The SPLC’s Real Scam The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is accused of secretly funding white supremacist groups, including bankrolling the 2017 Charlottesville rally and encouraging KKK members to recruit. The organization allegedly used fictitious entities to conceal this from donors and justified its existence by propping up groups with little genuine power. Furthermore, the SPLC is accused of using its ‘hate maps’ and lists to damage the reputations of legitimate organizations involved in mainstream political debates.

• The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is accused of being a major funder of white supremacist groups in the U.S.
• Allegations suggest the SPLC paid informants to promote and fund racist groups while publicly fighting them.
• The SPLC allegedly created fictitious entities to hide funding from donors, a practice described as a ‘racket’.
• The organization is accused of bankrolling the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally and paying a leader nearly $300,000.
• The SPLC allegedly encouraged two white supremacists to stay in the KKK and recruit new members, reimbursing their activities, including cross-burning.
• The article claims the SPLC’s primary goal is to maintain its existence by propping up groups with no real political power.
• The SPLC is accused of targeting legitimate organizations with its ‘hate maps’ and ‘enemies’ lists to damage their reputations.
• Groups like Alliance Defending Freedom, which have won Supreme Court cases, were allegedly placed on the SPLC’s ‘Hate and Extremism’ list.
• Legacy media outlets and the FBI are criticized for relying on the SPLC as an authoritative source on extremism.
• The SPLC, originally formed in 1971, shifted its focus from civil rights to ‘right-wing extremism’ by the mid-1980s.
• Morris Dees, a founder, was pushed out in 2019 after allegations of sexual harassment and racial discrimination.