Nonprofit civil rights watchdog the Southern Poverty Law Center has created a “Hate Map” to show where organized hate groups are established/thriving across America. It may seen disheartening at first glance, but keep in mind that many hate “groups” are in reality just crazed loners with a website or idiot couples who love & hate together.

This list was compiled using hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports.

Hate group activities can include criminal acts, marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing. Websites appearing to be merely the work of a single individual, rather than the publication of a group, are not included in this list. Listing here does not imply a group advocates or engages in violence or other criminal activity.

Go here to find out what haters are living in your state.

(via reddit)

 
Commenting on the shocking findings on gay hate crimes from the Southern Poverty Law Center, author, sex advice columnist and co-founder of the “It Gets Better” project, Dan Savage eloquently calls out CNN and the rest of the mainstream news media for giving TV time to hateful assholes like Tony Perkins in the name of some supposed “objectivity.” As if, says Savage, there were two legitimate sides to the issue of gay and lesbian rights.

Bravo! Once again I find myself filled with intense admiration for the numerous ways Dan Savage influences our culture. If he didn’t exist, we’d be forced to invent him.

Via Alternet