Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime Hoax SPLC Used To Slam Trump
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Via Daily Wire:
After the 2016 election, the Southern Poverty Law Center accepted every accusation of racism or sexism provided to it as evidence of America’s decline after electing President Donald Trump.
But even before the election, the discredited “anti-hate” group was sounding the alarm on any story that could be used against Trump before waiting for the actual details. On November 2, 2016, the SPLC’s “Hatewatch Staff” posted a story titled “Authorities Suspect Voter Intimidation in Burning, Vandalism of Mississippi Church.”
The article was about the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church being set on fire and the words “Vote Trump” spray-painted on the side of the building. SPLC also mentioned this incident in its massive list of alleged hate crimes following Trump’s election (the vast majority of which were allegations from people reaching out to SPLC without providing a shred of evidence for their claims).
Eventually, the SPLC had to append an Editor’s Note to its story, which reads in big bold letters: “In December 2016, a suspect, a member of the church, was arrested in connection with the crime, and authorities now believe the attack was not politically motivated.” The title and original article remain.
The man who actually set the fire, 47-year-old Andrew McClinton, is African-American and a member of the church. On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to arson, according to the Associated Press. He will be sentenced in late April.
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Sad...
Though not a surprise. As Current Affairs reported last week:
"The biggest problem with the hate map, though, is that it’s an outright fraud. I don’t use that term casually. I mean, the whole thing is a willful deception designed to scare older liberals into writing checks to the SPLC"
And not a word so far from any lefties contesting or defending SPLC. Their silence is deafening...
It's amazing how many of these hate crimes wind up exposed as frauds.
Kind of amazing that the SPLC can be even considered to be a legitimate source for anything any more.
Are they still an "acceptable" source here, or have wiser people finally prevailed?
Since MB/FC lists SPLC as "Left Center", we can assume that it's still an acceptable and reliable source even though there's a plethora of evidence to the contrary.
Ah. So wiser people have not prevailed yet.
Interesting.
I wonder if it was called the Northern Poverty Law Center would it have the same fan club?
Only if it perpetrated the same lies as the SPLC does.
More about the Left's beloved SPLC ...
https://www.foxnews.com/us/southern-poverty-law-center-which-frequently-targets-conservatives-accused-by-staffers-of-spreading-intolerance.amp