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Evergreen State College

2022-08-01T22:39:10Z

Otoya Yamaguchi: one addition

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'''Evergreen State College''' is a public liberal [[art]]s college located near [[Olympia]], [[Washington]].

==History==
The Council of Presidents of Washington State baccalaureate institutions wrote a report in 1964 stating that another college was needed in the state to balance the geographical distribution of the existing state institutions. Following further feasibility studies, the state legislature passed a law creating a new state college stipulating that the campus should be no smaller than 600 acres, making it then the largest campus in the state as well as the first public four-year college created in Washington in the 20th century. Classes started in 1971 with 1128 students. Charles J. McCann was the founding President of Evergreen until June 1977. Daniel J. Evans, who as Governor signed the legislation creating Evergreen, became President. Evans left the president's office abruptly in 1983 when he was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Henry M. Jackson.

===2017 protests===
[[File:Evergreen clocktower.jpg|thumb|right|Campus Clock Tower]]
In some past years, students staged a "Day of Absence" event where African-American students held events off campus to make the other students realize how much they contribute overall to the college. In 2017, students proposed that the white students refrain from conducting classes or events on campus as the "Day of Absence."<ref name=highered>Jaschik , Scott. (May 30, 2017). "[https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/30/escalating-debate-race-evergreen-state-students-demand-firing-professor Who Defines What Is Racist?]", ''[[Inside Higher Ed]]''. Retrieved June 3, 2017.</ref> Biology Professor Bret Weinstein publicly objected to the change<ref name=highered /> and wrote a piece for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. The Administration told him he would not be safe on campus, so he held his class off-campus in a park. In response, African-American students demanded that Prof. Weinstein be fired. Because local law enforcement received credible threats of terrorism, the campus was completely closed on June 1 and 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/01/lawmaker-targets-evergreen-college-money-amid-race/|title=
Threat closes Evergreen State College after protests over race|date=June 1, 2017|accessdate=June 2, 2017}}</ref> Additional threats were received over the weekend, and police closed the campus on June 5 until 3 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evergreen.edu/news/post/olympia-campus-reopens-monday-june-5|title=Olympia Campus Reopens Monday, June 5|work=evergreen.edu|date=June 5, 2017|accessdate=June 6. 2017}}</ref> Students also occupied the President's office for two hours.<ref name=times/>

In response to student protests, the President promised to hire senior administrators who are minorities and to provide great latitudes for Native Americans who wish to "cook and eat Native foods in freedom."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.evergreen.edu/news/post/response-student-issues|title=Response to Student Issues|date=May 26, 2017|accessdate=June 3, 2017}}</ref>

On June 2, 2017, 15 members of the Washington State House introduced a bill to convert Evergreen State into a private college.<ref name=bill>{{cite web|url=http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2221&Year=2017|title= HB 2221 - 2017-18: Transitioning The Evergreen State College to a private four-year institution of higher education.|accessdate=June 18, 2017}}</ref> The same bill was reintroduced in the 2018 legislative session.<ref name=bill/> On June 6, the school announced the relocation of its graduation out of concern for possible demonstrations or disruptions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://komonews.com/news/local/classes-resume-at-evergreen-state-as-graduation-is-moved|title=Classes resume at Evergreen State as graduation is moved|work=KOMO News|date=June 6, 2017|accessdate=June 17, 2017}}</ref> On June 15, an off-campus group called "[[Patriot Prayer]]" together with conservative Evergreen students marched on campus and got into a violent confrontation with a group of counter-demonstrators that was broken up by State Police.<ref name=times>{{cite news|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/evergreen-state-protests.html|title=A Campus Argument Goes Viral. Now the College Is Under Siege.|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=June 18, 2017|work=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/06/16/protest-and-counterprotest-evergreen-state|title=Protest and Counterprotest at Evergreen State|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=June 18, 2017|work=Inside Higher Ed}}</ref> The June 16, 2017 graduation ceremony was moved to a minor league baseball stadium in Tacoma Washington, where all participants passed through metal detectors. The rental of the stadium together with security and bus transportation cost the school $100,000.<ref name=times/> The ceremony proceeded without disruption. The theme was “In a time of destruction, create something.” a quote by Maxine Hong Kingston, and the graduating class charity was Stand with Standing Rock, a grassroots movement that began in early 2016 in reaction to the approved Dakota Access Pipeline.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.evergreen.edu/graduation/theme-speaker|title=Graduation Commencement Ceremony|accessdate=June 18, 2017}}</ref>

In July 2017, Weinstein and his wife, Anthropology Professor Heather Heying, filed a $3.85 million tort claim against the college. In September, Weinstein, Heying and the college reached a settlement for $500,000 with Weinstein and Heying resigning from the faculty.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/09/26/school-settles-weinstein-resigns/|title=School Settles|date=September 26, 2017|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref>

