So Many Hate Groups, So Little Time: The Marginal Mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Bravo to Mr. Michael Hirsh for his short, well articulated poke at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Here is an excerpt:

Founded in 1981, the SPLC’s Intelligence Project notes that hate groups in the United States number 888 (which, if you subtract 222 equals 666!). By the SPLC’s Intelligence Project’s own description the number of hate groups has grown at a rate of 48% since the year 2000. In other words, the SPLC is not only ridiculous, they are incompetent too.

Among the many hate groups declared to be so by the omniscient SPLC’s Intelligence Project are Roman Catholics who participate in the Latin Mass. So the largest Christian denomination in the world is a “hate group” for what, you ask? The answer is, for a prayer in the Good Friday services that includes a request for Divine Intervention in the conversion of the Jewish people to Christianity. Nothing says “hate” quite like “I want to spend eternity in heaven with you.”

That last sentence is one I wish I had written.