This is most welcome and long overdue. The SPLC’s training materials on “extremism” wouldn’t point the Defense Department toward jihad terrorists and Sharia supremacists, but toward foes of jihad terror and others that the SPLC classifies as “extremists” along with the likes of the KKK and neo-Nazis. This hard-Left moneymaking and incitement machine’s latest dossier on “Islamophobes” says: “Before you book a spokesperson from an anti-Muslim extremist group or quote them in a story, research their background — detailed in this in-depth guide to 15 of the most visible anti-Muslim activists — and consider the consequences of giving them a platform.”
The SPLC wishes to silence those who speak honestly about the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat, blaming us for a supposed rise in “Islamophobia.” If they really want to stamp out suspicion of Islam, of course, they will move against not us, but the likes of Omar Mateen, Syed Rizwan Farook, Tashfeen Malik, Nidal Malik Hasan, Mohammed Abdulazeez, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and the myriad other Muslims who commit violence in the name of Islam and justify it by reference to Islamic teachings.
“EXCLUSIVE: DOD Drops SPLC From Extremism Training Materials,” by Jonah Bennett, Daily Caller, October 2, 2017:
The Pentagon has officially severed all ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after previously relying on the group’s training materials on extremism.
Brian J. Field, assistant U.S. attorney from the Civil Division, stated that the Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity removed any and all references to the SPLC in training materials used by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), in an email obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation from the Department of Justice.
The DEOMI is a DOD school founded to fight segregation and inequality that teaches courses in racial, gender and religious equality, among other subject areas like equal opportunity and pluralism. The courses are available to DOD civilians and service members.
As part of a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Immigration Reform Law Institute, Field wrote in the email sent in late September:
Additionally, the DEOMI office informed me that, based on a previous FOIA request, DEOMI records concerning, regarding, or related to the preparation and presentation of training materials on hate groups or hate crimes were forwarded … That 133-page document did reference the SPLC; however, based upon guidance from the Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity, all references to the SPLC have been removed from any current training.
Interestingly, DEOMI still makes use of materials on “Hate Symbols” from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a group similar to the SPLC. Students at DEOMI use the Hate Symbols reference on the ADL site to “learn more about gang colors or clothing; hate group tattoos and body markings associated with such gangs.”
As a matter of policy, the DOD does not have an official list of hate groups….
In February, The Daily Caller News Foundation published an exclusive piece indicating that the FBI, which formerly used the SPLC as a “hate crimes resource,” has also been distancing itself from the group….
Johnny Cuyana says
Thank God! There is some reasonable hope!
And, thank you, Robert … as I suspect that your tireless general efforts — toward seeking truth overall — had no small part in this recognition and pro-freedom, pro-American-values transition.
I suspect that I can speak for many when I say that We very much hope that this is JUST the beginning; a sign of many good things to come.
PS: is there someone in particular, in a position of authority, to whom you would recommend that we direct any letters of thanks and heartfelt appreciation?
Marilyn says
This is good news, generates a little hope.
Dry Academy says
The SPLC is an anti-White, anti-Western Civilization, pro-Islamic hate group that should be banned immediately.
Cynthia in California says
Before the SPLC became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Islamic Jihad, it was all-in re. socialist teachings. When I lived in Atlanta, being on the SPLC’s good side was a sign of leftist virtue; having them put you on their “do not support” list of groups meant that you weren’t a good socialist/progressive/whatever term was in use then.
Not sure when the SPLC changed its emphasis, but individual rights and freedoms have *never* been high on its list.
The removal of their name from DOD materials is a most welcome development!
marina says
It’s about time!!!
mariam rove says
About time. Let’s see if they put DOD on their list now. M
WorkingClassPost says
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Karlee says
Excellent.
JeffS says
Nice that they severed ties with the SPLC, but did they also sever ties with the ideas that the SPLC inculcates, namely that resistance to jihad terror is hate? When is DEOMI going to invite the 15 “most visible anti-Muslim activists” to train them?
gravenimage says
Maybe not. But right now, I’ll take any good news.
gravenimage says
Pentagon severs all ties with SPLC, after using group’s training materials on “extremism”
………………….
This *is* good news.
Linde Barrera says
Long overdue, but as the old adage goes: “Good things come to those who wait.” Thank God for this important decision. Next on the horizon: can Islam be banned as a terrorist ideology and no further mosques can be built or funded in the US?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
… can Islam be banned as a terrorist ideology and no further mosques can be built or funded in the US?
No, it can’t. By my estimation, the current set up is for Islam to implement fully Sharia in American in about 25 yrs.
A better question would be: can the US stop funding jihad mass murder terror organizations overseas? Again, no we can’t.
underbed cat says
Alarmed Pig Farmer there it s thread of knowledge that can unravel the deception which is the paste of the problem..first redefine the doctrine as political non religion. Next identifying the organizational groups that have a purpose to support the deception, examining the purpose to bring sharia, the purpose of a caliphate, the funding and the false claim that it is not supporting jihad terror. Also to understand the clever ebb and flow to withdraw for a time and then re-surge.