Concurrently, student Resident Advisors living in the dorms form an informal organization called RAFT (which was not a union) which presented demands in May regarding working conditions, racism, and pay. When RAFT's demands were not met, they went on strike. Over the summer, the striking RAFT members were mostly terminated for failure to perform their jobs and their meal plans were canceled and they were ordered to vacate their dorm rooms.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/09/26/resident-assistants-on-strike-resident-assistants-fighting-for-tomorrow-ends-in-mass-firing/|title=Resident Assistants on Strike|date=September 26, 2017|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Academic program==
Students follow one of 11 curated Paths of Study or design their own program. At the end of each course, the student writes an self-evaluation called a "Academic Statement" and then the professor writes a "critical evaluation." There are no letter grades. Prior to the 2017 protests, the faculty established pipelines with various graduate schools that enabled Evergreen undergraduates to use their faculty recommendations to get accepted into programs to continue education. However, since 2017, the loss of established faculty and the decline in use of standardized tests for graduate admission has diminished the value of an Evergreen undergraduate degree.<ref name=academics>{{cite web|url=https://www.evergreen.edu/academics|title=Academics|accessdate=October 9, 2020}}</ref>

Evergreen's Native Pathways Program is for students who are connected and involved within Native American or Indigenous communities and culture. It "provides opportunities to learn through western and indigenous pedagogy, while maintaining and promoting an indigenous worldview."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.evergreen.edu/nativepathways|title=Native Pathways Program|accessdate=October 9, 2020}}</ref>

Evergreen offers three advanced degrees:
*Master of Environmental Studies
*Master of Public Administration
*Master in Teaching<ref name=academics/>
==Student body==
The college has a 98% acceptance rate, making it one of the least selective colleges in the nation.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/evergreen-state-college-8155/applying US News Report]</ref> The average GPA for freshmen admitted in 2015 was 3.15. The average SAT composite (critical reading and math) score was 1084 and the average ACT composite test score was 24. The SAT writing test and subject tests are not required.<ref>http://www.evergreen.edu/admissions/requirements/freshman</ref> Twenty-six percent of the students are students of color, and 60% of students hold down a job while going to school.<ref>http://www.evergreen.edu/about/facts</ref>

==Famous alumni==
*[[Rachel Corrie]]
*[[Matt Groening]] creator of the Simpsons
*[[Michael Richards]]

==References==
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Mumia Abu-Jamal

2022-08-01T22:32:56Z

Otoya Yamaguchi: more details

'''Mumia abu-Jamal''' (born Wesley Cook in 1954) is a convicted murderer currently serving a prison sentence in [[Pennsylvania]] for the murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner of the [[Philadelphia]] Police Department on December 9, 1981. Abu-Jamal maintains his innocence, and remains a cause célèbre among activists who make up the "Free Mumia" movement. The movement has gained attention among celebrities, such as actor [[Ed Asner]] and rock band [[Rage Against the Machine]], who have put out songs with lyrics supporting Abu-Jamal.

Abu-Jamal had been a [[Black Panther]] activist and underground journalist, and was affiliated with MOVE, a Philadelphia-based radical anti-technology organization.

Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death in 1982, but his [[death penalty]] was overturned in 2001. Joseph McGill, who was the lead prosecutor for the trial, has said that "that case was the strongest case that I ever had."<ref>25 years later, Mumia Abu-Jamal's case to be argued in appeals court, AP, May 16, 2007 [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/16/america/NA-GEN-US-Mumia-Abu-Jamal.php]</ref> Currently, Abu-Jamal appears to be facing life in prison. Politicians such as Pennsylvania governor [[Ed Rendell]] have expressed interest in putting Abu-Jamal back on death row, but even if this occurred, Abu-Jamal might not ever be executed. The state of Pennsylania does not frequently execute criminals; 226 people sit on death row in the state as of January 1, 2007, but only three executions have taken place in the state since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.<ref>[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state/ Death Penalty Information Center, Pennsylvania section]</ref>

A number of the specific details of the crime have been questioned by Abu-Jamal's supporters, who maintain that Abu-Jamal is the victim of a racially or politically motivated conspiracy. Faulkner's widow, Maureen, has spent the last 25 years trying to tell her side of the story and to specifically rebut the claims of the "Free Mumia" movement, but has found herself constantly harassed by Abu-Jamal's supporters. She has stated that "she fears for her life".<ref>Hollywood's Unlikely Hero, by ABCNews.com, hosted by FrontPageMagazine.com [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID={BBAFE2F3-D704-436C-96DA-DF32D1AF1DF2}]</ref>

From his prison cell, Abu-Jamal has given speeches decrying the [[Iraq War]] and expressing other political opinions, and has also "spoken" at The [[Evergreen State College]] graduation ceremony via tape.<ref>http://www.seattleweekly.com/1999-07-07/news/graduation-altercation.php</ref>

==See also==
*[[Alliance for Global Justice]]

==References==
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User:Otoya Yamaguchi

2022-08-01T21:24:22Z

Otoya Yamaguchi: summary

Hi. I graduated from [[Evergreen State College]]. I was an apolitical person, but I saw the ugly side of the Left up close and personal. My breaking point was seeing my good friend have her graduation ceremony hijacked by supporters of cop-killer [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]].

