Annual report cites rise in hate groups, but some ask: What is hate?

[bobbyw24]

The Southern Poverty Law Center says the number of US hate groups has topped 1,000 for the first time. But conservative critics say a too-broad definition of hate stifles legitimate debate.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0223/Annual-report-cites-rise-in-hate-groups-but-some-ask-What-is-hate

[Pericles]

Does an organization that takes credit for this

http://www.earthliberation.net/images/101999Vail/vail2.gif

and this

http://www.earthliberation.net/images/082303westcovinaCA/082303westcovinaCA1.gif

on its web site qualify as a hate group?

Not according to the SPLC because http://www.earthliberation.net/images/082303westcovinaCA/082303westcovinaCA1.gif probably has the same donor base as the SPLC.