Thank you and good afternoon everyone. We appreciate you joining us here for this important discussion. The intended effect of SPLC's hate map is clear. By lumping mainstream conservative voices and organization in with actual Nazis and extremists, the SPLC delegitimizes any opinion to the right of whatever line the SPLC deems acceptable. Richard Cohen, the former president of the splc, when discussing whether Antifa would be listed, was quoted as saying that, quote, there might be forms of hate out there that you may consider hateful, but it's not the type of hate we follow. (00:06–00:24)
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Asserts that SPLC's hate map delegitimizes conservative opinions by associating them with extremists.
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