I believe [[White privilege]] and [[The Patriarchy]] should be classified as conspiracy theories, as they have no basis in fact and were invented by paranoid individuals with persecution complexes.

Otoya Yamaguchi is the name of a Japanese patriot and martyr that successfully stopped a Communist takeover of Japan.

Southern Poverty Law Center

2018-11-15T04:30:54Z

Otoya Yamaguchi:

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The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' is a [[Leftist|far-left]] legal and activist [[organization]] created in 1971 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]]. SPLC supports a wide variety of extreme-[[liberal]] positions; it is anti-conservative Christianity, pro-[[immigration]] (both legal and [[illegal immigration|illegal]]), advocates [[multiculturalism]] and the [[homosexual agenda]], supports [[Muslim]]s and racial preferences and defendants' rights, and advocates against what it considers "hate groups". In 2012, Black pastors confronted the Southern Poverty Law Center for smearing as "hate groups" pro-family organizations opposed to the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/2012/0/16/press-conf-black-pastors-confront-southern-poverty-law-center-for-smearing-pro-family-organizations-opposed-to-homosexual-agenda-as-hate-groups/</ref> Reverend Dr. Patrick Wooden admonished the SPLC in declaring that it is wrong to compare "my beautiful blackness" with [[homosexual]] perversion.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/2012/01/16/press-conf-black-pastors-confront-southern-poverty-law-center-for-smearing-pro-family-organizations-opposed-to-homosexual-agenda-as-hate-groups/</ref>

The SPLC's op-ed writings have appeared in the [[Communist Party USA]]'s newspaper ''People's World''.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2011/01/22/splc-article-featured-in-communist-newspaper/ SPLC article featured in communist newspaper, The Daily Caller, January 22, 2011]</ref> This "controversial, liberal organization" <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/dec98/southern19.htm</ref> has been criticized in mainstream press for being extravagant in its spending, and using charges of racism to stifle conservatives.<ref>http://cofcc.org/?p=984</ref>

Despite the organization's far-left partisanship, the mainstream media continues to cite the SPLC as an authority on hate groups.

==Finances==
The SPLC's IRS Form 990 for the year ending October 31, 2015, showed a total income of $54.2 million, and expenses of $45.3 million with a surplus of $8.9 million. The organization has a net worth of $315 million, and the top salaries were paid to Morris Dees, Chief Trial Counsel, $337,146; Richard Cohen, President, $333,296; Wendy Via, Chief of Development, $186,645; Jerri Katzerman, Deputy Legal Director, $183,752; and Joseph Levin, General Counsel, $160,626.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/990-10-31-15.pdf|format=PDF|title=SPLC Form 990|accessdate=January 11, 2017}}</ref>

The last year that the [[Better Business Bureau]]'s Philanthropic Advisory Service reported on the SPLC, in 1994, Dees and then Executive Director Edward Ashworth took home over $150,000 each, and the organization then possessed over $62 million in assets.<ref>http://www.zpub.com/notes/znote-splc.html</ref> It now controls over $200 million, and Dees pulls $286,000 in salary.<ref>http://www.splcenter.org/donate/financialinfo/financial.jsp</ref> In 2000, SPLC fundraised $27 million and made an additional $17 million from investments, but spent only $13 million on its civil rights program.<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3e5cb925c4.htm</ref> It is no longer listed in the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance<ref>http://us.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=113&id=1bce9b1f-74e9-4c94-96e8-1ee2b519b0c4</ref> because that would require that "at least 50 percent of total income from all sources, should be applied to programs and activities directly related to the purposes for which the organization exists." The SPLC spent 89 percent of its total income on fund-raising and administrative costs.<ref>http://www.theamericanresistance.com/thousand_words/pics_splc_expands.html</ref>

The SPLC has also been moving millions of dollars out of the U.S. into international accounts which is can use at will with no accountability. As a non-profit organization, this kind of activity is at the very least irregular if not illegal.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/5/irs-investigate-splc-cayman</ref> By September 2017, they had amassed at least $67 million in these offshore accounts.<ref>https://www.lc.org/newsroom/details/083117-splc-sends-millions-of-cash-to-tax-haven-accounts-1</ref>

In addition to donations from liberal members, which are often elicited by sensationalizing hate crimes, the center raises a lot of revenue seizing assets of violent groups, and by extorting groups that do not want to be accused of racism. In 1987, the SPLC won a major case on behalf of Beulah Mae Donald, the mother of a Klan lynching victim. This was the invention of a clever new tactic—suing domestic terrorist groups into bankruptcy—but Ms. Donald benefitted very little. Of the $7 million verdict, only $50,000 went to her. This was because the Klan chapter had no assets other than a warehouse used as a headquarters, the warehouse itself was valued at about $50,000.<ref>http://www.americanpatrol.com/SPLC/ChurchofMorrisDees001100.html</ref>

