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Ed Stasiak

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Dec 7, 2016, 6:54:31 PM12/7/16
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By Paul Sperry
December 5, 2016

Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids

At least 2,000 educators around the country reported racist slurs and other derogatory language leveled against white students in the first days after Donald Trump was elected president. But the group that surveyed the teachers didn’t publish the results in its report on Trump-related “hate crimes.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center partnered with the American Federation of Teachers, which formally endorsed Hillary Clinton, to circulate the questionnaire among its 1.6 million mostly Democratic members. The survey was sent out to K-12 teachers and administrators who subscribe to its “Teaching Tolerance” newsletter.

The SPLC’s widely cited report — “The Trump Effect: The Impact of the 2016 Presidential Election on Our Nation’s Schools” — reported that 40 percent of the more than 10,000 educators who responded to the survey “have heard derogatory language directed at students of color, Muslims, immigrants and people based on gender or sexual orientation.”

The takeaway was that Trump-supporting white kids have been harassing minorities at the nation’s schools. And SPLC’s schools report, along with a broader report on alleged Trump-inspired hate crimes — “Ten Days After: Harassment and Intimidation in the Aftermath of the Election” — sparked breathless coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post and other major media.

The reports also triggered a statement Friday from the US Commission on Civil Rights, which expressed “deep concern” that “prejudice has reared its ugly head in public elementary and secondary schools.” The panel called for more federal funding to prosecute “hate crimes.”

But the SPLC didn’t present the whole story. The Montgomery, Ala.-based nonprofit self-censored results from a key question it asked educators — whether they agree or disagree with the following statement: “I have heard derogatory language or slurs about white students.”

Asked last week to provide the data, SPLC initially said it was having a hard time getting the information “from the researchers.” Pressed, SPLC spokeswoman Kirsten Bokenkamp finally revealed that “about 20 percent answered affirmatively to that question.”

Bokenkamp did not provide an explanation for the absence of such a substantial metric — at least 2,000 bias-related incidents against white students — from the report, which focuses instead on “anti-immigrant sentiment,” “anti-Muslim sentiment” and “slurs about students of color” related to the election.

“They left that result out because it would not fit their ideological narrative,” former Education Department civil rights attorney Hans Bader said. “It was deemed an inconvenient truth.”

Founded in 1971, SPLC claims to be a nonpartisan civil rights law firm. But it receives funding from leftist groups, including ones controlled by billionaire George Soros. And a review of Federal Election Commission records reveals that its board members have contributed more than $13,400 to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns.

Bader says SPLC has an agenda to derail the Trump administration before it starts.

“These flawed SPLC reports will be cited by left-wing special interests to try to block the confirmation of moderate and conservative people to posts such as attorney general by falsely making it look like America’s schools and streets are pervaded by bigotry,” Bader said.

Last week, SPLC held a press conference in Washington to demand Trump “reconsider” his picks for White House advisers and attorney general, and “disavow” his immigration policies.

“His own words have sparked the barrage of hate that we are seeing,” SPLC President Richard Cohen maintained. “He has been singing the white supremacist song since he came down the escalator in his tower and announced his candidacy.”

Cohen tied Trump to a number of hate crimes, which he warns will only “spike” once he’s inaugurated. He noted his center recorded 867 alleged anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-black hate crimes in the 10 days following Trump’s Nov. 8 win.

But the SPLC acknowledges that it has not independently verified any of the claims. It collected most of them on its website, many anonymously.

The group won’t use its $315 million in assets to investigate the “hate crimes,” or at least help alleged victims file police reports or provide them counseling or other assistance, but it has offered “sympathy.”

“We wrote back to every submission that provided an email address to express sympathy and encourage them to report the incident to local authorities,” Bokenkamp said.

Bader pointed out that most of the anti-minority “hate crimes” and “hate incidents” cited by SPLC do not legally constitute hate crimes, and many involve constitutionally protected speech.

“It is simply ridiculous that SPLC treats ‘build the wall’ as hate rhetoric,” he said. The center counted people mentioning “build the wall” as 467 incidents of hate.

“Alas, these days the SPLC is mainly a fundraising machine,” said Gail Heriot, a US Commission on Civil Rights member who voted against Friday’s resolution. “The more it can persuade its donors that hate groups have penetrated every nook and cranny of American society, the more money it can raise. Now it wants us to believe that the election has unleashed unprecedented waves of hatred and violence among schoolchildren. Let’s stop and take a deep breath before we assume that’s true. The SPLC has no credibility with anyone — on the left or the right — who is familiar with its methods.”

While there no doubt are legitimate reports of hate crimes against minorities — and even one is too many — hyping such incidents recklessly fans the flames of anxiety among such communities. And suppressing reports of crimes against Trump supporters gives a one-sided and misleading view of post-election discord.

