Freedom of press.

[Dill]

(03-02-2017, 09:41 AM)michaelsean Wrote: They are monitoring Sean Hannity, but people carrying signs encouraging others to kill cops doesn't hit their radar?  I put Hannity in the search at their site, and what came up is laughable.  Maybe I missed something and you could show me.  15 years 4 hours a day, and they are still waiting for him to cross the line and incite violence.  Maybe time to move on?

I shudder to think what you consider laughable.  He may not say "Go get a gun and kill someone," but Hannity certainly provides a platform to people who encourage hatred of ethnic groups. And violence does result from that encouragement. 

But the SPLC isn't just monitoring "violence." It is also monitoring hate speech, groups and influential individuals who create and support the worldview of those whose goal is to frighten and punish ethnic minorities in a range ways.

People live in fear of right wing violence, especially Muslims and immigrants. And you are apparently ok with someone who contributes to that, so long as no one links one of his statements to a specific crime.

I am not sure who is carrying signs that say "Kill cops." Are you talking about some individuals who latch themselves on to a demonstration somewhere?  The SPLC monitors hate GROUPS. Is there a group with a platform based upon cop hatred? It so, it will come on the SPLC radar.

For the time being, we'll just have to accept that the overwhelming majority of hate groups in the U.S. are Right wing.
Leftists fight for equality of all races, ethnic groups, and both sexes, which rarely leads to hate.  Hence the "bias" in monitoring.