Heidi Beirich: the woman who ran SPLC’s Intelligence Project – the engine behind the hate map that targeted conservatives.
She left SPLC to spread hate globally by starting Global Project Against Hate and Extremist.
Let’s look at who funds her NGO.
She left SPLC to spread hate globally by starting Global Project Against Hate and Extremist.
Let’s look at who funds her NGO.
This is important to note.
https://twitter.com/jammles9/status/2047430268806406247
Heidi Beirich was in charge of the SPLC’s Hate Map.
In this podcast, she ties the spike in attacks after the Trump’s 2016 election directly to him, saying he “gave license,” “made it mainstream,” like his rhetoric pushed people over the line.
She said it wouldn’t really matter if he came out and forcefully condemned it.
In her view, people hear what they want anyway, so once that language is out there, the effect sticks.
But look at how she and the SPLC talked about BLM.
They were explicit that Black Lives Matter wasn’t a hate group and said there wasn’t real evidence its activists were driven by hateful or supremacist motives.
Even with riots and violence, they said BLM was a legitimate movement with some individuals going too far.
The only people who really cashed in on the “Hate Map” were Democrats.
It was a perfect tool for them to keep the specter of hate alive.
In this podcast, she ties the spike in attacks after the Trump’s 2016 election directly to him, saying he “gave license,” “made it mainstream,” like his rhetoric pushed people over the line.
She said it wouldn’t really matter if he came out and forcefully condemned it.
In her view, people hear what they want anyway, so once that language is out there, the effect sticks.
But look at how she and the SPLC talked about BLM.
They were explicit that Black Lives Matter wasn’t a hate group and said there wasn’t real evidence its activists were driven by hateful or supremacist motives.
Even with riots and violence, they said BLM was a legitimate movement with some individuals going too far.
The only people who really cashed in on the “Hate Map” were Democrats.
It was a perfect tool for them to keep the specter of hate alive.
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