Paul Sperry is a former Washington bureau chief for Investor’s Business Daily and the author of “Infiltration.”

BTR1701

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Dec 7, 2016, 7:21:45 PM12/7/16
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In article <b6a64a14-b6e0-42a5...@googlegroups.com>,
Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:

> Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids

> The SPLC's widely cited report — "The Trump Effect: The Impact of the 2016
> Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools"-- reported that 40% of
> the more than 10,000 educators who responded to the survey "have heard
> derogatory language directed at students of color, Muslims, immigrants and
> people based on gender or sexual orientation."
>
> But the SPLC didn't present the whole story.

No! I'm shocked, shocked, I say!

I've heard talk that the SPLC is every bit as racist as the racists they
purport to track but I didn't want to believe it!

> "They left that result out because it would not fit their ideological
> narrative," former Education Department civil rights attorney Hans Bader
> said. "It was deemed an inconvenient truth."

I'm getting the vapors! This is just so unexpected!

> SPLC President Richard Cohen: "Trump has been singing the white supremacist
> song since he came down the escalator in his tower and announced his
> candidacy."

So now merely expressing a desire to comply with the law and enforce our
nation's borders is considered "white supremacist" by the SPLC?

Nah, they're not racist at all. No way.

RichA

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Dec 7, 2016, 7:32:24 PM12/7/16
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The "Southern" Poverty Law Center. Headed by an "agitator" from Washington. What a surprise. Where are the 1960s lynch mobs of the South when you really need them?

Ubiquitous

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Dec 7, 2016, 7:59:41 PM12/7/16
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>At least 2,000 educators around the country reported racist slurs and other
>derogatory language leveled against white students in the first days after
>Donald Trump was elected president. But the group that surveyed the teachers
>didn’t publish the results in its report on Trump-related “hate crimes.”

Gee, what a shocker. NOT.

And you posted this off-topic article here because?

--
Crooked Hillary demands a vote recount--except in states she barely
won. Apparently, those were accurately tabulated.


Ubiquitous

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Dec 7, 2016, 8:00:29 PM12/7/16
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In article <atropos-7585A5...@news.giganews.com>, atr...@mac.com wrote:
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:

>> Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids
>
>> The SPLC's widely cited report — "The Trump Effect: The Impact of the
>> 2016 Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools"-- reported that 40% of
>> the more than 10,000 educators who responded to the survey "have heard
>> derogatory language directed at students of color, Muslims, immigrants and
>> people based on gender or sexual orientation."
>>
>> But the SPLC didn't present the whole story.
>
>No! I'm shocked, shocked, I say!
>
>I've heard talk that the SPLC is every bit as racist as the racists they
>purport to track but I didn't want to believe it!

Sarcasm noted, but I've known that for years.

FPP

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Dec 7, 2016, 8:38:24 PM12/7/16
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On 2016-12-07 18:54:27 -0500, Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> said:

> Paul Sperry is a former Washington bureau chief for Investor’s Busi
> ness Daily and the author of “Infiltration.”

Ha. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...

Oh, Christ, Ed, 'ya had me goin' there!
Until I found out the author writes for World Nut Daily.

http://www.wnd.com/author/sperry/

> Has ISIS Infiltrated Homeland Security? Orlando Terrorist Worked for
> Major DHS Contractor.
>
> Orlando nightclub terrorist worked for major DHS contractor that
> secures “90 percent of U.S. nuclear facilities.”
>
> BY Paul Sperry · @paulsperry_ | June 13, 2016

Funny shit, Ed...
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Donald J. Trump: The asteroid destined to destroy a party of dinosaurs. -S Bee

FPP

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Dec 7, 2016, 8:40:29 PM12/7/16
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On 2016-12-07 19:24:52 -0500, BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> said:

> In article <b6a64a14-b6e0-42a5...@googlegroups.com>,
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>
>> Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids
>
>> The SPLC's widely cited report — "The Trump Effect: The Impact of the 2016
>> Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools"-- reported that 40% of
>> the more than 10,000 educators who responded to the survey "have heard
>> derogatory language directed at students of color, Muslims, immigrants and
>> people based on gender or sexual orientation."
>>
>> But the SPLC didn't present the whole story.
>
> No! I'm shocked, shocked, I say!
>
> I've heard talk that the SPLC is every bit as racist as the racists they
> purport to track but I didn't want to believe it!
>
>> "They left that result out because it would not fit their ideological
>> narrative," former Education Department civil rights attorney Hans Bader
>> said. "It was deemed an inconvenient truth."
>
> I'm getting the vapors! This is just so unexpected!
>
>> SPLC President Richard Cohen: "Trump has been singing the white supremacist
>> song since he came down the escalator in his tower and announced his
>> candidacy."
>
> So now merely expressing a desire to comply with the law and enforce our
> nation's borders is considered "white supremacist" by the SPLC?
>
> Nah, they're not racist at all. No way.

