Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. Admits It Was Wrong, Apologizes to Quilliam and Maajid for Field G

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Source: Quilliam International

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Wow. @splcenter apologizes to @MaajidNawaz and @QuilliamOrg + agrees to pay $3.3 million in damages. https://www.quilliaminternational.com/southern-poverty-law-center-inc-admits-it-was-wrong/ …

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[lunasun]

1. K&R

http://www.quilliaminternational.com/circle/

[Nitram]

2. It's a shame the Southern Poverty Law Center got that wrong. They are a good organization.

[enough]

4. Agreed, and that settlement will be a very significant hit for them. NT

[mountain grammy]

8. Agree, I've supported them for years

and will continue to do so. From what I read about this case, I did think they got this one wrong.

[Freethinker65]

3. Interesting. I admit knowing nothing more about this than was posted.

I would have preferred if Quilliam had not referred to the settlement as coming from the "Regressive left".

If the SPLC unjustly put this group on a list of extremists, when they were not, the apology was warranted.

It appears the fine will be used to fight bigotry and extremism.

[oberliner]

10. Maajid Nawaz (the founder of Quilliam) is the person who coined the term "regressive left"

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. We had a few threads about it when the SPLC made their pronouncement

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218239538
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028270367

and especially https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218238859 . It's interesting to note the people in that thread who have since been "flagged for review", and how they were arguing.

[Dorn]

5. I am afraid SPLC has jumped the shark

[FSogol]

6. Making a mistake in which they apologize and pay restitution is hardly jumping the shark. n/t

[ck4829]

7. LOL, "jumped the shark"

I guess Neo-Nazis and confederate flag wavers the SPLC fights against never heard that term.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. You fell for the binary fallacy. One mistake does not invalidate everything else SPLC does. . . nt