet?

Why do you think I should even give another minute of my time to considering, as legitimate, any organization that uses ACP as a primary source of authority?[/quote]

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