By
Kimberley A. Strassel Aug. 24, 2017
Corporate America will do almost anything to stay on the safe side of
public opinion—at least as it’s defined by the media. CEOs will
apologize, grovel, resign, settle. They will even, as of this month,
legitimize and fund an outfit that exists to smear conservatives.
The
press is still obsessing over President
Trump’s
incompetent handling of the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and
that has suited some profiteers just fine. The notorious Southern
Poverty Law Center is quietly cashing in on the tragedy, raking in
millions on its spun-up reputation as a group that “fights hate.” Apple
CEO
Tim Cook
informed employees that his company is giving $1 million to SPLC
and matching employee donations.
J.P. Morgan Chase
is pitching in $500,000, specifically to further the SPLC’s “work
in tracking, exposing and fighting hate groups and other extremist
organizations,” in the words of
Peter Scher,
the bank’s head of corporate responsibility.
What Mr.
Scher is referring to is the SPLC’s “Hate Map,” its online list of 917
American “hate groups.” The SPLC alone decides who goes on the list, but
its criteria are purposely vague. Since the SPLC is a far-left activist
group, the map comes down to this: If the SPLC doesn’t agree with your
views, it tags you as a hater.
Let’s not mince words: By funding
this list, J.P. Morgan and Apple are saying they support labeling
Christian organizations that oppose gay marriage as “hate groups.”
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