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False Charges of ‘Hate’ Encourage Violence

False Charges of ‘Hate’ Encourage Violence

October 10 - 2025
The ADL withdrew its smear of Charlie Kirk. The SPLC should follow its example.

The Anti-Defamation League last week retired its “Glossary of Extremism” amid backlash for having designated Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA as an extremist organization. The ADL isn’t alone in applying such inflammatory labels. Months before Kirk’s assassination, the Southern Poverty Law Center added Turning Point USA to its “hate map,” equating it with the Ku Klux Klan.

The threats reached a fever pitch after Kirk’s assassination and ahead of the Supreme Court term, in which we have cases pending. On Tuesday, we deliver oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, which will determine whether states can forbid licensed counselors from helping children with gender dysphoria become more comfortable with their sex. For the first time in our history, there won’t be an accompanying rally outside the court. Security professionals warned us that the threats of violence at an outdoor event were too great.

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