The SPLC's fundraising tactics came under heavy criticism most recently by the Council of Conservative Citizens,<ref>http://cofcc.org/?p=5108</ref> as well as by articles in ''Harper's'' magazine in 2000<ref>Silverstein, Ken. "The Church of Morris Dees: How the Southern Poverty Law Center Profits from Intolerance". ''Harper's'', November, 2000. http://www.harpers.org/archive/2000/11/0068709</ref> and in the local ''Montgomery Advertiser'' newspaper in 1994.<ref>Morse, Dan and Greg Jaffe. "Critics Question $52 Million Reserve, Tactics of Wealthiest Civil Rights Group". ''Montgomery Advertiser'', February 13, 1994</ref>

==Hate Groups==
SPLC lists over 1000 organizations as hate groups. Many of these are widely accepted but the list continues to grow with the controversial additions of [[conservative]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] organizations. Conservative political stances and Christian moral stances that the SLPC disagrees with are now targeted, many of these additions are organizations for the general welfare of American citizens and are not associated with hate. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer has described the SPLC as "defamers and the blacklisters."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/12/15/israeli-ambassador-ron-dermer-slams-southern-poverty-law-center-defamers-blacklisters/ Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer Slams Southern Poverty Law Center As ‘Defamers and Blacklisters’]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''The Times of Israel''). Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref>

*Catholic organizations
*Baptist organizations
*Pentecostal organizations
*[[American Family Association]]
*[[Family Research Council]]
*Illinois Family Institute
*Parents Action League
*United Families International
*Christian Action Network
*American Defense League
*United States Justice Foundation
*Watchmen Bible Study Group
*Mission to Israel
*Jewish Defense League
*[[Alliance Defending Freedom]]

These fine organizations and many others are lumped together with the [[KKK]] and White nationalists, skin-heads, Neo-Nazis and Black separatists.

===Hate Map===
The Southern Poverty Law Center posts a "Hate Map" on their website.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/shooting-southern-poverty-law-center-put-family-research-council-hate-map Before Shooting: Southern Poverty Law Center Put Family Research Council on ‘Hate Map’ - See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/shooting-southern-poverty-law-center-put-family-research-council-hate-map#sthash.WwD1HS7R.dpuf CNSNews, April 16, 2012]</ref> The organization lists various "hate groups" for their opposition to the [[homosexual agenda]], [[abortion]] and [[social justice]] to name a few. Homosexual activist [[Floyd Corkins]] utilized the information with the intent on causing [[mass murder]] at the [[Family Research Council]] in D.C., the conservative organization is listed by them as a hate group. Corkins entered FRC's lobby allegedly shouted “I don’t like your politics” and shot an unarmed guard in the arm with a 9mm pistol before being wounded and arrested.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/perkins-shooting-family-research/2012/08/16/id/448862#ixzz2kTjbZHV5 FRC's Perkins: Southern Poverty Law Center Gave Gunman 'License to Shoot']</ref> The SLPC denied they were responsible but the gunman admitted as much. Though Corkins' actions perfectly fit the definition of a [[hate crime]], no such sentence was given likely due to his liberal sympathies. Corkins did receive a 25-year prison sentence.

===SPLC attacks on conservatives and Christians===
While SPLC attacks obvious hate groups such as the KKK or Aryan Brotherhood, it also lumps in some conservative and Christian organizations in an attempt to defame and delegitimize them. For instance, SPLC considers Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) a "hate group", because it opposes illegal immigration, and uses demonstrations as a method, which the SPLC deems intimidation.<ref>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/12/11/fair-crossing-the-rubicon-of-hate&splcnewsletter=panewsgen-121107/</ref> Similarly, the SPLC labels the immigration reductionist/reformist website VDARE as a "hate group", because it argues against illegal immigration.<ref>http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2008/10/07/freedom-folksblogs4borders-interview-with-peter-brimelow/</ref>

The SPLC followed Laird Wilson in publishing a list of "hate groups" but after Wilson rejected the usefulness of that approach, the SPLC continued with it, becoming prominent for using it against groups standing for traditional values.<ref>http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0223/Annual-report-cites-rise-in-hate-groups-but-some-ask-What-is-hate</ref><ref>http://editioncnn.com/2012/08/16us/dc-shooting-blame/index.html</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/blogs?blog-briefing-room/news/243921-shooting-spurs-heated-battle-on-gay-rights-and-hate-group-label</ref> Laird Wilcox, claims to have provided SPLC with some of the information initially used to compile their list of "hate groups". He "concluded that a lot of [the SPLC's hate groups] were vanishingly small or didn’t exist, or could even be an invention of the SPLC." Some of the "hate groups" were creations of SPLC informants, rather than legitimate groups. And with the advent of the internet, some of them exist "nowhere except in cyberspace." Wilcox concludes, "The whole issue of “lists” is full of smoke and mirrors."<ref>"An Expert on Fringe Political Movements Reflects on the SPLC’s Political Agenda - An Exclusive Interview with Author and Researcher Laird Wilcox", Volume 20, Number 3 (Spring 2010) http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_20_3/tsc_20_3_wilcox_interview.shtml</ref>

