re: "Hate Map" created by the Southern Poverty Law Center

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SPLC is perhaps the most influential hate group in the country.

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It's a shame how SPLC is legitimized and treated as authoritative. SPLC is an obsolete remnant of an age with actual oppression. But they won--the Klan is dead. But with winning came the prospect of not being needed. Since SPLC wants to stick around rather than declare "mission accomplished " and move on to other more useful endeavors, the mission is now against "hate". So with the broad amorphous goal of fighting "hate" SPLC ensures it will always find a reason to exist. And when there isn't much actual acts of hatred happening, SPLC will search and find something to pretend to be outraged about.