[Peace-discuss] SPLC

[David Green]

In spite of SPLC's deserved bad reputation per Cockburn etc., those being
slandered by it (Blumenthal, Khalek etc.) are deferring to its more common
liberal reputation as a civil rights organization. That may be a tactical
move on their part.

Alexander Reid Ross, the culprit, has published on Counterpunch and been
interviewed by Eric Draitser on their podcast. Similarly, Louis Proyect has
attacked Blumenthal etc. on Counterpunch last weekend, and continues to do
so during this week on his blog.

So continues the scare campaign against "red-brown" alliances as an aspect
of the antiwar movement, promoted by those supporting intensified U.S.
intervention in Syria, including the fellow who debated Khalek on TRNN
earlier this week, as shown also on AoTA.

It can also be questioned whether legal suppression is an appropriate
tactic in this case.

DG

DG

DG

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:03 PM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/09/update-
> multipolar-spin-how-fascists-operationalize-left-wing-resentment
>
> splcenter.org
> Explanation and apology: The multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize
> left-wing resentment
>
> March 14, 2018 Facebook Twitter
>
> On March 9, 2018, we posted an article on our Hatewatch blog entitled “The
> multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize left-wing resentment.”
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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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