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| − | The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' though founded with good activism in 1971, it has evolved and became a destructive anti-values<ref name=jns-20june2023/> [[Leftist|far-Left]]<ref name=foxnews-9june2023/> legal and anti-American activist [[organization]]. | + | The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' though founded with good activism in 1971, it has evolved and became also a destructive anti-values<ref name=jns-20june2023/> [[Leftist|far-Left]]<ref name=foxnews-9june2023/> legal and anti-American activist [[organization]] - on the other hand. |
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| | Established in Montgomery, [[Alabama]]. It was founded by trial lawyers Morris Dees and Joe Levin, and its first president was civil rights leader [[Julian Bond]], who would later take control of the [[NAACP]], nevertheless, in its early years it has focused on fighting real hate. A dramatic change occurred in the Obama (admin.) years, including by branding any criticism of [[Islamism|extreme-ideology]] behind Jihad terror as supposed "hate." | | Established in Montgomery, [[Alabama]]. It was founded by trial lawyers Morris Dees and Joe Levin, and its first president was civil rights leader [[Julian Bond]], who would later take control of the [[NAACP]], nevertheless, in its early years it has focused on fighting real hate. A dramatic change occurred in the Obama (admin.) years, including by branding any criticism of [[Islamism|extreme-ideology]] behind Jihad terror as supposed "hate." |
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| − | In recent years, SPLC 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 co-founder Dees was fired by the group in March 2019,<ref>Multiple references: | + | In recent 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 co-founder Dees was fired by the group in March 2019,<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *Murphy, James (March 15, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/31757-splc-fires-founder-morris-dees-amid-lawsuits-and-credibility-crisis SPLC Fires Founder Morris Dees Amid Lawsuits and Credibility Crisis]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 23, 2019. | | *Murphy, James (March 15, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/31757-splc-fires-founder-morris-dees-amid-lawsuits-and-credibility-crisis SPLC Fires Founder Morris Dees Amid Lawsuits and Credibility Crisis]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 23, 2019. |
| | *Caplan, Joshua (March 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/14/southern-poverty-law-center-fires-founder-morris-dees-suggests-misconduct/ Southern Poverty Law Center Fires Founder Morris Dees, Suggests Misconduct]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2019. | | *Caplan, Joshua (March 14, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/14/southern-poverty-law-center-fires-founder-morris-dees-suggests-misconduct/ Southern Poverty Law Center Fires Founder Morris Dees, Suggests Misconduct]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2019. |