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Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by Balgair on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:44PM (#15715305)
Why?
Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by stcredzero on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:39PM (#15716908)
Because there are people in the SLPC who are abusing the reputation of the organization as a political weapon. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an ex-muslim who wants to reform the society she came from and Majid Nawaz is a muslim reformer. Labeling what they are doing and saying as "hate speech" is intellectual dishonesty.
Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by Balgair on Thursday November 16, 2017 @05:12PM (#15717155)
No offense, but I'm going to believe the SPLC in general all the same. They have a pretty good track record over the decades. Yeah, if they screwed up 2 things, that's not good and they should fix it. But, a 99.9% 'correct' rate is pretty damn good all the same.

You should email them and tell them though, I'm sure they would want to correct anything they are wrong about. Smearing people incorrectly is something I imagine they would want to make right.

https://www.splcenter.org/contact-us

Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by stcredzero on Thursday November 16, 2017 @05:26PM (#15717251)
They have a pretty good track record over the decades.

They seemed to have taken a "hockey stick" turn in the past several years.

Yeah, if they screwed up 2 things, that's not good and they should fix it.

There's more than just those two things.

You should email them and tell them though, I'm sure they would want to correct anything they are wrong about.

There's already a lawsuit.

Smearing people incorrectly is something I imagine they would want to make right.

I've had pretty much the same thought, but my conclusion is that their definition of "right" has become essentially tribal, and that they feel justified in using their reputation as a partisan weapon, because in their minds, their ends justify those means.

Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality by Balgair on Sunday November 19, 2017 @01:56PM (#15735267)
You provide no sources. Please update.