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TexasTowelie

(116,748 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:27 AM Jun 2015

Fox News Declared Hate Group By Southern Poverty Law Center

In what should come as a surprise to no one, considering their coverage of unarmed black people being brutalized by the police, the Southern Poverty Law Center has added Fox News to their list of hate groups, as they meet the criteria.

Time and time again, Fox News has shown their true colors with their own colorful language surrounding people of color and the LGBT community.

From calling any black person who stands up in protest against the police “thugs” to thinking black people will “shank” officers, to glossing over a white biker gang that actually killed nine people, to thinking gay people are “persecuting” Christians with their audacity to think, they too can, should be able to file for taxes under “married.”

Their hatred was tolerated for a long time as freedom of expression, which they are still free to do, however, the time has come to no longer ignore their obvious bigotry broadcast to millions of like-minded folks, and label them what they are — a hate group.

Read more: http://www.freewoodpost.com/2015/06/10/fox-news-declared-hate-group-by-southern-poverty-law-center/

[font color=330099]Yes, this is satire.[/font]

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Fox News Declared Hate Group By Southern Poverty Law Center (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2015 OP
Satire but with a lot of truth to it. drm604 Jun 2015 #1
+1000 Duppers Jun 2015 #2
+ another Scuba Jun 2015 #3
Good satire is chock full of truths madokie Jun 2015 #7
As my mom would've said,... MarianJack Jun 2015 #4
There was a petition going around hermetic Jun 2015 #5
No budge Crissy86 Jun 2015 #6
Fox News Declared Hate Group By Southern Poverty Law Center woz75 Aug 2015 #8

drm604

(16,230 posts)
1. Satire but with a lot of truth to it.
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:43 AM
Jun 2015

About the only untrue thing is the claim that the SPLC has declared them a hate group.

It actually makes a good argument that maybe the SPLC should do exactly that.

hermetic

(8,622 posts)
5. There was a petition going around
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 05:29 PM
Jun 2015

a few months ago. Maybe by the ACLU? Don't remember but it was calling on the FCC to deny their license renewal because they are a hate group. I signed it, but I guess it didn't gain any ground. Freedom of speech and all that.

Crissy86

(3 posts)
6. No budge
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:39 AM
Jun 2015

No matter what Fox News may spew, they have the same right to be on television as msnbc. Fox has lied a bunch of times and apologized a bunch of times yet people watch it especially the older generation but a lot of people know that faux news is a bunch of b.s.

 

woz75

(5 posts)
8. Fox News Declared Hate Group By Southern Poverty Law Center
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:13 PM
Aug 2015

Fox News is a terrorist organization....How many inbred POS lunatics take their propaganda as gospel and go out and do stupid stuff?

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