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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:37 PM Feb 2019

Proud Boys founder sues SPLC over hate group label

Source: Associated Press

Updated 12:40 pm CST, Monday, February 4, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The founder of a far-right men's group called the Proud Boys is suing the Southern Poverty Law Center for labeling the organization a hate group.

Gavin McInnes filed the defamation lawsuit Monday in federal court in Alabama. The lawsuit contends the designation is false and damaged his career.

McInnes was a co-founder of Vice Media. He founded the Proud Boys, an organization that describes members as "western chauvinists."

The SPLC says the group is "known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric" and members "maintain affiliations with known extremists."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Proud-Boys-founder-sues-SPLC-over-hate-group-label-13587818.php





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Proud Boys founder sues SPLC over hate group label (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP
This will be fun to watch Gothmog Feb 2019 #1
I'm going to send a huge care package Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #15
I just sent a check Gothmog Feb 2019 #17
I do that four times a year. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #20
Then maybe don't get plastered with "liquid courage" before filming Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2019 #2
Nexxt up - GoFundMe page by him to pay for his losing attorney fees & court costs lark Feb 2019 #3
Pore widdle snowflake, did he get his feelings hurt? Canoe52 Feb 2019 #4
Um, I thought he quit The Proud Boys Downtown Hound Feb 2019 #5
So he shouldn't have standing here, if he's not part of the group, what's his game? ck4829 Feb 2019 #25
Maybe he'll drop the suit if they give him a new dildo. QC Feb 2019 #6
Oh but he sure "owned" us libtards with that act... Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #31
LOL QC Feb 2019 #34
ahhhhh is Major Mustache having trouble getting a real job??? Raster Feb 2019 #7
No one wants him here. MrsCheaplaugh Feb 2019 #19
"Could it be because I'm an insufferable Hitler wannabe? Nah, it's gotta be the libs!" ck4829 Feb 2019 #22
I hope they file a counter suit and he ends up having to pay out the ass as its clearly an cstanleytech Feb 2019 #8
The SPLC exists to sue hate groups out of existence. yardwork Feb 2019 #9
I think there's risk here for the SPLC Calista241 Feb 2019 #24
Only if they made a mistake zipplewrath Feb 2019 #26
Well, not quite. Dr. Strange Feb 2019 #33
Discovery, Baby Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #10
Friend of Roger Stone? 2naSalit Feb 2019 #11
I'm sure the SPLC welcomes this. Scruffy1 Feb 2019 #12
Walks like a duck, talks like a duck... smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #13
Hate groups mickswalkabout41 Feb 2019 #14
I thought he disavowed his role as a member? EarthFirst Feb 2019 #16
Because the SPLC have no idea how to deal with these retro, racist assholes in court. alphafemale Feb 2019 #18
Proud Boys is a Hate Group ck4829 Feb 2019 #21
Awwww ... did Roger get a sad? UpInArms Feb 2019 #23
The agents of comity! Anon-C Feb 2019 #27
Sueing the SPLC Turbineguy Feb 2019 #28
This Case May Get Tossed at the Onset dlk Feb 2019 #29
"Sure we're sexist, bigoted, and racists... Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #30
Wonder if this asshole knows SPLC bankrupted the KKK 😬 MLAA Feb 2019 #32

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
15. I'm going to send a huge care package
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:35 PM
Feb 2019

full of popcorn to Morris and Richard. They will take this case just as seriously as they approach all of the invaluable work they undertake. But, I can't help but smile from ear to freaking ear at the notion of McInnes suing the SPLC for "destroying his career." To what career is he referring ?

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
2. Then maybe don't get plastered with "liquid courage" before filming
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 04:48 PM
Feb 2019

dumb ass videos inciting violence on entire groups of people, tough guy.

lark

(23,105 posts)
3. Nexxt up - GoFundMe page by him to pay for his losing attorney fees & court costs
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:05 PM
Feb 2019

and anything else the judge might throw his way.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
5. Um, I thought he quit The Proud Boys
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:11 PM
Feb 2019

Guess not. I wonder if he realizes that this means all the vile shit the Proud Boys have done is going to be brought up in court and raked over. Like many before him, he's about to find out that the bullying tactics he employs in his personal life simply will not work in a court of law.

QC

(26,371 posts)
6. Maybe he'll drop the suit if they give him a new dildo.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:12 PM
Feb 2019

(Google it. It's too gross to discuss here but oh so revealing of the man's character.)

MrsCheaplaugh

(183 posts)
19. No one wants him here.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 11:02 PM
Feb 2019

And he has geraniums in his cranium if he thinks suing SPLC's a clever strategic move.

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)
8. I hope they file a counter suit and he ends up having to pay out the ass as its clearly an
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 05:59 PM
Feb 2019

issue of free speech and thus the SPLC should be protected.

yardwork

(61,650 posts)
9. The SPLC exists to sue hate groups out of existence.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 06:03 PM
Feb 2019

They are highly skilled with an excellent track record.

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
24. I think there's risk here for the SPLC
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 09:40 AM
Feb 2019

They're a private organization that renders judgements on other private organizations. Those judgements have monetary and reputational affects, and are subjective in nature.

The SPLC has lost lawsuits like this in the past:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/splc-pays-dollar33-million-settlement-to-counter-extremism-group-it-called-anti-muslim

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
26. Only if they made a mistake
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 01:12 PM
Feb 2019

The case you reference is where they clearly screwed up and had to admit it.

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)
12. I'm sure the SPLC welcomes this.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 07:57 PM
Feb 2019

I am not a lawyer, but a lot suit can backfire big time, expecially when your going up against an experienced groups like SPLC. I wonder if the dumbass has ever heard of discovery.

mickswalkabout41

(145 posts)
14. Hate groups
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:00 PM
Feb 2019

Show up at protests and beat up other people due to color, sexual preference....etc so the proud boys must not have been in Portland Oregon last year. But then again, there are pictures of them, hurting people. So that’s a hate group on a video. Need more proof judge.

EarthFirst

(2,900 posts)
16. I thought he disavowed his role as a member?
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:40 PM
Feb 2019

Hope this motherfucker never finds a day of honest work again in his life...

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
18. Because the SPLC have no idea how to deal with these retro, racist assholes in court.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 10:50 PM
Feb 2019

No experience at all.

Smirking Incel dumb ass

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
23. Awwww ... did Roger get a sad?
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 08:50 AM
Feb 2019

Russell SChultz is pictured with conspiracy theorist and infamous GOP “ratfucker” Roger Stone. Also pictured are Proud Boys Robert Zerfing, Matteo Dagradi, Derrick Lancaster, and Jake Farmer; as well as PSU College Republicans President Philip Arola.

Docreed2003

(16,863 posts)
30. "Sure we're sexist, bigoted, and racists...
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 01:31 PM
Feb 2019

Maybe we incite violence and stoke fear and hatred...but we're not a hate group"

Lmao...whatever buddy

MLAA

(17,298 posts)
32. Wonder if this asshole knows SPLC bankrupted the KKK 😬
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 01:49 PM
Feb 2019

I have been gladly donating monthly for years to this fine organization.

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