[ April 24, 2024 ]
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is partnering with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). It shouldn’t be partnering with that vicious leftist hate group, it should be investigating it.
Southern Poverty Law Center: ‘Our Aim in Life Is to Destroy These Groups, Completely’
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On Wednesday, 47 leaders of conservative nonprofits sent an open letter to the media warning against using the notorious “hate map” put out by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The leaders denounced any news organization that would cite the SPLC’s list of “extremists” and “hate groups” as if it carried moral authority. “The SPLC is an attack dog of the political left” and should be treated as such, the leaders wrote.
“To associate public interest law firms and think tanks with neo-Nazis and the KKK is unconscionable, and represents the height of irresponsible journalism,” the leaders declared. “All reputable news organizations should immediately stop using the SPLC’s descriptions of individuals and organizations based on its obvious political prejudices.” (PJM)
The letter addressed “Members of the Media” and strongly warned against the SPLC. The leaders characterized the organization as “a discredited, left-wing, political activist organization that seeks to silence its political opponents with a ‘hate group’ label of its own invention and application that is not only false and defamatory, but that also endangers the lives of those targeted with it.”
“U.S. Attorney’s Office Hosts Conference Addressing Hate Speech in K-12 Schools,” U.S. Department of Justice, October 24, 2017 (thanks to Nancy):
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office hosted a conference yesterday aimed at bringing together educators, school administrators, advocates, and community members to learn and share ideas about preventing and effectively responding to hate speech in K-12 schools in Massachusetts.
“Preventing and responding to hate speech in our schools is essential to ensuring equal educational opportunities for youth in Massachusetts,” said Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb. “All young people have a right to learn in a safe and welcoming environment that fosters respect for diversity and nurtures healthy development.”
The full day conference, “Hate Speech in K-12 Schools: Prevention and Response,” was organized by Weinreb’s Civil Rights Unit and held at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. The conference brought together a diverse audience of over 200 educators, school resource officers, school administrators, advocates, and community members from across Massachusetts for a series of panels and plenary sessions about addressing hate speech in Massachusetts schools.
Keynote speaker Maureen Costello, the Director of Teaching Tolerance at the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke about the importance of addressing bias in schools. “Thanks to media coverage of hate speech incidents and the use of modern technology to bully or harass, we are more aware than ever of what vulnerable children face in school, and we have a profound responsibility to ensure that our schools are inclusive and free from bias,” she said. According to keynote speaker Steve Wessler, a Human Rights Educator & Advocate, “The impact [of hate speech] on students includes damage to their physical and mental health as well as to their ability to succeed in school. Additionally, degrading language can escalate from words to violence when no one speaks up for civility and respect.”
The sessions covered a variety of topics including how to address the needs of vulnerable populations who are disproportionately victimized by hate speech and how to prevent hate speech and harassment online and through social media. One panel shared best practices in prevention programs and how to create and maintain positive and welcoming school environments. A panel of legal experts also discussed the legal obligations of schools with respect to harassment and hate speech, including First Amendment protections that apply to students in schools, and when hate speech becomes a hate crime.
The Civil Rights Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office was established in 2015 with the mission of enhancing federal civil rights enforcement. For more information on the Office’s civil rights efforts, please visit www.justice.gov/usao-ma/civil-rights.
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16 Comments
6 years ago
Left/Liberal/feminazis will impose sharia everywhere if there is no resistance to such stupidity.
Just like they banning a Model on Instagram for being too hot and sexy http://bit.ly/2v09Kyv
CAN IT get more Ridiculous ?
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
It’s also strange, ’cause the left was once kind of supportive of less modest clothes for women, now it’s twisted its own values inside and out.
6 years ago
I would says hate speech in Our Schools is When American Kids Cant wear an American Flag on their shirt so as Not to Offend their illegal classmates…scoff
Who remembers the cursing Spanish illegal kids mocking President Trump then candidate Trump and US
with
“You Cant Deport US All.”
US Attorney’s office needs to worry About American rights ,
On American soil ,
In American classrooms
.Hey Left-
When Did that become a Hate Speech?
Obey The LAW.
6 years ago
Reply to
Sharon ODonnell
Mexican Supremacism.. with Other Latin Supremacism thrown in for diversity …
6 years ago
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Sharon ODonnell
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6 years ago
This is CAIR coming in through the backdoor. Look —
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6 years ago
Draining the Deep Swamp looks like a daunting task.
6 years ago
Why is the qur’an not at the top of the list of hate literature to be discussed in classrooms and everywhere else? The stand up fat heads of the late night tv goon shows could pontificate on the qur’an and its “perfection” to the amusement of millions.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Maybe b/c it’s the most hateful, violent, evil collection of angry, racist and bigoted thoughts that is not already banned?
6 years ago
Reply to
Dan Knight
If the same criteria was applied to the qur’an as any other writing, it would have been the first book permanently banned.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Because it tells its followers to kill the infidels – Christians and Jews. Between the athiests and the anti-Semites, the koran is being preached by people who never read it.
6 years ago
Reply to
marlene
True, there are very few muslims who have read the qur’an, fewer that can discuss it, they all rely on the hate imams preach.
6 years ago
WTF? What is Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb doing promoting hate and bigotry?
This is no different than the Progressives of old going around selling their eugenics and racialist theories – only now the targets and the labels have changed.
6 years ago
Hate speech is a euphemism for NO speech, so that “silently they march to their slaughter.”
6 years ago
I wonder if this is the overture to introducing islamic blasphemy and heresy laws under other auspices?
6 years ago
I don’t agree necessarily with offensive speech for the sake of causing offense, but I believe this actually sets a very dangerous precedent. I hope they really think this through carefully.
