The SPLC was once a genuine civil rights organization, but just like the ADL and the NAACP it was hijacked by leftists, and like the other two is nothing more than a political extension of the DNC, used to defame and label political opponents, run by hard core leftists.
Mark
It was originally called Klanwatch and was founded by avowed Communist agitator and malcontent Morris Dees.
It was NEVER a legitimate anything but a shakedown arm for liberal to assuage their white liberal guilt.
I’m not sure how much of a civil rights organization the SPLC started out to be. One of its founders, Morris Dees, has some very serious issues. He is definitely a real piece of work and his form of sadistic play may have spilled over into his work. But at least it appeared to be a civil rights organization at its start. Now the entire organization seems to be as flawed as Mr. Dees.