Hate groups I might learn to love!

I was recently browsing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website, and I stumbled across a map of the US with all the various “hate” groups listed by state, and by county.

The thought occurred to me that anybody the SPLC despises might be somebody I might actually appreciate! Naturally I went to researching their little maps and drilled down to several local hate groups, and found two that look appealing. I say that guardedly because I am unfamiliar with either organization - so I’ll withhold final judgment until I’ve researched a bit further.

First there’s the League of the South.

Here’re a couple of excerpts from their Core Beliefs page:

We seek to advance the cultural, social, economic, and political well-being and independence of the Southern people by all honourable means.”

Our strongest and most enduring earthly affections and allegiances are to those people and places closest to us—family, friends, neighbors, villages, towns, cities, counties, and States. Conversely, our weakest attachments are to far-off abstractions such as “the nation,” “the environment,” or the “global community.”

Teaches and practices good manners and the famed “Southern hospitality, which are outward manifestations of the recognition that our fellow men are made in the image of God and should be treated according to God’s law.

And second, there’s the Council of Concerned Citizens, and the obligatory blurbs from their Statement of Principal page.

We believe that the United States of America is a Christian country, that its people are a Christian people, and that its government and public leaders at all levels must reflect Christian beliefs and values. We therefore oppose all efforts to deny or weaken the Christian heritage of the United States, including the unconstitutional prohibitions of prayers and other religious expression in schools and other public institutions.

We also oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind, to promote non-white races over the European-American people through so-called “affirmative action” and similar measures, to destroy or denigrate the European-American heritage, including the heritage of the Southern people, and to force the integration of the races.

We believe the United States is a sovereign and independent nation, that our independence as a nation is the most precious legacy of our Founding Fathers, and that all treaties, agreements, conventions, international organizations, and institutions must recognize and respect our national sovereignty and independence.

I’ll admit that none of the above gives me any trepidation.

Do you see any hate in there so far? Check out the sites and tell me if you see any hating in them. Then go take a look at the SPLC and see if you can spot any hate. Where does the largest concentration of hate lie among the three organizations?