‘The Social Contract’ exposes Southern Poverty Law Center

“Profiteers of Hate,” the cover of the Spring 2010 issue of The Social Contract accuses.  “The smear-mongering agenda of the Southern Poverty Law Center…”

In this special issue The Social Contract presents an unsparing indictment, and a timely debunking, of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).  Acclaimed expert on America’s political fringes Laird Wilcox skewers the bogus scholarship and smear tactics by which SPLC has successfully sold itself to government and media as an impartial arbiter of “hate,” in an exclusive, keynote interview with Peter Gemma. TSC’s team of accomplished contributors from the left, right, and center exposes SPLC’s unsavory methods, dubious aims, and tawdry fundraising practices with surgical precision and comprehensive scope.

Indeed.  TSC provides a linked index for every article in this issue, covering everything from SPLC’s “ritual defamations,” to their “hidden agenda,” all bearing in mind how immensely lucrative the venture has proven to be for founder Morris Dees and key executive staff.

We’ve covered the defamation/conflation angle from a gun owner perspective many times at Gun Rights Examiner. TSC expands that to show how other groups that the SPLC agenda finds convenient are also smeared in order to advance their agenda and bring in the cash.

A key observation that nicely illustrates SPLC hypocrisy when it comes to money, from an article by contributor Patrick Cleburne, notes “the $PLC now has an account in the notorious tax haven and money-laundering location of the Cayman Islands!” and that SPLC receive $2.9 million from “[t]he Picower Foundation, set up by Jeffry Picower, reliably reported to have been the biggest beneficiary of the Madoff scam.”  Cleburne suggests:

Madoff left many destitute elderly in his wake. The SPLC should return its Picower money to the Madoff trustee for their benefit.

Don’t hold your breath.

With 17 articles, there are far too many points to effectively summarize here, which means those of you wanting to learn more will need to spend some time reading.

Here’s what strikes me as the most important point I could raise: SPLC is rolling in dough. The people who are bringing us such detailed exposés deserve our support.  Here’s how you can give it:

Bookmark The Social Contract website. Share the link, along with the link to this article, with like-minded family and friends.

Don’t just read the articles online—buy a physical copy of this issue that you can share with others. Not only is it nice to own, hold and leaf through, but the price is right:

Note: this item is being offered free, plus a shipping fee of $5, under a special promotion - as long as supplies last.

Also note other offerings from TSC’s bookstore.

In a related development, it happens coincidentally that Mike Vanderboegh at Sipsey Street Irregulars posted late yesterday on SPLC’s Cayman Island account as well as the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by Morris Dees in “The House that Hate Built.”

Man, that’s livin’. Click here see more.

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Rendell vetoes self-defense

We discussed Pennsylvania’s “Castle Doctrine” bill when it passed the House and then when it cleared the Senate, noting it had gone to anti-gun Governor Ed Rendell to ignore, sign or veto.  Unsurprisingly:

Self-defense gun bill vetoed by Rendell

Legislature won’t be recalled for possible override before current session expires.

Only in the Bizarro World of anti-gunners could someone infringing on your right to self-defense under color of law say this with a straight face:

“As keepers of the public trust, we have the solemn duty to protect our citizenry, not put them in harm’s way, and to protect the sanctity of human life.”

This, of course, is the same Rendell who reportedly did not visit a disaster zone after a tornado. Why?

His no-show was handled nicely by a staff member who said that the governor could cause more havoc in disaster zones by diverting resources, because of the retinue of bodyguards and handlers accompanying him.

Typical of these power-abusing hypocrites...

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What ammunition would you use against a bear?

How about a stuffed bear?

Mike Vanderboegh at Sipsey Street Irregulars has his own observations about yesterday’s ammo reclassification column.

Click here to read more.

And tangentially related to all this, while you’re there make sure you check out Mike’s “Open Letter to Andrew Traver.”

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