You guys will believe anything. Sperry has written extensively for...
wait for it, now... World Nut daily.

Yep... one of those "news" sources you keep tellin' us you don't frequent.

Funny how these kinds of stories have their roots in the nutbag fringe,
isn't it?
--
It's 99% of politicians that give the rest a bad name.

BTR1701

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Dec 7, 2016, 11:38:48 PM12/7/16
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In article <o2adjq$dg1$1...@dont-email.me>, FPP <fred...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2016-12-07 19:24:52 -0500, BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> said:
>
> > In article <b6a64a14-b6e0-42a5...@googlegroups.com>,
> > Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Report buried Trump-related "hate crimes" against white kids
> >
> >> The SPLC's widely cited report-- "The Trump Effect: The Impact of the
> >> 2016 Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools"-- reported that
> >> 40% of the more than 10,000 educators who responded to the survey "have
> >> heard derogatory language directed at students of color, Muslims,
> >> immigrants and people based on gender or sexual orientation."
> >>
> >> But the SPLC didn't present the whole story.
> >
> > No! I'm shocked, shocked, I say!
> >
> > I've heard talk that the SPLC is every bit as racist as the racists they
> > purport to track but I didn't want to believe it!
> >
> >> "They left that result out because it would not fit their ideological
> >> narrative," former Education Department civil rights attorney Hans Bader
> >> said. "It was deemed an inconvenient truth."
> >
> > I'm getting the vapors! This is just so unexpected!
> >
> >> SPLC President Richard Cohen: "Trump has been singing the white
> >> supremacist song since he came down the escalator in his tower
> >> and announced his candidacy."
> >
> > So now merely expressing a desire to comply with the law and enforce our
> > nation's borders is considered "white supremacist" by the SPLC?
> >
> > Nah, they're not racist at all. No way.
>
> You guys will believe anything. Sperry has written extensively for...
> wait for it, now... World Nut daily.

So what? I was responding to a direct quote from the president of the
SPLC, not Sperry.

FPP

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Dec 8, 2016, 1:36:08 AM12/8/16
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Trump has been supported by every White Supremacist group from the KKK
to the American Nazi party. So are his supporters and team members.

There's a reason for that... and it's because his view line up with theirs.

Ban a religion... check.
Torture helpless captives... check.
Religious registry... check.
Murder innocent family members... check.
Round up people by force... check.
Punish people who don't inform on neighbors... check.
Internment camps... check.
Jain his political opponents... check.

Trump doesn't appeal to the haters because he wants to enforce the
borders, he appeals to them because he's an authoritarian strongman.

History has a word for that... it's "fascist".
We have a word for that, now, too... and it's "Republican".
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It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the
chance? -R Reagan

trotsky

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Dec 8, 2016, 7:09:03 AM12/8/16
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No. Trump's dog whistles have been designed to attract the alt right
and KKK. What do you find confusing about this?

NoBody

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Dec 8, 2016, 8:04:25 AM12/8/16
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And your evidence that the story is false?

Ubiquitous

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Dec 8, 2016, 1:28:34 PM12/8/16
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In article <o2adjq$dg1$1...@dont-email.me>, fred...@gmail.com wrote:
>On 2016-12-07 19:24:52 -0500, BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> said:
>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:

>>> Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids
>>
>>> The SPLC's widely cited report — "The Trump Effect: The Impact of the 2016
>>> Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools"-- reported that 40% of
>>> the more than 10,000 educators who responded to the survey "have heard
>>> derogatory language directed at students of color, Muslims, immigrants and
>>> people based on gender or sexual orientation."
>>>
>>> But the SPLC didn't present the whole story.
>>
>> No! I'm shocked, shocked, I say!
>>
>> I've heard talk that the SPLC is every bit as racist as the racists they
>> purport to track but I didn't want to believe it!
>>
>>> "They left that result out because it would not fit their ideological
>>> narrative," former Education Department civil rights attorney Hans Bader
>>> said. "It was deemed an inconvenient truth."
>>
>> I'm getting the vapors! This is just so unexpected!
>>
>>> SPLC President Richard Cohen: "Trump has been singing the white supremacist
>>> song since he came down the escalator in his tower and announced his
>>> candidacy."
>>
>> So now merely expressing a desire to comply with the law and enforce our
>> nation's borders is considered "white supremacist" by the SPLC?
>>
>> Nah, they're not racist at all. No way.
>
>You guys will believe anything. Sperry has written extensively for...
>wait for it, now... World Nut daily.

Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.
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