In the wake of an August 2012 shooting at the headquarters of the [[Family Research Council]], some columnists criticized the SPLC's listing of the Family Research Council as an "anti-gay hate group". Dana Milbank, of the Washington Post, wrote that the SPLC was "reckless in labeling as a “hate group” a policy shop that advocates for a full range of conservative Christian positions." <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-hateful-speech-on-hate-groups/2012/08/16/70a60ac6-e7e8-11el-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_story.html</ref><ref>[http://huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22dana-milbank-washington-post-family-research-council-hate-group_n_1822805.html Dana Milbank, Washington Post Writer, Slams LGBT Activists, SPLC For FRC's 'Hate Group' Label]</ref> Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said, after the attack, “I believe [the gunman Floyd Corkins] was given a license to do that by a group such as the Southern Poverty Law Center who labeled us a hate group because we defend the family and stand for traditional orthodox Christianity.”<ref>FRC's Perkins: Southern Poverty Law Center Gave Gunman 'License to Shoot', https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/perkins-shooting-family-research/2012/08/16/id/448862?s=al</ref> Capital Research Center states that the SPLC "deliberately mischaracterizes conservatives and tea partiers as “extremists”."<ref>Southern Poverty Law Center: Wellspring of Manufactured Hate, http://www.capitalresearch.org/2012/09/southern-poverty-law-center-wellspring-of-manufactured-hate/</ref>

Also smeared as "hate groups" by the SPLC include: the California Coalition for Immigration Reform, [[Liberty Counsel]], and The Social Contract Press (a liberal group publishing [[environmentalist]] works such as those of [[Garrett Hardin]], apparently smeared solely because they republished French writer [[Jean Raspail]]'s 1973 novel ''The Camp of the Saints'' which foretells catastrophe befalling [[Europe]] from boatloads of illegal immigrants arriving from South Asia).

Another example is the [[Council of Conservative Citizens]], a conservative activist organization that advocates for states' rights and against immigration, Communism, racial quotas, and gun control. SPLC labels the entire organization as "racist" because a minority of members had decades-past connections to segregationist organizations. In fact, the CCC attracts such mainstream speakers such as former Sen. [[Trent Lott]] (R-Miss.), Gov. [[Kirk Fordice]] (R-MS) and Rep. [[Bob Barr]] (R-Ga.), and engages in charitable and cultural events.

The SPLC has also recently added new categories to its categories of "hate groups", including Traditionalist [[Catholic]]s (that is, those who advocate for a return to the [[Latin]] [[Mass]]), and an "anti-gay" category of groups who do not support the homosexual agenda and/or advocate for homosexuals to come out of that lifestyle.

During the 1990s, the SPLC maintained a separate list of "patriot groups", which although they did not include them as part of their "hate groups" list, carried the same intent: to [[guilt by association|smear those groups by association]], and create the public impression those groups were some sort of threat to society. Their "patriot groups" list included groups opposed to the [[income tax]], groups campaigning for jury and court reform, and the [[John Birch Society]], among others.

In 2010, the SPLC created a list entitled "Meet the Patriots", which included such people such as [[Chuck Baldwin]], [[Orly Taitz]], and [[Alex Jones]] as supporters of this "patriot movement".<ref>http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/summer/meet-the-patriots?page=0,0</ref> A supplement entitled "The Enablers" was also released, which included [[Michele Bachmann]], [[Glenn Beck]], [[Ron Paul]], and [[Judge Napolitano]].<ref>http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/summer/meet-the-patriots/the-enablers</ref>

In 2012, the SPLC found four individuals to file a lawsuit against a group providing therapy to homosexual men in order to help them become [[ex-homosexuals]].<ref>http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/27/15486181-four-men-sue-new-jersey-organization-over-gay-conversion-therapy?lite</ref> The SPLC alleges the group violated New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Law in advertising that conversion therapy will help people become ex-homosexuals. Instead of being a pro-consumer lawsuit, as the SLPC implies, the suit is a collateral attack on conversion therapy and the free exercise of religion.

