Thread: SPLC: Hate groups on the rise, 19 now call Arizona home

Report: Hate groups on the rise, 19 now call Arizona home
Reported by: Tim Vetscher
Email: tvetscher@abc15.com
Last Update: 8/12 8:58 pm

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PHOENIX -- A representative from the Southern Poverty Law Center was in Phoenix Wednesday to address the growing number of hate groups operating in Arizona.

According to the SPLC's website, 19 hate groups currently call Arizona home, including 12 right here in the Valley.

"A lot of the hate you hear being spewed around here involves the immigration issue," said Dr. Heidi Beirich with the SPLC.

Beirich took part in a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon titled "The Elements of Hate."

"Hate is a virus always seeking a host," said Bill Straus with the Anti-Defamation League. "We're a pretty good host here in Arizona."

Don Logan, former Director of Scottsdale's Office of Diversity, also took part in the panel discussion.

Logan was injured in 2004 when he opened a package delivered to him that subsequently exploded.

"I'm physically scarred for the rest of my life," he said.

This past June, investigators arrested two brothers who belong to a white supremacist group in connection with the incident.

"I know what I'm dealing with," said Logan. "Two white supremacists who launched an attack on me because my skin color is different than theirs."




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If you have ever seen her address the issue you realize quoting Heidi Beirich is automatic self discreditation.

I just posted this to the comments section. Hasn't come up yet though:

So every once in a while the SPLC can point to an actual white supremest racist but do they have to always extrapolate from that that everyone advocating for enforcement of our immigration laws must therefore be racist too? Using logic like theirs I would be right to say the major cause of death is birth. Prove that wrong.

Ratbstard wrote,

So every once in a while the SPLC can point to an actual white supremest racist but do they have to always extrapolate from that that everyone advocating for enforcement of our immigration laws must therefore be racist too?

Bingo! These are the same old tactics that were used back in the 90's under Clinton concerning 2nd Ammendment rights and gun ownership. Recycled and used to tar and feathers those who oppose open borders. The propaganda template is the same, only the subject matter is inserted as needed.