Holocaust Denial: Groups and Intelligence Project

holocaust denial: They called it Klanwatch, then eventually the Intelligence Project, according to Hamilton Spectator. In the nearly 40 years since, hundreds of groups that ascribe to varying brands of inflammatory ideology — Neo-Nazism, anti-gay, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, Holocaust denial, black separatist — have been lumped into the list. At the time, most were white supremacist organizations finding renewed footing after a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. There is even a "general hate" category. Its definition mirrors the one used by the federal government when prosecuting hate crimes. "Generally speaking," the SPLC wrote explaining why "Black Lives Matter is not a hate group ... hate groups are, by our definition, those that vilify entire groups of people based on immutable characteristics such as race or ethnicity." The law centre is left-leaning, a nugget conservatives and even moderates have used to deem some SPLC distinctions illegitimate — especially when it labelled the Family Research Council, a conservative organization, a hate group for its stance on homosexuality. While the news media routinely cites SPLC hate group designations as if they were definitive, they have in fact often been controversial. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.