In 2017, the SPLC labeled the [[Alliance Defending Freedom]] a "hate group,"<ref>Richardson, Valerie (July 16, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/16/alliance-defending-freedom-blasts-defamatory-south/ ABC, NBC hit with backlash after pinning ‘hate group’ label on Alliance Defending Freedom]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.</ref> a label that [[mainstream media]] outlets picked up on.<ref>Weaver, Corrine (July 13, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/07/13/abc-nbc-cnn-defending-1st-amendment-is-hate-speech-media-hit-ag-sessions-for-speech-to-christian-group.html ABC, NBC under fire after smearing Christian organization as a “hate group”]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.</ref> That same year, it labeled the conservative [[Center for Immigration Studies]] a "hate group."<ref>Krikorian, Mark (March 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-labeling-my-organization-a-hate-group-shuts-down-public-debate/2017/03/17/656ab9c8-0812-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html How labeling my organization a hate group shuts down public debate]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> The SPLC caused serious financial harm to the Ruth Institute, a Catholic organization that combats the decline of the family, due to the SPLC's "hate group" designation of the Institute.<ref>Richardson, Valerie (September 5, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/5/southern-poverty-law-hate-map-listing-costly-ruth-/ Southern Poverty Law ‘hate map’ label proves costly to pro-family Ruth Institute]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 11, 2017.</ref> That same year, D. James Kennedy Ministries, an [[evangelical Christian]] ministry based in [[Florida]], filed a lawsuit against the SPLC due to its designation of the ministry as a "hate group."<ref>Llorente, Elizabeth (August 24, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/24/southern-poverty-law-center-hate-group-label-hit-in-evangelicals-lawsuit.html Southern Poverty Law Center ‘hate group’ label hit in evangelicals’ lawsuit]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.</ref><ref>O'Neil, Tyler (August 23, 2017). [https://pjmedia.com/faith/2017/08/23/d-james-kennedy-ministries-sues-splc-guidestar-and-amazon-for-defamation/ IT'S ON: Christian Group Sues SPLC and Amazon Over 'Hate Group' Designation]. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.</ref> In 2017, a college graduate was placed on the SPLC's "hate group" list because she did an interview with the conservative [[Family Research Council]].<ref>[http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/30/conservative-college-grad-hate-group-list-radio-interview-southern-poverty-law-center Conservative College Grad Put on Hate Group List for Radio Interview]. ''Fox News Insider''. September 30, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.</ref>

In 2017, the SPLC included Twitter hashtags such as "#Christmas", "#MerryChristmas", and "#jesus", on its list of "trends in a community of far-right Twitter users."<ref>Multiple references:
*Strand, Paul (December 27, 2017). [http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/december/southern-poverty-law-center-adds-merry-christmas-to-its-hate-list ‘Merry Christmas’ Appears on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hashtags Hate List]. ''CBN News''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
*Wong, Kristina (December 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/25/southern-poverty-law-centers-hate-tracker-tracking-christmas-hashtags/ Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘Hate Tracker’ Picks Up #Christmas as Trending Hashtag]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
*Bourne, Lisa (January 3, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/liberal-law-center-ranks-merrychristmas-as-top-twitter-hate-speech-on-chris Liberal law center ranks ‘#merrychristmas’ as top Twitter ‘hate’ speech on Christmas day]. ''LifeSIteNews''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref> It was reported in early 2018 that the SPLC was working with [[YouTube]] to police the site's videos and censor conservatives and Christians in the process.<ref>Multiple references:
*Newman, Alex (March 2, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/28413-hate-group-splc-helping-youtube-purge-conservatives “Hate Group” SPLC Helping YouTube Purge Conservatives]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
*Nash, Charlie (March 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/01/report-far-left-splc-helping-youtube-police-videos-as-conservatives-increasingly-censored/ Report: Far-Left SPLC Helping YouTube Police Videos as Conservatives Increasingly Censored]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
*Hasson, Peter (February 27, 2018). [https://dailycaller.com/2018/02/27/google-youtube-southern-poverty-law-center-censorship/ EXCLUSIVE: YouTube Secretly Using SPLC To Police Videos]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved March 2, 2018.</ref>

The SPLC has falsely claimed that the conservative [[Value Voters]] summit, along with the conservative [[John Birch Society]], was somehow promoting "hate" and "bigotry."<ref>Murphy, James (September 28, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/30194-value-voters-summit-and-john-birch-society-attacked-by-splc Value Voters Summit and John Birch Society Attacked by SPLC]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 28, 2018.</ref>

All of the incidents listed above further prove the SPLC is a left-wing political organization, as well as itself being a hate group, rather than one focused on racism and civil rights.

===Double standards and denialism===
Despite labeling numerous mainstream conservative organizations as "hate groups", the SPLC has refused to label [[Antifa]], a violent extremist left-wing group, a hate group.<ref>Nelson, Steve (September 3, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/southern-poverty-law-center-condemns-antifa-but-wont-call-hate-group/article/2633252 Southern Poverty Law Center condemns antifa, but won't call hate group]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 3, 2017.</ref><ref>Richardson, Valerie (December 2, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/2/antifa-isnt-hate-group-southern-poverty-law-center/ Antifa isn’t a ‘hate group,’ Southern Poverty Law Center claims]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref>