The leftist support, the massive funds and methods of attaining by donations to build mosques, the financial support of the jihadist, that weakens our will and seduced by the polished political western trained schooled professionals to look credible and blend into the power structure of government as politicians, instructors, and in all professions. That and so much more to hide planning, years of deception and now the closing ring to subvert and infiltrate.
Brian Hoff says
Islam was recognize as than valid religion entitled to protection by our constitution. Only far rightwing Christian hate group who want to remove Islam an protected religion.
gravenimage says
“Brian Hoff”–like most Muslims–is only too glad to use our freedoms to oppress and murder us, and ultimately impose the horrors of Shari’ah here.
Vic says
Best news I’ve heard in a long time!
Green infidel says
Next step for the Pentagon – employ Robert Spencer as an advisor? 😉
gravenimage says
+1
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
The fact that the Pentagon was using the SPLC in the first place is deeply concerning.
Hey generals, instead of hiring consultants, why not crack a few books? You’ve got hundreds of thousands of employees, put them to work.
Tom Davis says
You are correct, but also because the SPLC never wrote anything on foreign threats. The DoD has no business doing intel on domestic threats, that is the role of law enforcement.
DonOldGuy says
I guess I always thought as a member of the Department of Defense, I was required to Defend the U.S. against all enemies. The local law enforcement group should always be aided. The salient point of the Constitution means that our soldiers can’t be quartered in the civilian population without permission. That does not mean a soldier is not responsible for his fellow citizen’s welfare and safety.
Tom Davis says
True, but unless there is a civil war the military must be subservient to law enforcement. The military is not in the business of protecting civil rights in its day-to-day operations. It does not have the training nor the opportunity. Law enforcement has both, and therefore law enforcement must take the lead in domestic threats.
Yes, there will be times when a domestic threat exceeds LE’s capabilities and the military will need to be called in (for example domestic terrorists with foreign links are foreign threats, not domestic). LE can then direct the military in domestic operations. Therefore, short of civil war the military does not need to be trained on the political or ideological nature of domestic threats. The SPLC is useless here. If the SPLC was honest it would be a LE resource.
Bree says
If the left didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all. I believe these traders are being paid off by Saudi Arabia and the Mid-East in general, (among others/ thank you George Soros.)
b.a. freeman says
excellent meme!
Lydia says
Don’t get too excited yet. If we read this paragraph correctly:
“Brian J. Field, assistant U.S. attorney from the Civil Division, stated that the Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity removed any and all references to the SPLC in training materials used by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), in an email obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation from the Department of Justice.”
All we see is that they “removed any and all references to the SPLC in training materials used” but not that they dropped any of the material itself and any of the motivations for the material. So in other words, we are still a target. They just removed their ‘source’ for determining why we are their target. They have made it their own and put it in their own language so that no one else can be ‘blamed’ for their reasoning. At least that is what it looks like to me. Now they can’t go after the SPLC when we are targeted, so basically they are protected.
Hmmm… interesting.
mortimer says
The war against free speech is going underground then?
Tom Davis says
Perhaps. We can win a battle and still lose.
Ixor Kleb says
Indeed. Not good. Bad. Very bad.
gravenimage says
Yes–potentially very disturbing.
mortimer says
SPLC has created its BLACKLISTS not be doing solid research that identifies examples of real prejudice, but by using COLORFUL ADJECTIVES to spontaneously and creatively slander and vilify political targets that are not in favor of either Marxism or Sharia law.
The only thing consistent in their targets is that all the targets chosen by SPLC disapprove of those two discriminatory, totalitarian systems.
underbed cat says
Whew….yeah…yippee…..the Pentagon has gone to the smart side. I think? Was it not this legal civil rights firm that suggested to the Pentagon to stripe away the words that described the enemy from study documented in the first edition of the 9/11 Report? So by not using the SPLCs’ definition, of the problem has to be a plus…yes there will be push back by the muslim world and cries of slander, but the facts should be examined and policies developed knowing a doctrine, realizing the political system is implementing sharia bit by bit by deception, trying to create a “safe space” for the doctrine of warfare of Islam with a side goal of keeping the information hidden and the U.S. clueless. I think?
Brian Hoff says
They only remove the source of the training materials but they are still useing it.
gravenimage says
“Brian Hoff” certainly hopes they are. He is bothered that those charged with protecting us against him and his coreligionists may actually start doing just that.
Sarah says
Well, its about damn time.
SPLC have done some good, in some areas. So has Greenpeace. So has PETA. So has Amnesty International, UNHCR etc etc.
Just because they’ve done some good, in some areas, at some point in their existence, does not make them ultimately benevolent groups who only ever achieve great things without harming others who deserve nothing but undying loyalty and support, without ever questioning, or closely examining their motivations, actions and the outcomes of those actions.
The sooner SPLC is disarmed and had its teeth removed, the better the world will be.
Raja says
There you have President Trump for you. He has acted in spite of being surrounded by pro Islamic panderers whose threat perception of Islamic terror seems to be abysmally poor.
Good step in the right direction. To ban Islam is little too outlandish as Islam to a man on the street/common man is rocket science. But mosques with such record can be shut down for a long long time just like the authorities “search for motive of Islamic terrorists for forever”.
