Then SPLC lists, state by state, hundreds of hate groups. Ku Klux Klan groups, White Supremist groups, etc. It's scary to see. And right among those, SPLC lists MassResistance, Abiding Truth Ministries, and others. It makes it look like we're just like those groups. It's very effective. Classic Saul Alinsky.

But look closely. In Massachusetts SPLC lists 11 other "hate groups" besides MassResistance and CCFILE. Most of those groups have frightening names, including "Neo-Nazi", "Ku Klux Klan", "General Hate" types. But we've never heard of any of them (except the Nation of Islam, which hasn't been in the news for years). For example, have you ever heard of North East White Pride, or United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan? Neither have we. They seem to have web sites, but beyond that do they exist at all? Have they ever done anything?

What constitutes a "hate group"? We couldn't find it on the SPLC website. But in the MetroWest Daily News article referenced above, the SPLC spokesman told the reporter:

[A] hate group is one that "in its platforms or statements says that a whole other group of people is less by virtue . . . These are people who attack other groups of people based on their group characteristics."

But that's a rather exotic definition of "hate", certainly not found in any dictionary. This absurd use of the word "hate" makes the word essentially meaningless.