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Related: About this forumCivil Rights Leaders Slam Colorado GOP For Bizarre SPLC Attack
#SPLC serves one useful purpose. It lets readers know not to trust stories citing it. #SPLC is like the bright coloring on a poisonous frog. https://t.co/7kuF0bfxiI
The Colorado GOP (@cologop) September 7, 2017
The Colorado GOP (@cologop) September 7, 2017
A late-arriving press release today from several local civil rights leaders including the Denver Ministerial Alliance and LGBT rights group One Colorado calls for an apology from the Colorado Republican Partywho in the last couple of days has engaged in a series of off-message attacks on the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the nations leading anti-discrimination organizations:
Following a bizarre outburst from the official Twitter account for the Colorado Republican Party viciously attacking one of the nations foremost civil rights defense and anti-hate group organizations, Colorado civil rights leaders called on the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party to publicly apologize and hold the staffer responsible for these tweets accountable.
Todays conservative movement under President Donald Trump is empowering and mobilizing the forces of hatred in America, threatening Americas most fundamental values, said Superintendent Patrick L. Demmer of the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance. The Southern Poverty Law Centers job since 1971 has been to fight back against organized hatred, and theyve done that job brilliantly. Less than one month since Charlottesville, the solution to the growing epidemic of hate in America is not to vilify the messenger.
It is outrageous to witness the Colorado Republican Party attacking an organization that has fought for civil rights and equality for over 45 years, said Demmer. With racist hatred and violence on the rise across America since Trump took office, the Southern Poverty Law Center is sounding the alarm that something very bad is happening. Instead of smearing the SPLC, Colorado Republicans should be reading Hatewatchand making sure that hate is not being legitimized within the Republican Party, in Colorado or any other state.
The Southern Poverty Law Centers has a long history of tracking and documenting the individuals, organizations, and funders of anti-LGBTQ extremism in this country, said One Colorado Executive Director Daniel Ramos. It is indeed possible that being marked as a hate group makes it harder for groups to retain their legitimacy and they may lose support from the public. Thats how it should be. Over the last two decades, we have made enormous progress in putting the days of anti-LGBTQ hate and discrimination behind us. SPLCs ongoing work to expose hate in America is crucial to that progress.
Instead of denying the problem and attacking the messenger, every American should ask themselves: what am I doing to help put a stop to hatred in our country? said Felicia Griffin, Executive Director of FRESC, Good Jobs, Strong Communities. Sen. Cory Gardner, the top Republican elected official in this state, has repeatedly disavowed the racism that manifested in Charlottesville last month. If those words were more than platitudes, Gardner must demand that the Colorado Republican Party apologize for smearing one of the nations foremost civil rights organizations.
Todays conservative movement under President Donald Trump is empowering and mobilizing the forces of hatred in America, threatening Americas most fundamental values, said Superintendent Patrick L. Demmer of the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance. The Southern Poverty Law Centers job since 1971 has been to fight back against organized hatred, and theyve done that job brilliantly. Less than one month since Charlottesville, the solution to the growing epidemic of hate in America is not to vilify the messenger.
It is outrageous to witness the Colorado Republican Party attacking an organization that has fought for civil rights and equality for over 45 years, said Demmer. With racist hatred and violence on the rise across America since Trump took office, the Southern Poverty Law Center is sounding the alarm that something very bad is happening. Instead of smearing the SPLC, Colorado Republicans should be reading Hatewatchand making sure that hate is not being legitimized within the Republican Party, in Colorado or any other state.
The Southern Poverty Law Centers has a long history of tracking and documenting the individuals, organizations, and funders of anti-LGBTQ extremism in this country, said One Colorado Executive Director Daniel Ramos. It is indeed possible that being marked as a hate group makes it harder for groups to retain their legitimacy and they may lose support from the public. Thats how it should be. Over the last two decades, we have made enormous progress in putting the days of anti-LGBTQ hate and discrimination behind us. SPLCs ongoing work to expose hate in America is crucial to that progress.
Instead of denying the problem and attacking the messenger, every American should ask themselves: what am I doing to help put a stop to hatred in our country? said Felicia Griffin, Executive Director of FRESC, Good Jobs, Strong Communities. Sen. Cory Gardner, the top Republican elected official in this state, has repeatedly disavowed the racism that manifested in Charlottesville last month. If those words were more than platitudes, Gardner must demand that the Colorado Republican Party apologize for smearing one of the nations foremost civil rights organizations.
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Civil Rights Leaders Slam Colorado GOP For Bizarre SPLC Attack (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Sep 2017
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shenmue
(38,534 posts)1. I love the SPLC
raven mad
(4,940 posts)2. Little ole startup smartass from Montgomey, Alabama.................
I had the privilege of meeting Morris Dees. And it was a true privilege. Whenever we needed to go to battle, and weren't sure where to turn? A phone call did it. That's all, just a phone call.
Turn ME loose on Colorado repukes.................
mountain grammy
(27,161 posts)3. The new right wing target.. the SPLC..
Don't let them get away with it.
CrispyQ
(37,994 posts)6. This.
They will try to acorn it.
Gothmog
(153,753 posts)4. Idiot conservatives really hate the SPLC
ThoughtCriminal
(14,261 posts)5. GOP pandering to the NAZI/KKK base
It has come to this.