On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:25:40 -0500, Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Huh? I don't get it. I can believe that the SPLC is silly/reactionary
> enough to list something that innocuous, but any such listing does
> not appear in archive.org's history or google's cache.
>
> -Declan
Oh, Declan, it's not all that hard to get on SPLC's list. They've done a hit piece in
_Klanwatch_ on Objectivists! While I might agree that many objectivists are
irritating ("Check your premises!" My premises are just fine, thank you!), going
after them was almost as silly as going after Missouri FreeNet.
They've gone after FIJA, and even tried--using a front group--to discredit the ISIL
World Conference back in 1996, calling these libertarians ultra-right-wing extremists,
racists and violent militia sympathizers. (Is that "violent militia" sympathizers or
violent "militia sympathizers," I wonder?)
On the other hand, maybe it's a good idea to get as many relatively innocuous
organizations on the SPLC's list as possible, if only to discredit it. Make a few up
just to keep SPLC busy. Be sure to put words like "liberty" and "free" in the name.
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 02:52:33PM -0600, Alif The Terrible wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:50:17 -0600 (CST)
> > From: Alif The Terrible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Please help: MFN is no longer listed as a Hate Group!
> >
> >
> > It is with sadness and deep concern that I must report the falling from grace
> > of Missouri FreeNet from the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of Hate
> > Groups (http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/state.jsp?state_id=26).
> >
> > In an attempt to recify this matter, and to restore MFN to it's rightful
> > place among the Hate Groups of America (tm), I have taken the liberty of
> > initiating an email writing campaign asking for this listing to be restored.
> >
> > Please help! Fill out the form at http://www.tolerance.org/about/contact.jsp
> > and demand that Missouri FreeNet be restored to the SPLC/Tolerance.org list
> > of known hate groups. Our reputation depends on your help in this most
> > critical of moments...
> >
> > --
> > Yours,
> > J.A. Terranson
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
> > should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
> > Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
> > unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
> > the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and
> > elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
> > populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
> > This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
> > as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
> >
> > The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
> > associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
> > those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
> > first place...
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
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