Kristina Wong
"The Southern Poverty Law Center is tracking the hashtags #Christmas, #MerryChristmas, #Jesus, and #ChristmasEve, as part of “trends in a community of far-right Twitter users.”
"According to the SPLC, its “hate tracker” tracks accounts that represent a “range of extremists,” from “conspiratorial fringes of mainstream conservatism to outright white supremacists.”
"The hate tracker notes that #Christmas is the second highest trending hashtag it tracked on Christmas Eve, with @whitehouse and @potus being among the four top Twitter handles mentioned with the hashtag.
"For #MerryChristmas, the U.S. Marine Corps’ band at @marineband was one of the top mentioned, according to the hate tracker on Christmas Eve. One of the SPLC’s “top image” associated with #MerryChristmas is a photoshopped picture of marines hoisting a Christmas tree, instead of a flag, as depicted in the famous Iwo Jima picture.
"The SPLC includes disclaimers, however, such as that the accounts “are not necessarily part of the far-right population of accounts we monitor.” It also claims these “extremists” also participate in many “conversations and topics that are popular among more ‘mainstream’ communities.' ” . . .
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The other day our mailman left seemingly everyone else’s mail in our box. One neighbor received SPLCs Monthly newsletter. It was dedicated to ‘teaching tolerance’ by hating it seems any who disagreed with their world view.
Alas I simply delivered all my neighbors mail back to them. The question is... would the favor be returned if my NRA newsletter came to them??
I’d like to think so but the SPLC types are simply unapproachable in dialogue... I don’t know how that translates in other activities. Still, I’ll always be a civil neighbor, until I’m tread upon that is.
Hat tip to Weasel Zippers
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