Conservatives launch war on Southern Poverty Law Center

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A coalition of conservative groups launched a counteroffensive Monday, directed at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has labeled many of them “hate groups.”

Conservatives took to Twitter and released a video, accusing the SPLC of fueling hate, killing free speech and even encouraging terrorist-style attacks on those it doesn't agree with.

It specifically targets the SPLC’s so-called “hate map” which labels groups it says promotes hate and extremism like the Ku Klux Klan.

But, it also identified the Alliance Defending Freedom, the Family Research Council, and others as “hate groups” as well.

The conservatives said the SPLC’s hate map “is nothing more than a political weapon targeting people it deems to be its political enemies." 

Corrie O'Connor