The SPLC has labeled Islamic terrorist attacks, such as the 2016 Orlando nightclub attack, and [[Black lives matter]] attacks as somehow being "Terror from the Right."<ref>Stranahan, Lee (December 10, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/10/southern-poverty-law-center-calls-islamic-and-black-lives-matter-attacks-radical-right-terrorist-plots/ Southern Poverty Law Center Calls Islamic and Black Lives Matter Attacks ‘Radical-Right Terrorist Plots’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref><ref>Pfeiffer, Alex (December 8, 2016). [https://dailycaller.com/2016/12/08/the-splc-considers-the-most-deadly-islamic-terror-attack-since-911-a-right-wing-plot/ The SPLC Considers The Most Deadly Islamic Terror Attack Since 9/11 A Right-Wing Plot]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref><ref>Sulzer, John (December 12, 2016). [https://www.thelibertyconservative.com/splc-dallas-ambush-orlando-shooting-right-wing-terror/ SPLC: Dallas Ambush, Orlando Shooting “Right Wing Terror”]. ''The Liberty Conservative''. Retrieved April 26, 2018.</ref>

In 2017, the SPLC labeled British Muslim anti-extremist Maajid Nawaz as an "anti-Muslim extremist",<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/29/british-muslim-suing-southern-poverty-law-center/ Why a British Muslim Is Suing the Southern Poverty Law Center]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.</ref> something which the organization later apologized and paid a $3.3 million settlement for.<ref>Multiple references:
*Duke, Selwyn (June 23, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/29352-acting-like-a-hate-group-splc-pays-large-settlement-and-may-be-sued-further Acting Like a Hate Group, SPLC Pays Large Settlement and May Be Sued Further]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
*Tomlinson, Chris (June 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/18/u-s-far-left-anti-hate-group-to-pay-maajid-nawaz-3-3-million-dollar-settlement-for-including-him-on-hate-list/ U.S. Far-Left Group SPLC To Pay Counter-Extremist Maajid Nawaz $3.3M Settlement Over Anti-Muslim ‘Hate List’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
*Chamberlain, Samuel (June 18, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/18/splc-makes-huge-settlement-with-anti-extremist-group-it-called-anti-muslim.html SPLC makes huge settlement with anti-extremist group it called 'anti-Muslim']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
See also:
*Delingpole, James (June 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/19/delingpole-maajiid-nawaz-vs-southern-poverty-law-center-smells-like-victory/ Delingpole: This Ex-Radical Islamist Just Won a Great Victory for Us All]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
*Nash, Charles (June 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/06/20/at-least-60-groups-considering-lawsuit-against-splc/ At Least 60 Groups Considering Lawsuits Against SPLC, Inspired by Nawaz Victory]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2018.</ref>

==Infiltration into the classroom==
Additionally, the SPLC runs tolerance.org, a website that advocates [[multiculturalism]], the homosexual agenda and "social justice". It is designed with teachers in mind so that these ideas can influence young children in the classroom <ref>http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/index.jsp</ref> For instance, teachers can click "classroom activities" then "early grades" and "Tolerance Issues: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual issues:" or "tolerance issues: Gender Issues" and arrive at a pro-alternative family article, among others.<ref>http://www.tolerance.org/teach/current/event.jsp?cid=305</ref> Its magazine is sent to over 400,000 educators, and over 10,000 schools participate in its programs.

==Interference in the Sierra Club==
In early 2004, Morris Dees filed to run as a candidate for the board of directors of the [[Sierra Club]], a leftist [[environmentalist]] organization. Dees, who has no background in environmental issues at all, ran only to use his ballot statement to smear three other candidates for the Sierra Club board, who advocated the Sierra Club address the environmental impact of excessive legal and illegal immigration into the United States. Dees and two other fake board candidates were part of a broader smear campaign by the radical left, which also included [[MoveOn.org]]. Dees, MoveOn, and others smeared these three candidates, all of whom were staunch liberals and environmentalists (one of them, former [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] governor of [[Colorado]], [[Richard Lamm]]) solely because they understood excessive immigration numbers to be an environmental issue.<ref>For much background and material on the takeover of the Sierra Club in 2004 by radical pro-immigration and [[political correctness]] advocates, including Dees' role as a fake board candidate, see http://sierrademocracy.org/</ref>

==Cooperation with law enforcement==
The SPLC has been criticized by civil rights writer Laird Wilcox for essentially functioning as a private intelligence gathering agency for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and other [[law enforcement]] agencies, doing activities as a private organization that public law enforcement agencies are barred by law from doing (such as keeping dossiers on people solely because of their political or religious views) because for a government agency to do them would be a violation of [[civil rights]]. Wilcox points out the dangers of the FBI and other law enforcement working with ideologically-driven groups like the SPLC, which has its roots in 1960s radical liberal activism, because of the danger this poses that the SPLC's own ideological differences with another group can be treated as a law enforcement issue rather than as an ideological dispute between a left-wing group (the SPLC) and a group on the right. This can, and has, led to attacks on such groups' freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.<ref>Wilcox, Laird. ''The Watchdogs''. Olathe, Kansas: Editorial Research Service, 1999.</ref>

Indeed, the SPLC has a history of adding groups to its listing of purported "hate groups" in advance of a government law enforcement campaign against them. The SPLC inexplicably added the [[Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints]] (FLDS) to its "hate groups" list just before FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was indicted on charges of arranging [[polygamy|polygamous]] underage marriages. The timing of this listing by SPLC was suspicious, as is the accuracy of calling FLDS a "hate group" to begin with, any controversy over their polygamous practices notwithstanding.

