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"Charlottesville" was a lie, funded by liberal SPLC, who also paid the KKK

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  1. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    DOJ Charges Far-Left SPLC with Fraud, Money Laundering, ‘Manufacturing Racism to Justify Its Existence’

    According to a grand jury indictment, the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally was funded and organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center -- a liberal organization. These were paid actors -- funded by the Southern Poverty Law Center... A group who also funded the KKK in order to manufacture fundraising material for their organization. That's wire fraud. Biden claims to have run in 2020 because of "Charlottesville" -- which has now proven to be an information operation -- just like most Republicans have said for 9 years.

    Why do most political attacks against Trump turn out to be lies? Over and over again, the "conspiracy theorists" are proven correct. I spotted this Charlottesville lie early on -- as these tiki torches just don't look genuine, nor do the actors. I was right. Democrats are just such dishonest people.
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    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...anufacturing-racism-to-justify-its-existence/


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    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    We were lied to for years and years by the dishonest manipulators in the media... Just. like. conservatives. have. been. saying.




    DEMOCRAT ATTACKS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS LIES
     
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    All Democrats do is lie.
     
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    Gee, I wonder how this will play out in the real world…
     
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    That strait must totally be open.
     
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    Nowhere in the indictment does it state SPLV "funded" Charlottesville. It accuses an informant of providing transportation to some members and accuses the informant of posting racist stuff on a message board to fit in the group (which is what informants do). Nowhere do they accuse SPLV of creating the event or creating the event.

    Low iq MAGATs back to spew propaganda fed by right wing media
     
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    It's literally on the first page of the indictment. The very first paragraph.

    The SPLC also had a field source who was a member of the online leadership chat group that planned the 2017 Unite the Right event in Charlottesville.


    Did you think you could lie about it and get away with it?
    Also, are you good with the SPLC funding the KKK?


    Democrats are just dishonest manipulators. Most of their most ardent supporters, like @astros123 just get played over and over by the lies.


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    That paragraph does not say the source planned the event. It says it was part of leadership and made racist postings which is common thing in undercover investigations. The indictment does not say the source planned the event themselves or else they would've mentioned it. It accused the source of planning transportation for some members.

    Low iq propaganda
     
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    The left is constantly fabricating lies. They are liars just like their spiritual father. J6 is another. So was the Whitmer "kidnapping" fairy tale.
     
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    The source was part of leadership for the event -- leadership plans things. You are trying to escape your loss by finding a technicality -- and you are failing miserably. You also shifted your argument away from "funded" to "lead".... after being embarrassed by losing on the funding of the Charlottesville event. As a note, the indictment shows on page 4 that the SPLC mole was paid $270,000. A large sum to perpetrate a hoax. And Democrats, like fools, gobbled it up. Amigos, Democrats are dumber than dirt!

    @astros123 is taking another massive L today! Fresh off the $100 billion in tolls that Iran will make from charging ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz lie! What a week!


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  12. El_Conquistador

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    The SPLC and media have been falsely whipping up fake racism claims for political gain for years. And they just got caught. Loving it!



     
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    Asked Grok in ghost mode to give me background on this:

    Q: Grok, what does the indictment against SPLC allege with regards to the Charlottesville United the Right rally? Was it orchestrated by SPLC according to the indictment?

    A:
    No, the indictment does not allege that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) orchestrated the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.11

    A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an 11-count indictment against the SPLC on April 21, 2026, charging the organization with wire fraud, bank fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The core allegations are that, between roughly 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donor funds to at least eight paid informants (called “field sources”) inside various violent extremist groups—including the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, National Socialist Movement, Aryan Nations affiliates, and others—while misleading donors about how their money was being used. The government claims this was part of a long-running (since the 1980s) but concealed informant program that the SPLC hid to protect sources, but which prosecutors say amounted to fraud.0

    The indictment specifically mentions one such informant in connection with the Unite the Right rally. According to multiple reports quoting the charging document directly:

    • The informant “was a member of the online leadership chat group that planned the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ event in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attended the event at the direction of the S.P.L.C.”
    • The informant “made racist postings under the supervision of the S.P.L.C. and helped coordinate transportation to the event for several attendees.”
    • This individual was allegedly paid more than $270,000 by the SPLC between 2015 and 2023.11
    The document does not claim the SPLC planned, organized, directed, or “orchestrated” the rally as an institution. It describes the informant’s participation (planning chat group membership, supervised racist posts, directed attendance, and transportation coordination) as actions taken while working as an SPLC-paid source inside the white-nationalist/extremist circles that actually planned the event. Prosecutors and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche have publicly framed this (and similar payments to other extremists) as the SPLC “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred,” but that is an interpretive argument about the overall program, not a direct allegation that the SPLC itself ran or created the Unite the Right rally.12

    In short, the indictment portrays the SPLC as having had a paid insider who was actively involved in the rally’s planning and logistics under SPLC direction and supervision, but it does not accuse the SPLC of orchestrating the rally. The charges center on alleged donor fraud and misuse of funds, not on the SPLC directing or causing the violent events of August 11–12, 2017. The SPLC has denied the allegations and stated that the informant program was a legitimate (and previously disclosed in broad terms) intelligence-gathering effort to monitor hate groups.

