In a report on its web site dated April 2010, entitled "Meet The Patriots," the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) profiled "36 individuals at the heart of the resurgent [patriot] movement." (In reading the list, I counted only 35 "patriots" and 5 "enablers" for a total of 40. I'm not really sure how the SPLC came up with "36." Perhaps their ability to count is commensurate with their ability to appreciate patriotism and liberty.) The SPLC (founded by Morris Dees) sees itself as America's guardian against "right wing militias" and loves to label conservatives and libertarians that it doesn't like as "extremists." The SPLC is one of the most ultra-liberal organizations in the country and should be dismissed as a group of paranoid leftists, not worthy of thought or mention.
The sad truth is, however, our federal government has chosen to exalt the SPLC to the position of being its "go to" source for information regarding "potential domestic terrorists" and similar characterizations. As a result, the information and reports disseminated by SPLC wind up in police reports and bulletins all over the United States. As an example, the SPLC had its fingerprints all over the infamous MIAC report. One could even question whether the SPLC is merely a front organization for Big Brother.
Read the rest here.
Comment: I look forward to the day that this web log and the companion discussion board at Yahoo and those other "Seventeenthers" are put on this list. Because when that day comes we'll know we are gaining ground and we are closer to repealing the 17th Amendment.
As the apostles rejoiced because they had been counted worthy for suffering disgrace for the Name (Acts 5:41-42), I also look forward to the day that I can rejoice for suffering in disgrace for liberty and freedom, because it was the "Name" that endowed all of us with liberty and freedom, not any government.
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While we always knew this organization was illegitimate, now the SPLC has really managed to embarrass themselves by targeting household names like Glenn Beck and Andrew Napolitano.
My favorite, under the entry for "#40: Ron Paul":
"One Patriot activist minting his own currency in the late 2000s even created the "Ron Paul Dollar.""
I didn't know NORFED was a "Patriot activist" group (lmao)
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