Pamela Geller is pretty worked up about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s designation of her group, Stop Islamization of America, as a hate group. But not because she gives the designation any credence. On the contrary, Geller — the blogger behind Atlas Shrugs and one of the most vociferous opponents to a planned Muslim community center near Ground Zero in New York City — says “a slam from the SPLC is a badge of honor.”Stop Islamization of America was included as a hate group in the SPLC’s Spring 2011 “Intelligence Report.” The 9/11 Christian Center at Ground Zero group also made the list. The SPLC considers both groups “anti-Muslim.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=114143