Comments on: The Last Word: Hatewatch’s 4th Annual Smackdown Awards

By: Matthew Bright

Matthew Bright — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:35:30 +0000

I had a shower this morning. Then I read your greatest annual hits piece and now I feel like I need another one. I don’t know how you deal with it.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:37:47 +0000

So from reading this blog and various other sites in relation to these neo-nazi muppets, I have came to the conclusion that Movies, video games, gay people, TV, Internet, Youtube, Facebook, SPLC, Processed foods, Government and many many other things are really a Jewish plot to destroy the Aryan race and if you do not believe what they are saying then you are either a Jew, a race traitor or a commie.
It was very interesting learning about the NSM leader Jeff Schoep. A man with no real education, no job, lives on welfare, criminal record for theft, 2 abandoned wives and 8 kids and is now married to a woman who was herself married to a black man for near ten years and has a bi-racial child. It is amazing how people look up to him and call him ” commander “. Real classy person. What a bunch of idiots.

By: Ruslan Amirkhanov

Ruslan Amirkhanov — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:16:47 +0000

Dick, Beck doesn’t have “facts” 90% of the time, and if you think otherwise you are obviously not checking at all. Then again, he doesn’t check either. And there is a good reason to paint traditional conservatives as racist- because they are.

Also if you want to have some fun, feel free to cite any of Glenn Beck’s “facts” about anything, and prepare to be disillusioned.

By: Dick Lancaster

Dick Lancaster — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:32:08 +0000

Josh,

The SPLC doesn’t cover far left groups or any group left of center because they ARE a far left group and their sole purpose is to paint all traditional, conservative Americans as racist.

They used to publish “Klan Watch” until they ran out of Klansmen. There are not enough white racists to justify the grants and donations they receive so they invent them.

Potok’s sarcastic and juvinile rant actually surpasses that of their number one nemisis, Glenn Beck. The difference between the two is that Beck invites you to check his facts; Potok censor’s you when you challenge him.

I would ignore the demands for proof from the peanut gallery because useful idiots, in order to be useful, cannot accept facts. It fouls up thier investment.

By: Linnea

Linnea — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:39:31 +0000

Thanks for the Smackdown! The laugh was much needed… especially after yesterday’s awful news from Arizona. Nice to see the haters made the butt of some humor.

Keep up your fantastic work, and stay safe.

By: Ruslan Amirkhanov

Ruslan Amirkhanov — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:33:30 +0000

Very interesting how right-wingers will so readily blab on and on about “radical leftists” doing all kinds of terrible things in America today, yet when asked, they can’t produce any names or groups.

By: Ruslan Amirkhanov

Ruslan Amirkhanov — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:39:13 +0000

Yeah Josh, please tell us who the radical left wing groups are who attack Christians and what-not. Perhaps you can post some stories to show how many people they’ve killed in the last 20-30 years as well.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:39:51 +0000

joshyboy, traditional marriage is one man, many hoes. spanking messes kids up, and never really stopped me from doing anything. stop thinking that current societal norms are god’s will, and stop thinking the democrat boogeyman is out to get you. now, in response, show me these groups you speak of and the proof of their actions, and i’ll be quiet. otherwise, shush.

By: Sam Molloy

Sam Molloy — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:40:02 +0000

Josh, exactly what is the name of one of those groups? I’m sure SPLC would attack them. I think keeping the government out of our bedrooms would be a place of common ground we could agee on. There are probably others.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:11:31 +0000

Also, I don’t understand how allowing same sex marriage is an example of government intrusion. If anything, it’s less government in the bedroom, telling you what you can do with your life.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:10:12 +0000

” parents who believe that spanking a child is okay”

Spanking is clearly child abuse and it should be illegal. If you put your hands on an adult in that same way, you’d go up on assault charges. So if it’s illegal to do it to adults, it should definitely be illegal to do it to children.

By: Lee Ann Mortensen

Lee Ann Mortensen — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:01:01 +0000

Thank you so much for this smackdown, and for all your other work. I’m so glad to see the FRC on your list, and that you care about GLTBQ hate groups. I didn’t go to Auschwitz, but I did go to Dachau in the 1980′s, and even though things were sort of cleaned up, we saw barracks, we saw ovens, we saw clothing and photos of the people jailed/killed there. The most haunting sign on a fence was Arbeit Macht Frei (if I can even spell it correctly)–Work Makes Free (the supposed English translation–an apparently common fence posting). That propaganda has stuck with me for 30 years.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:24:28 +0000

How about covering Far-Left groups who attack Christians, troops currently serving this nation, parents who believe that spanking a child is okay, and people who make personal choices about smoking,drinking, what they eat,owning a gun, and traditonal marriage. It seems like the SPLC has no problem with Far Left groups and would love to live in a world controlled by Democrats who want to make sure no one’s feelings get hurt and that everybody gets a trophy. The attacks against a whole group of people who demand less goverment intrusion in their lives because of a few radicals needs to stop too.

By: Willim K. Crum

Willim K. Crum — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:59:29 +0000

With regards to your sleaziest defense award, the Penguins taught me that the 9th Commandment is “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife”. They also told me which one is the commandment against false witness, but I forgot which one it is. I stunk at catechism.

By: Mark Potok

Mark Potok — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:13:48 +0000

Thanks to all who have been posting the really nice comments, and all of our very best wishes for a prosperous new year. We only hope we can live up to your words!

