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Back in February, we became aware that the well-funded Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) had placed Camp Constitution on its infamous “Hate Map”, listing us as an "anti-government group." However, they have us listed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
We reached out to SPLC via their website explaining that we are a New Hampshire based organization and they need to make a correction. We added that an organization that receives millions of dollars from scared white liberals and woke corporations should be able to afford staffers that could have easily verified our proper address. We explained that our camp manager, who formerly resided in Rindge, NH, had moved to Charlotte, a number of years ago, and that his address is on the website due to the fact that he manages the applications for our annual family camp. We told SPLC that he is an elderly man living with his wife, and we didn’t want them to be targets of some of SPLC’s more violent supporters. Back in 2012, one of SPLC’s supporters, Floyd Le Corkins II, tried to conduct a mass shooting of the D.C. based Family Research Council because SPLC had the group on their hate map. We received an acknowledgement of our message, but they took no action.
On Thursday September 5, 2024, I placed a call to SPLC asking them to make a correction. (Sadly, as mentioned in an earlier blog, our camp manager, co-founder, friend and mentor, Charlie Everett passed away.) Below is an audio of that call and conversation. My conversation with the SPLC staffer begins at about 5:01.
While there are indeed many hate groups, most of which are on the Left side of the political spectrum and not included in the SPLC’s hate map, SPLC lumps legitimate hate groups like Neo-Nazis with hundreds of conservative and Christian groups whose only crime is to be hated by the Marxists who run the SPLC. We think Camp Constitution was placed on the SPLC’s hate list due to our lawsuit against the City of Boston which we won in a 9-0 U.S. Supreme Court decision:
We consider it is a badge of honor to be listed by the SPLC, and say to like-minded groups—with tongue in cheek—that have not made the list: “You need to hate harder.” We also want to acknowledge that the Granite Grok is on the SPLC’s hate map.
Hal Shurtleff is the Director and Co-Founder of Camp Constitution. The mission of Camp Constitution is to enhance understanding of our Judeo-Christian moral heritage, our American heritage of courage and ingenuity, including the genius of our United States Constitution, and the application of free enterprise, which together gave our nation an unprecedented history of growth and prosperity, making us the envy of the world. You can learn more on the Camp Constitution website.
