“Schools, especially, have been on the receiving end of ramped-up and coordinated hard-right attacks, frequently through the guise of ‘parents’ rights’ groups,” the SPLC’s report argues.…
The Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday labeled several parents’ rights organizations “hate and antigovernment groups” alongside groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.report counts 1225 “hate and antigovernment extremist groups” being present in the US last year, up from 733 in 2021, with several of the new additions focusing on parental rights and education issues.
According to a report from “Year In Hate and Extremism 2022,” there were 1,225 “hate and antigovernment extremist groups” compared to the 733 in 2021.“These groups were, in part, spurred by the right-wing backlash to COVID-19 public safety measures in schools,” the report adds. “But they have grown into an anti-student inclusion movement that targets any inclusive curriculum that contains discussions of race, discrimination and LGBTQ identities.
Moms for Liberty founders Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich give opening remarks during the inaugural Moms For Liberty Summit in Tampa, Florida, on July 15, 2022.
SPLC’s President and CEO Margaret Huang said in a press release Tuesday that the report is “exposing a concerted effort by hate groups and extremist actors to terrorize communities and gain control of public institutions by any means necessary.”
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