The Southern Poverty Law Center refuses to label the left-wing extremist organization antifa a hate group.
The SPLC’s “hate map” features groups and organizations that it classifies as hateful according to its own criteria. On this map, people can find the U.S. Border Patrol and the Family Research Council.
However, the antifa label is nowhere to be found, The Washington Times reported.
Although there are countless videos demonstrating the left-wing extremist organization’s violent behavior and rhetoric, SPLC president Richard Cohen believes that antifa doesn’t demonstrate hate.
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Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry told the SPLC during Cohen’s testimony on domestic terrorism that the SPLC “reduces” their “credibility” by refusing to add antifa to their list of hate groups.
“So you’re OK with antifa as long as they don’t say things that you don’t agree with, but it’s OK if they hit people on the head with a bike lock or set things on fire or riot and flout the law by wearing face masks and incite riots — you’re OK with that?” Perry asked.
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