Very best,

Mark Potok
Editor, Intelligence Report/Hatewatch blog

By: Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:41:26 +0000

meant protesting- sorry

By: Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:40:15 +0000

I went to a lot of civil rights marches in the 60s, and i intend to write a lrtter to the Mayor of Selma orotrsting the upcoming march. There is nothing to be proud of in the Confederacy. It was NOT Gone With the Wind- I have a lot of ancerstors from that era, but I’m not about to join the Daughters of the Confederacy! We are here to learn from history- not celebrate the shame!

By: Okie

Okie — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:22:42 +0000

Yes, I am from Oklahoma. No, I did not vote for the state constitutional amendment re: sharia law. Thank you for your sound reporting and commitment to pointing out where hate is and what it can do.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:22:37 +0000

Are The Radical Right, The Religious Right and the Moral Majority all one in the same?

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:23:07 +0000

Sounds like if you have Judeo-Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim morals and beliefs that you are a racist, a bigot and a homophobe and a hater. So sad.

By: Snorlax

Snorlax — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:51:00 +0000

It seems to me that if Ann Coulter can afford to have her jaw done, she can afford to have that Madam’s Apple removed.

She has a very noticeable “laryngeal prominence” which bobs up and down furiously when she gets agitated, which is often. This is still apparent in recent videos.

My theory is that she hasn’t had it surgically removed because its a turn-on to her legion of closeted Republicans.

By: barry pultz

barry pultz — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:27:25 +0000

Thank You so very much SPLC for the “Smackdown Awards” . It is almost unbelievable and thus abhorant that this level of misinformation and ignorance could exsist in a modern and educated society ??? The information age is a strange bird…… lot of good info AND alot of bad and misinformative info is in the Media and on the internet…. Thank you for being on the side of the good /accurate info cycle and thank You for standing up for the rights of the disenfranchised and oppressed

By: Clay Williams

Clay Williams — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:22:12 +0000

I just recently signed-up for SPLC’s Hatewatch and find it informing and disturbing at the same time. I have gained a greater insight as to how the religious “Right” tell outright LIES to try to change the minds of others. Is it any wonder that we have so much hate for and crime against Gays in this country? Jerry Falwell, being picketed by Gays while riding in a Limo with Rev. Mel White, said to Rev. White: “Thank God for the Gays…if they weren’t here I would have to invent them to get the attention I deserve”! He, like so many others of his ilk, was a CINO (Christian In Name Only)! Good Luck, and Thank You, SPCL, for the work you do…my contribution will be in the mail on Monday!

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:02:59 +0000

I spelled allegiance wrong – I do know better

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:02:02 +0000

SPLC – thank you for your amazing work this year (and every year).

Loved the smack-down awards too – just brilliant.

I know you are apparently taking a lot of heat for designating FRC as a hate group, but, frankly it’s long overdue (and very many Christian Right organizations are promoting the lies about homosexuality and pedophilia, among others).

I hope you’ll include more of them next year.

The LGBT community owes you our allegience and support – you have defended us so vigorously when so many other progressive organizations have looked the other way.

Your bullying video will save lives…

From my heart – thank you for the work you do.

By: Kathlees

Kathlees — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:51:18 +0000

Having lived in Loudoun County,VA for almost 30 years, I can assure you that Eugene Delgaudio is NOT “slightly mad.” He is totally bonkers.

By: Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:31:21 +0000

Great article, of course I was familiar with all of them (except for the David Duke one which was interesting.) It is good to get a laugh at the expense of the hate-mongers every onece in a while. Keep up the good work and Happy Holidays.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:29:13 +0000

“Ann Coulter, who is about six feet tall, speaks in a stentorian voice, and recently had her lantern jaw remodelled, might be suspected of being a trangender by these gay Republican conservatives, so that they suppose she is sympathetic.”

The funny, or sad, thing is that there are plenty of homophobic and racist transgendered people. I don’t believe she is trans, but if she was it wouldn’t be the first time something like that has happened. Gender identity and sexual orientation are two seperate things, after all. Just like there’s transphobic gays, lesbians and bisexuals.

By: Tom Shelley

Tom Shelley — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:19:40 +0000

I tried posting this earlier but it disapeared from the computer screen when I refreshed the page to see if it had been approved for publishing. I’m not sure why that happened. I’m submitting it a second time.

***

In terms of laughing at the white supremacists, some of you might enjoy what I do on my blog. I do a kind of poetry where I take the lyrics of songs I listen to and alter them in different ways, including twisting politically offensive lyrics into more or less the opposite of what they originally were. As you might guess, one kind of lyrics that I twist are white supremacist lyrics. I go into this more at- http://devlin-mcaliskey.blogsp.....bragg.html .

Some poems that you might like are:

“The Spirit of Che Guevara” at- http://devlin-mcaliskey.blogsp.....bragg.html

“SHARP Skinheads” at- http://devlin-mcaliskey.blogsp.....songs.html

“D-Day” at- http://devlin-mcaliskey.blogsp.....halla.html

“Lanford” at- http://devlin-mcaliskey.blogsp.....songs.html

Tom

By: Ruslan Amirkhanov

Ruslan Amirkhanov — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:29:25 +0000

It really is good to laugh at these people. Fearing them only makes them feel emboldened.