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‘Draw Mohammed’ Contest Winner Will Be Added to SPLC ‘Hate’ List

Posted on | May 12, 2015 | 117 Comments

Attacked by Islamic terrorists and listed by the SPLC:

Bosch Fawstin, a former Muslim who won the Muhammad cartoon contest at the Texas free speech event attacked by two gunmen Sunday, will soon be added to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) list of hate groups.
Mr. Fawstin won $12,500 in prize money at the event, sponsored by Pamela Geller’s American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), for a drawing that showed a sword-wielding prophet in a turban shouting, “You can’t draw me.” In reply, a cartoon bubble portrayed the artist as writing, “That’s why I draw you,” Reuters reported.
The SPLC, which already includes AFDI on its annual list of U.S. hate groups, plans to add the artist to its 2016 report, Heidi Beirich, who leads SPLC’s Intelligence Project, told Reuters on Monday.
Ms. Beirich said Mr. Fawstin would have been listed before Sunday’s attack, but the center did not know his location. The organization has since learned that his website is registered in New York City, Reuters reported.
“He’s like the artist of the movement,” Mr. Beirich said, calling his website “virulently ugly.”
“His views, they are hate views,” she added.

Much like being sued by Brett Kimberlin, having your name on the SPLC’s hate list is becoming a badge of honor.

 

Category: Islam, Terrorism

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  • Steve Skubinna

    No, I think the actual Victim Hierarchy is:

    Black trumps woman.
    Gay trumps black.
    Muslim trumps all.

  • Steve Skubinna

    Just tell them that the SPLC is designated a left wing hate group.

    By me.

  • Steve Skubinna

    Probably because nobody tried to kill him for it.

    You know, all those right wing haters out there, deliberately not murdering their opponents. Just to make the SPLC look inconsistent.

  • Windy Wilson

    “And be sure to spell my name correctly!”

  • Paul McCormick

    Hence the term “Sheeple”

  • Gunga

    Isn’t Morris Dees’ tag line: “Why so serious?”

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  • gverdi

    You have to admit sheeple is just such a perfect term to define some people.

  • Paul McCormick

    Indeed!

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  • Neo

    More joy from the Southern Poverty Hate Center

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