Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center, Interviewed on Hate & Terror Groups

Yes, everyone should check out the SPLC's "Hate Map." www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-mapMr. Potok claims that there are 1,002 "hate groups" in America today, but for some strange reason he can't seem to locate 262 of them. That's 26% off the top.Check out your own state and see how many "hate groups" can't be affiliated with any city or town. In some states, 100% of the alleged "hate groups" are homeless. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} wp.me/pCLYZ-8uIn March, Mr. Potok announce that the KKK is largely nonexistent:“But Potok said the Klan has disintegrated. “There is no Klan now,” he said, only a collection of squabbling organizations. (www.sanluisobispo.com, March 23, 2011)And yet, Mr. Potok includes 221 Klan groups on his "hate map." That's 22% off the top. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} wp.me/pCLYZ-9iOddly enough, the Boy Scouts of America have stated for decades that gay men are not "moral enough" to be Scout leaders and patently refuses to hire gay men as such.Despite the fact that the BSA receives public funding AND the fact that the BSA's prime mission is to form the characters of millions of American boys, you won't find the BSA on Mr. Potok's "hate map" or even mentioned on the SPLC's web site.Why? Well, many of the SPLC's mostly elderly donors were Boy Scouts, or the parents/grandparents of scouts, and somehow linking the almighty donors to a "hate group" is bad for business.Would Mr. Pakman be willing to ask his good friend Mr. Potok about these seeming inconsistencies?