The SPLC brags about being an informant for the FBI. Mark Potok, an SPLC spokesman, said, "Law enforcement agencies come to us every day with questions about particular groups." This was done to circumvent policies against domestic political spying.<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/405293377.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug%2013%2C%201999&author=Anne%20E.%20Kornblut%2C%20Globe%20Staff&pub=Boston%20Globe&edition=&startpage=&desc=FBI%20limited%20in%20battling%20hate%20groups]</ref> But the FBI disavowed the SPLC by dropping it from being listed as a resource on the FBI website,<ref>Feb. 2014 page [http://web.archive.org/web/20140209112737/http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/hate_crimes/hate_crimes], current hate crime page [http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/hate_crimes/hate_crimes]</ref> though it admitted to relying upon the SPLC as recently as mid-2018.<ref>Byas, Steve (August 1, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/29679-fbi-admits-to-using-leftwing-southern-poverty-law-center FBI Admits to Using Left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.</ref>

==''Into the Mainstream'' controversy==
In the summer of 2003, the SPLC's ''Intelligence Journal'' carried a feature article entitled "Into the Mainstream", by [[Chip Berlet]]. The cover of the journal had an image of [[Adolf Hitler]] in front of the [[American flag]] and the caption, "Marching toward the Mainstream: the radical Right invades American culture". The implication was that such conservative activists as [[David Horowitz]] and his [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]], as well as other groups including the [[libertarian]] Ludwig von Mises Institute, were "radical right" and Hitlerian.<ref>Kantor, Myles. "Morris Dees' Defamation". ''FrontPage magazine'', September 25, 2003. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=52878574-A7B7-4885-A6F9-58C15841D70C</ref> This smear was denounced by David Horowitz, who demanded an apology, although none was forthcoming.

==SPLC as film critic==
The SPLC has published criticisms of [[movie]]s they deem to be not [[politically correct]], often smearing the filmmakers in the process and portraying them to be part of a purported "radical right" conspiracy to influence the culture. Films the SPLC has criticized in this manner include [[Ronald Maxwell]]'s [[American Civil War]] epics ''Gettysburg'' (1993) and ''Gods and Generals'' (2003), and [[Mel Gibson]]'s 2004 film ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''.

==Corporate Partners==
*Abbott Laboratories
*[[Apple, Inc.|Apple]]
*[[Bank of America]]
*Charles Schwab
*Deutsche Bank
*[[Disney]]
*[[Freddie Mac]]
*J.Jill
*[[JPMorgan Chase]]
*Kraft Heinz
*Liberty Mutual
*Lyft
*[[MGM]]
*Newman’s Own
*[[Pfizer]]
*Progressive Insurance
*[[Shell Oil Company|Shell]]
*[[Verizon]]<ref>https://www.2ndvote.com/splc/</ref>

==See also==
* [[Center for Democratic Renewal]]
* [[Black church-burning hoax]]
* [[Essay:The Protocols of Ritual Defamation]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://splcwatch.org/ SPLC Watch]
* [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zPu1_Q6XNF4 the John Birch Society exposes the SPLC]
* [https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/southern-poverty-law-center-bias-hate-group-labels-scam/ "Hate, Inc.: The SPLC Is a Hyper-Partisan Scam"], ''National Review'' (written by a moderate conservative)

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Talk:Conspiracy theory

2018-11-15T02:32:45Z

Otoya Yamaguchi:

==Globalism vs. New World Order vs. Christian dispensationalism==

First, I'm totally OK with 1990's guy's edits. I did not put those items in; I just moved them around.

We should not lump Christian dispensationalism and millenialism with conspiracy theories.

I think the way out is to distinguish between "globalism", which is a very real political position (perhaps not widely liked at Conservapedia, but nevertheless very real) and "new world order". We should try to recognize the latter as a catch-all term for various conspiracy theories, complete with chemtrails, funny numbers on signs, the illuminati, and so on. This distinction may not be perfect, but I think it's good enough.

[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 00:37, 18 April 2017 (EDT)

==Liberal conspiracy theories==
I'd like to ask permission if I can classify [[White privilege]] and [[The Patriarchy]] as conspiracy theories. Because they really are just that. [[User:Otoya Yamaguchi|Otoya Yamaguchi]] ([[User talk:Otoya Yamaguchi|talk]]) 21:32, 14 November 2018 (EST)