[Peace-discuss] SPLC

[Carl G. Estabrook]

SPLC - the 'Southern Poverty Law Center’ was classically described by the late (and much missed) Alex Cockburn 9 years ago. 

They seem to be up to their old tricks. Those of us on the Left and in the anti-war movement should be aware of that:

<https://www.thenation.com/article/king-hate-business/ <https://www.thenation.com/article/king-hate-business/>>   —CGE



> On Mar 14, 2018, at 8:03 PM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/09/update-multipolar-spin-how-fascists-operationalize-left-wing-resentment <https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/09/update-multipolar-spin-how-fascists-operationalize-left-wing-resentment>
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> splcenter.org <http://splcenter.org/>
> Explanation and apology: The multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize left-wing resentment
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> March 14, 2018 Facebook Twitter
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> On March 9, 2018, we posted an article on our Hatewatch blog entitled “The multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize left-wing resentment.”
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> Shortly after its publication, we received complaints registered by or on behalf of several journalists mentioned in the article that it falsely described one or another of them as white supremacists, fascists, and/or anti-Semites, and falsely accused them of engaging in a conspiracy with the Putin regime to promote such views. Because neither we nor the article’s author intended to make any such accusations, we took it down while we re-examined its contents.
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> That re-examination has caused us to conclude that, while the intent of the article, which we thought was clear at the time of publication, was to show only that individuals on the left share some policy views with respect to multipolarism that are also held by the far right and/or appear on far-right media and conferences advocating them, the article did not make that point as clearly as it could or should have.
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> Accordingly, we have decided not to re-post it. In addition, we extend a sincere apology to those who believe they have been falsely described in it, including Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Tim Pool, Rania Khalek, and Brian Becker, and disclaim, as clearly as we can, any intention to suggest that any of them are white supremacists, fascists, and/or anti-Semites, that they hold such views, or that they are engaged in a conspiracy with the Russian government to promote such views or otherwise.
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