By AlaskaWatchman.com

The latest report from the extreme leftist Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claims that conservative parental rights advocates in Alaska and around the nation are “hate groups.”

Each year, the national organization releases a long list of groups it deems to be a danger to America. In addition to naming groups like the KKK and neo-Nazis, SPLC also rails against pro-family, pro-life, religious liberty and parental rights advocates, as well as entities that oppose the most radical elements of the LGBTQ political agenda.

SPLC’s latest report, “Year In Hate and Extremism 2022,” claims traditional parental rights advocates are a scourge on America and a threat to public welfare.

Many so-called “progressive” groups, however, cite SPLC’s “Hate Watch” reports when looking to malign or undermine conservative organizations.

Two of the SPLC’s so-called hate groups are from Alaska – Alaska Parents Involved in Education and Parent’s Rights in Education, Alaska. Both organizations are comprised of parents and community members dedicated to fighting woke ideology, critical race theory and LGBTQ indoctrination, while expanding parental rights and school choice across Alaska.

Taking a conservative stand on these issues in the public square is now seen as grounds for SPLC to peg the “hate” label on these organizations, while claiming they are somehow “anti-government.”

After compiling 733 “hate groups” in 2021, SPLC has slapped that title on 1,225 in its latest report. Many of these have an educational focus.

SPLC condemns parental rights groups as part of an “anti-student inclusion movement that targets any inclusive curriculum that contains discussions of race, discrimination and LGBTQ identities.” SPLC claims efforts to exclude critical race theory and LGBTQ dogma from schools is akin to those who opposed racial integration of schools.

Margaret Huang, president and CEO of SPLC, said her organization’s latest “hate” report is a way of exposing what she considers to be veiled “white supremacy.”

“We are exposing a concerted effort by hate groups and extremist actors to terrorize communities and gain control of public institutions by any means necessary,” she said.

In reality, the vast majority of parental rights groups – both in Alaska and across the U.S. – organize their membership to turn out at school board or city council meetings in order to petition their elected members to uphold parental rights and stay focused on the core mission of education without indoctrinating children with radical left-leaning ideology.

Many so-called “progressive” groups, however, cite SPLC’s “Hate Watch” reports when looking to malign or undermine conservative organizations.

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Alaska parental rights advocates labeled as ‘hate groups’ by leftist Southern Poverty Law Center

Joel Davidson
Joel is Editor-in-Chief of the Alaska Watchman. Joel is an award winning journalist and has been reporting for over 24 years, He is a proud father of 8 children, and lives in Palmer, Alaska.


18 Comments

  • Joe Drayton says:

    Southern Poverty Law Center is a left wing Uber Radicle organization. A long time ago the SPLC was real. That was a long time ago. Currently all must pass through the SPLC Woke veil of acceptance. If one does not pass then you will be condemned as a hate group.
    The Left always place’s the SPLC on a pedestal above the masses to cast a shadow of shame on those who do not conform to the extreme left of Pluto values that the SPLC pushes.

  • Elizabeth Henry says:

    The word hate has become so grossly overused to the point of tired cliche and no meaning. Also yet another case of deflection and psychological projection as the SPLC epitomizes the worn out word. They are no champion of families, integrity, values, truth, fortitude, education (real), work ethic and humility. To name a few very meaningful words. They are another tool of darkness, victimhood, and entitlement, and no heed should be taken of anything they spew.

  • Lucinda says:

    If the shoe fits …

    • Tamra Nygaard says:

      Fits you pretty good. You come here to spread your hate religiously.

      • Lucinda says:

        Tamra: I am here to provide the cool clear water of truth to those stuck in a dry intellectual wasteland. I do hate anti science thinking though.

      • micah6v8 says:

        “Lucinda” is a sad ol’ bitty. Not worth an iota of your time.

    • Bob says:

      You must be a very unhappy person. Filled with so much hate.

      • Lucinda says:

        Not so Bob. I live in paradise , I’m rich in all things important, I GIVE more than I TAKE in my community, I’ve advanced to fruition many conservation and animal protection measures, I have all that I need. I do recognize the idiocy of Christian conservative ideology, and that brings me down, but otherwise I’m good.

  • Lucinda says:

    Not so Bob. I live in paradise , I’m rich in all things important, I GIVE more than I TAKE in my community, I’ve advanced to fruition many conservation and animal protection measures, I have all that I need. I do recognize the idiocy of Christian conservative ideology, and that brings me down, but otherwise I’m good.

    • Proud Alaskan says:

      Lucinda
      No you don’t have it all. When you except Christ in your heart then you will have it all.
      By the way God created those animals you love so much.

  • Mboll says:

    That’s like the pot calling the kettle black

  • Jim Doyle says:

    always good to remember Who is the Potter and who is the clay

  • Eva says:

    Who hates who?
    People who go against what God designed as good, have a bad conscience (for awhile anyways). To ease that feeling, they crave the acceptance of others. If they cannot get that, they start saying that they are hated. They do not differentiate the PERSON from BEHAVIOR.
    So then they hate whoever does NOT AGREE WITH THEM.
    It is WRONG, when they try to FORCE THEIR BEHAVIOR ON THE INNOCENT AND MAKE THEM LIKE THEMSELVES.

  • Morrigan says:

    Channeling our inner Salem witch trial fear?
    ..
    SPLC burns Americans at the stake for running child molesters out of schools, right out of town?
    .
    Psalm 23 doesn’t work too good when we’re talking about SPLC?
    .
    Really hoped “Watchman” readers and writers would top SPLC’s hate list… guess they’ll have to try harder, no?

  • Dalton says:

    anyone who doesn’t hate these leftist pervert democrats, is watching too much TV news. I’m proud to hate them

  • Debi says:

    So Alaska’s Chief Prosecutor is going to be looking at all parents for non-criminal bias? Will she start prosecuting parents that don’t want CRI taught in schools? When will we wake up?

  • Debi says:

    So Alaska’s Chief Prosecutor is going to be looking at all parents for non-criminal bias? Will she start prosecuting parents that don’t want CRI taught in schools? When will we wake up?