In yet another serious blow to its credibility, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) listed two jihad terrorists, Omar Mateen and Luqman Abdullah, on its “Terror from the Right” list of “right-wing terrorists.” Now they have quietly dropped Mateen and Abdullah from this list, but the fact that they were on it in the first place is yet another indication that, despite the fact that the establishment media constantly treats it as a reliable and trustworthy arbiter of what constitutes a “hate group” and what does not, and Muslim Brotherhood-linked Congressman Keith Ellison wants Amazon.com to stop selling books by people who have been smeared by the SPLC, the SPLC is actually a far-Left propaganda outfit that is trying t0 destroy legitimate conservatives by lumping them in with actual white supremacists and neo-Nazis. How long will the establishment media continue to assume that the SPLC can be trusted? Probably for as long as the palms of “journalists” continue to be greased.
“SPLC Finally Admits Orlando Shooter Omar Mateen Wasn’t a Right-Wing Terrorist,” by Tyler O’Neil, PJ Media, July 18, 2018:
On Wednesday, PJ Media discovered that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — a notorious left-wing smear organization — had silently removed Omar Mateen, the radical Islamic terrorist responsible for the deadliest Islamic terror attack since September 11, 2001, from its report documenting “Terror from the Right.” His name just disappeared.
Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, declared allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) and entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016. He killed 49 people and wounded 53 others, dying in a shoot-out with police.
So why did this ISIS terrorist end up on the SPLC’s list of “radical-right terrorist plots, conspiracies and racist rampages”? The SPLC’s synopsis of Mateen’s terror attack suggests an answer:
Mateen called 911 during the attack to pledge allegiance to ISIS and mentioned the Boston Marathon bombers. He also demanded that U.S. bombing of Syria and Iraq stop. His father initially told NBC News that his son had expressed outrage when he saw two men kissing in Miami. Others described Mateen as a violent, deeply conflicted man who had beaten his former wife and often frequented gay bars. The FBI interviewed Mateen in 2013 and 2014 but reportedly found no evidence that he was tied to terrorism.
The SPLC said Mateen was “right-wing” because he “expressed outrage when he saw two men kissing in Miami.” As for the suggestion that Mateen was secretly homosexual himself, the FBI said they found no evidence to corroborate this.
While the SPLC constantly harps against “anti-LGBT hate groups” on the right, Mateen’s animus against gay people does not on its own justify listing the ISIS supporter as “right-wing.” His father actually attended a Hillary Clinton rally in 2016.
Mateen was not the only figure removed from the list. Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a Michigan imam killed by the FBI in a 2009 shootout, also appeared on the list. While Mateen targeted LGBT people, Abdullah merely shot at FBI agents who were attempting to arrest him. There was no indication why the SPLC included Abdullah on the list….
The Orlando shooter did not support Republicans or conservative principles, and neither did Abdullah, Long, or Johnson….
Kufar1 says
Thank you Mr. Cohen (pbuh) for making change to your propaganda. Islamic jihadis are not right wing terrorists. “Right wing terrorists” don’t read the stupid Koran, Hadith, Sira. They don’t want women donning the bag.
Thank you Mr. Itace (pbuh) it’s very dumb and tedious to type the PBUH meme but you think this makes the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) happy so be it. May we make him happier when we draw him in a smiling pose on May 20th each year.
Norger says
Listing Omar Mateen as a “right wing” terrorist simultaneously accomplishes two objectives: it seriously (and falsely) magnifies the extent of alleged “right wing” terror and seriously (and falsely) minimizes the extent of Islamic terrorism. Neat trick. Not that the SPLC has an agenda or anything.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Norger.
Jeffrey Bale says
Islamism, like all forms of religious fundamentalism, is undoubtedly a right-wing ideology inasmuch as it is opposed to every basic idea and value associated with the European Enlightenment. (The political terms left and right originated during the period of the French Revolution [which, like the American Revolution, was directly inspired by certain core Enlightenment ideas], when supporters of radical change sat on the left side of the Estates-General/National Assembly, and supporters of the Old Regime sat on the right side.) So all jihadist attacks should be characterized as right-wing. It goes without saying, however, that the Islamist radical right should not be confused or conflated with radical domestic Western right-wing extremists. Apparently, the SPLC list included those two cases only because the Islamists involved were anti-gay, since they do not list innumerable other jihadist plots and attacks as “right-wing.” Of course, all Islamists are anti-gay, so it makes no sense.
mortimer says
SPLC is a bunch of globalists trying to wreck European and American success and hand the world into the clutches of globalists.
Those who side with the globalists are willing slaves.
If the earth is going to hell in a handbasket, Robert DeNiro, Whoopi Goldberg and George Clooney expect to hold the handle. They are NOT socialists nor are they Marxists.
Globalists are FEUDAL ARISTOCRACY POSING AS HAVING COMPASSION FOR THE POOR.
THEY ONLY HAVE COMPASSION FOR THEMSELVES. They are FAKE virtue-signallers.
The SPLC is working hand-in-hand with the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TERROR ORGANIZATION.
alKidya says
Their IRS status should be changed. I feel this way about Islam as well. They should not enjoy the same tax benefits that other religions do because Islam is a totalitarian theocracy and not just a religion.
Stop Kafirophobia says
Bea Arthur called. She wants her face back.
Buraq says
If Omar Mateen was a right-wing terrorist, then so was the prophet of Islam (a wop bop a loo bop a lop bam bo-o-o-om!
But what is not in doubt is that both were clowns!
FYI says
The SPLC Klansmen:so who appointed them arbiters of what constitutes hate “speech”?
They did:leftie liberal modern Bolsheviks with their Globalist agenda..
They serve their masters well.
Westman says
The SPLC and CAIR are under the delusion that they are saving the reputation of Islam with their fingers in the dike when the dam wall is already collapsing – from the sheer weight of Islamic behaviour. If they were honest, Islam would be on their list as the largest and most virulent discriminating organization in existence. It discriminates against all unbelievers, with special animus toward Jews and women, worldwide.
Aaron says
Jihad Watch might as well adopt an SPLC-hate-group logo as a badge of honor. Enough groups doing that would turn it on it’s head.
Aaron says
*its
Norger says
Omar Mateen is a “right wing” terrorist and Jihad Watch is “fake news.” Got it.
J D S says
SPLC is an overly outdated organization that should just “go silently into the night”