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The DOJ had invited Morris Dees, founder of the SPLC, to speak at a Diversity Training Event. Dees was a particularly appropriate choice to address the group because of the SPLC’s long record of fighting bigots and hate groups and advocating for, and teaching, racial tolerance. The SPLC has also worked with both federal and local police agencies to identify racist individuals and groups who engage in criminal activities.<\/p>\n
What Breitbart found, via their pals at the right-wing legal group, Judicial Watch, was a batch of emails that revealed … well, see for yourself (cut and paste from Breitbart News):<\/p>\n
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- May 3, 2012 email \u2013<\/strong> \u201cWe would like to tape the [Morris Dees] remarks and, at the same time, out Morris real time on the DOJ system can watch from their desks. Is that okay with Morris?\u201d<\/li>\n
- June 27, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> \u201cLet me know Morris\u2019 air schedule so I can pick him up at airport and plan an evening for us if he stays over.\u201d<\/li>\n
- July 11, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> \u201cI will be at National in my [REDACTED] in which he has ridden before \u2026 I can arrange dinner. If he has a preference in DC where he wants to eat \u2026 tell him to let me know his druthers.\u201d<\/li>\n
- July 16, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> \u201cThe AAG\u2019s office want to take Morris out to lunch before the 1:30 pm July 31 remarks \u2026 I\u2019d pick Morris up at his hotel at 11:30 am if that worked for him.\u201d<\/li>\n
- July 23, 2012 –<\/strong> \u201cI will pick you [Morris Dees] up at the airport July 30. Would you go out to dinner with my wife and me and our two teenage daughters that first night? The girls need some inspiration from a master of inspiration.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
That’s it. Really! The DOJ communicated with a guest speaker to arrange airport transportation and meals. And for this Breitbart seems to think that prison, or perhaps waterboarding, would be warranted.<\/p>\n
This article, written by former “Moonie”<\/em> Washington Times reporter Kerry Picket, castigated the SPLC as an “attack group”<\/em> and complained about them allegedly “labeling organizations with conservative views on social issues as \u2018hate groups.\u2019”<\/em> However, it is hardly the SPLC’s fault that many so conservative groups are so often found to be bleating overt hate-speech. The SPLC carefully documents every allegation they make and they are respected by the nation’s foremost experts on organized bigotry.<\/p>\n
This is another example of the BreitBrats simply targeting an ideological opponent and, lacking any evidence of actual wrongdoing, manufactures an imaginary outrage with which to regale their easily misled audience. But when the pickings are so slim that they are reduced to fanning a scandal comprised of dining reservations, you just have to laugh. It doesn’t get much more pathetic than this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- June 27, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> \u201cLet me know Morris\u2019 air schedule so I can pick him up at airport and plan an evening for us if he stays over.\u201d<\/li>\n