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One of the most notorious leftist groups in the country Pink slips were handed over to 60 employees,
This isn’t the first time the Southern Poverty Law Center has seen a mass exodus of its staff, but this round of layoffs could signal a significant shift in the political winds, as National election cycle The heat begins.
As one former employee claimed on Twitter known as X, the SPLC’s recent cuts come after the nonprofit has been holding over $1 billion in donor funds in its reserves. While this claim dwarfs much more reliable reporting that puts the number at a little over $160 million, what appears to be a massive exaggeration actually provides a perfect opportunity to understand what games the SPLC has been playing with the American people for the past four decades.
After all, exaggerations and outright lies have been commonplace at the SPLC for decades.
Southern Poverty Law Center eliminates 60 jobs, while union says it hid cash
After gaining a reputation for successfully wiping out what remained of the Ku Klux Klan through lawsuits in the early 1980s, the SPLC moved into full-time fundraising mode under the leadership of its co-founder. Morris Dees,
SPLC co-founder Morris Dees, a member of the Direct Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame, was unexpectedly ousted from the group in 2019. (Photo by David Buchan/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Dees, a member of the Direct Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame, was unceremoniously ousted from the SPLC in 2019, while longtime chairman Richard Cohen resigned in disgrace Amid allegations of racism and gender discrimination At company headquarters—a lavish facility that employees have nicknamed the “Poverty Palace.”
And don’t fool yourself into thinking that anything has changed. In 2021, an ex-SPLC staff member Written in The Daily Beast Even follow-up efforts to address this toxic culture were “designed to protect the SPLC’s reputation, not to implement or recommend changes that benefited employees — changes that hard Needed.”
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Apparently sensing the fact that this fraud had taken place decades ago, the entire legal department resigned in protestThis was a group that could read the writing on the wall. As Bob Moser, a former employee, explained, keep this In a 2019 article for The New Yorker, “It was hard for many of us not to feel like we had been pawns in a scam that was in many ways highly profitable.”
Of course, pawns have value only if they can remove the opponent’s pieces from the board. The key to that goal has been SPLC’s absurd “hate map,” Which for years has conflated KKK supporters with mainstream conservatives and conservative organizations — including my employer, the Alliance Defending Freedom — and is a blatant effort to push us to the margins of American life.
This has not slowed us down. Since 2011, ADF has been fortunate to argue and win 15 cases. US Supreme Court and hundreds more in lower courts. While the high court was deciding just such a case protecting donor privacy, the SPLC launched its “Hate-Free Philanthropy” campaign, a not-so-subtle attempt to circumvent the ruling by urging private companies to keep the identities of our donors secret.
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It is noteworthy that this round of layoffs by SPLC comes just days after the release of its annual update. Ridiculous “Hate Group” Documentin which a federal judge – an Obama-appointed –was considered “completely subjective”. The list also included grassroots parent rights groups like Moms for Liberty and physician groups that oppose the use of transgender medical interventions like cross-sex puberty hormones on children.
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s headquarters has been dubbed the “Poverty Palace” by some employees. (Barry Lewis/Inpictures)
This is a far cry from most of the country. The survey was reported by The Washington Post This shows that a majority of Americans agree with the position of the doctors on the SPLC’s hate list that the law should protect minors from harmful puberty-blocking measures.
Meanwhile, the SPLC’s hostility toward peaceful, religious Americans prompted the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue a field memo Targeting of Roman Catholics who celebrate the Latin Mass. The incident resulted in the FBI withdrawing the memo and an investigation by Congress.
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The SPLC has played too much games with the American people. Dissent is not discrimination or hate. We are tired of seeing our neighbors vilified as radicals and ostracized by civil society simply because they have the courage to speak out against what others think.
The only question remains: Will the political Left at large learn this lesson, or will it be left to former SPLC employees in the unemployment line to ponder it?
