[xvxvx]

“The SPLC was not dismantling the groups,” Blanche said. “It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.”

There was always something suspicious about the SPLC, almost like a big brother of the ADL. Both organizations profit greatly from the very thing they supposedly fight. Why dismantle something when you can turn it into a cash cow?

The past decade has been a real eye opener for me. It pays to critique absolutely everything, especially those deemed above reproach.

There are less than 4,000 neo-Nazis in the US, and less than 8,000 KKK members. 12,000 equates to just 0.0035% of the U.S. population, the same number as people who suffer from dwarfism.

Combined, the SPLC and ADL are worth about a billion dollars.

[jonahbenton]

Read the lawdork piece. And read the 990s from the organizations to see where the money goes.

It pays not to be bamboozled by bad faith actors like Todd Blanche.

[SV_BubbleTime]

>Combined, the SPLC and ADL are worth about a billion dollars.

To be fair, that seems like the vast majority weighted to the ADL.

But otherwise, yes, if you have ever looked at SPLC, it’s been a little curious at best. I believe nothing right away, but if the claim is that the demand for racism outweighed the supply, I can image less plausible things that the indictment.

Edit: I had no idea SPLC was so big. I guess I was confusing ADL for AIPAC.

[xvxvx]

The SPLC is bigger than the ADL in terms of financial size. The SPLC has about $787 million in net assets and $129 million annual revenue (FY2024), compared to the ADL’s $87 million net assets (consolidated) and $163 million revenue. This was surprising to me.

[cosmicgadget]

So what's your critique of Blanche?

[xvxvx]

My least favorite Golden Girl. Horribly over the top accent.

[HWR_14]

> There are less than 4,000 neo-Nazis in the US

Do you have a source on that statistic? Because I just don't believe it.

[xvxvx]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40915356

[HWR_14]

That source is a decade old and the number you quoted was the minimum for the 3 groups (out of many more) that had numbers. Contemporary reporting repeatedly points out the increase in the past decade.

[xvxvx]

I’m gonna guess that the ‘contemporary reporting’ you failed to cite is from the SPLC

[HWR_14]

Ignoring the many reports that cite the SPLC, a small sampling:

Here's Vice quoting the FBI: https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-fbi-just-put-white-natio...

Newsweek last year talking about the growth in the past decade: https://www.newsweek.com/neo-nazi-clubs-us-2095113

Reuters about dramatically escalating number of incidents: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/american-nazis-aryan-...

NPR: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188111769/active-club-hate-g...