Are parents who are concerned for their children’s education “haters”? Are they bigots? Do they deserve to be treated as “domestic terrorists?” The answer to all of these questions should be, “No.”
But lately, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a group that claims to be the last word in who are haters and hate groups in America, has now added Moms for Liberty to their infamous “map of hate.”
This means, according to the SPLC, that right up there — or really, right down there — with the skinheads and the Ku Klux Klan is this grassroots organization of mothers concerned about their children’s education.
The website of Moms for Liberty explains why they exist: “The organization's mission is to organize, educate and empower parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.”
Tyler O’Neil of the Heritage Foundation wrote the book on the SPLC. It’s called “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center.”
I’ve had the privilege to interview O’Neil about the infamous work of the SPLC. He told me, “The Southern Poverty Law Center is a morally bankrupt organization with upwards of $700 million endowment. ...