Brian Hoff says
They only remove where and the name of the materials use in training but the materials still being use.
Kim Bruce says
I am 100% in favor of shutting down all extremist mosques in America. Islam is worse than Nazism.
underbed cat says
correction…documented in the first edition of the 9/11 Commission Report?( This book totally explains OBL desire to strengthen Islam and it’s adherence to sharia law found in the Quran) warfare to create a worldwide Islamic world, and it is the same goal of isls and terror groups. From what I read.)
warren raymond says
Its scandalous that this dodgy mob was allowed to influence the Pentagon. Using their training materials on “extremism” is nothing short of subversion.
Karen says
Hopefully this will put a big dent in their donor base, many of whom are probably decent people who want to do the right thing.
Madeleine says
Endlich. Das ist sehr gut.
gravenimage says
Madeleine, sind sei Deutsch?
Tom Davis says
Perhaps the Boy Scouts of America will now drop the SPLC from one of their handbooks (as I recall, the Venturing TRUST manual)
Guest says
That’s the best news I’ve heard all day
Stop Kafirophobia says
Every time I see this guy’s picture, I’m reminded of Bea Arthur.
Eric says
Good news. Maybe now the Congressional Black Caucus will stop taking its orders from SPLC and the Democratic party establishment. Maybe now the DOD will start listening to Robert Spencer again.
Eric
JDow says
Speaking of SPLC, did any of the people at the country music festival in Las Vegas have SPLC cross-hairs on them?
{^_^}
Ver Auger says
As I recall, didn’t a high-ranking Al Qaeda official (Bin Laden?) respect Robert Spencer’s knowledge of Islam enough to invite him to say the Shahada and join that organization (posing in front of a wall full of books on Islam written by Spencer)? If that was no joke, then the U.S. Military would be wise to accord Mr. Spencer the same level of respect, make him a General Officer of the Armed Forces, and supervisor of instruction and study of Islam for the Armed Forces Academies. I hereby so nominate Mr. Spencer.
Kim Bruce says
I agree with that statement and endorsement.
mortimer says
Ver Auger is on target. Spencer should be in charge of the curriculum of jihad studies for the entire American military system, and also for all American police detectives.
Kim Bruce says
Why the picture of Richard Cohen?
Khushi Patel says
Good news indeed. Now go a step further and employ someone like ROBERT SPENCER to learn more about islam.
mortimer says
The Pentagon is filled with military officers. Most of them have read military theorists such as Sun Tzu who wrote: “If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will NOT be imperilled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will WIN ONE AND LOSE ONE; if you do NOT know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperilled IN EVERY SINGLE BATTLE.”
Most military officers agree with that and thus most are diligent in acquiring PRIMARY INTELLIGENCE about the enemy… that is REAL INFORMATION, rather than OPINIONS.
SPLC is clearly an organization that PROVIDES ITS HIGHLY BIASED OPINIONS, rather than PRIMARY INTELLIGENCE.
It is easy to see why MILITARY OFFICERS would REJECT SPLC as a spurious and UNRELIABLE SOURCE of information… because they do not provide INFORMATION, but their florid, politically biased OPINIONS only.
The adjectival OPINIONS of SPLC are justly seen by MILITARY OFFICERS to have NO MILITARY VALUE.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
The SPLC’s basic business model is major fund raising based on trumped up incidents of white-on-black racism. They need a hot issue to use in fund raising a few times a year. Will they make Moslems central to fund raising like they now use blacks and those of the imaginary race “Hispanic”? They lost a major account in the Pentagon. They need to get back in there. Look for the SPLC to research Moslem issues, no, not read the Holy Ko-Ran, but instead to get a handle on how much inherent appeal do Moslems have for white American Infidels. Could be a key market into which to expand their business.
carol says
From 9:50 onward John Guandolo of understandingthethreat.com describes past and present infiltration of the U. S. government. This Glazov video was on Jihad Watch back in late May 2017:
The Glazov Gang – John Guandolo on “Trump vs. Brotherhood Infiltration.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfzHgOSdxlM
Ricardo Torres says
i believe American politicians have sold us out and are so in deep with oil money from the middle east that we need to slowly change out both conservative and democrats in power today . the inner cities are so dominated by liberals that just don’t believe in hard work . just want to rely on food stamps , perks for foreigners before Americans . since madalyn murray o’hair , had prayer taken out of schools i have personally seen the moral decline of American society . I have always been a proud American , i love my country , we weren’t and aren’t perfect , but were united . we need to find away to rally together against foreign powers and influences . while still working with those same countries . Globalism is not the way . we must straighten out our house before going all out to help people who hate us . people who come to the US under the guise of ”refugees” with no assimilation , no love of the US , no desire to either as a matter of fact the despise our way of life . the media is now just propaganda that is a big problem . people are to used to being carefree . they want to believe the media , it’s easier . call it the path of least resistance . i call it being lazy and in denial . big money leftist are paying for all this chaos . FBI , CIA , DOJ , all mistrust each other , we used to have trust in these agencies , but now they all sell themselves . there has to be something we can do . talking about this helps , but we are quickly reaching the point where we must act . the future of America depends on it . God Bless America .