    Q: Would the rally have not occurred without SPLC’s involvement?

    A:
    No, there is no credible evidence that the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville would not have occurred without the SPLC’s involvement via its paid informant. The rally was independently initiated and driven by a network of white nationalist and alt-right figures with deep preexisting motivations, planning infrastructure, and momentum.

    Key facts about the rally’s organization

    • Main organizer: Jason Kessler, a Charlottesville resident and white nationalist activist, applied for the permit in May 2017 to protest the city’s decision to remove the Robert E. Lee statue. He publicly framed it as a “white civil rights” event and worked to unite various far-right factions.0
    • Core planners and participants: Prominent figures included Richard Spencer (who popularized “alt-right”), Matthew Heimbach (Traditionalist Workers Party), Nathan Damigo (Identity Evropa), Michael Hill (League of the South), and others from groups like Vanguard America, The Right Stuff, and Daily Stormer affiliates. Planning involved coordination across these networks, including outreach for security/muscle from skinhead groups (e.g., Hammerskins).14
    • Planning tools: Extensive use of private Discord servers (e.g., “Charlottesville 2.0”), Facebook, podcasts, and other online channels for logistics, transportation, lodging, and promotion. Leaked chats showed thousands of messages over months, including operational plans, calls for attendance, and even jokes about vehicles as weapons. This was a broad, decentralized effort among committed extremists, not reliant on any single individual.1
    • Timeline and momentum: The event built on prior protests (e.g., a May 2017 Spencer-led rally and a July KKK event in Charlottesville). It attracted hundreds (estimates around 500–1,000 participants) due to shared ideological grievances over Confederate monuments, immigration, and “cultural Marxism.” The scale reflected growing alt-right online activity post-2016, not external orchestration.65
    The rally proceeded after a federal court injunction (backed by the ACLU) overruled the city’s attempt to relocate it for safety reasons. Violence escalated from clashes between attendees and counter-protesters, culminating in James Alex Fields Jr.’s car attack (he was convicted of murder).

    The SPLC informant’s role

    The April 2026 indictment alleges one paid SPLC “field source” (paid over $270,000 from 2015–2023):

    • Was a member of an online leadership chat group involved in planning.
    • Attended the event at SPLC direction.
    • Made supervised racist postings.
    • Helped coordinate transportation for several attendees.
    This describes an infiltrator/participant providing intelligence (and performing limited logistical help under supervision), not a leader, founder, or primary driver. The indictment does not allege the informant conceived the idea, secured the permit, recruited major speakers, or controlled the Discord servers. It frames the SPLC’s broader informant program as potentially fraudulent (misleading donors while paying extremists), with Acting AG Todd Blanche claiming it “manufactured” extremism by “stoking racial hatred.” However, even that interpretive claim does not state the rally itself was SPLC-created or dependent on the informant.35

    No public evidence from the indictment, the 2021 Sines v. Kessler civil trial (which held organizers liable for conspiracy to commit violence), leaked Discord logs, or contemporaneous reporting identifies the informant as indispensable. The planning was already well underway by mid-2017 across multiple independent actors.

    Counterfactual reasoning

    • Preexisting drivers: The alt-right had been building toward large public actions (e.g., “Battle of Berkeley” clashes). The Lee statue controversy provided a focal point that resonated widely in those circles. Removing one informant would not erase the permit application, speaker invitations, online hype, or ideological fervor.
    • Scale of involvement: Transportation help for “several” people is marginal in an event drawing hundreds from across the country, many organizing their own travel via public calls.
    • Historical parallels: Similar (though smaller) white nationalist rallies and marches occurred before and after without this specific informant. The 2018 “Unite the Right 2” in D.C. (much smaller turnout) showed the movement’s independent momentum, even as it fractured post-Charlottesville.
    • No “but-for” causation shown: Speculation that the rally “wouldn’t have happened” relies on assuming this one person was the linchpin—unsupported by the facts. Infiltrators in extremist groups (a tactic used by law enforcement and watchdogs for decades) typically monitor or marginally participate; they rarely invent the underlying events when genuine grievances and networks exist.
    In summary, the Unite the Right rally stemmed from the organizers’ own initiative and the broader white nationalist ecosystem’s desire for a high-profile showcase. The SPLC informant’s alleged actions represent infiltration and limited facilitation, not creation or control. Claims that SPLC “orchestrated” or was necessary for the event go beyond what the indictment or evidence supports and echo unsubstantiated conspiracy narratives that circulated even before 2017. The core responsibility for the rally and its violence lies with the planners and violent attendees.
     
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    No dumbass he was part of the overall leadership for the group in itself. Nowhere in the indictment does it say he was part of organizing the event in itself. It claims he helped with transportation. He did not organize the event in itself.

    Hilarious you have audacity to talk about the strait of hormuz after your dumbass claimed it was "open and free" only to be embarrassed a day after.

    Nowhere in the indictment does it show SPLC created these organizations but then again when you're a dumbass you blindly believe anything you're fed
     
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    The purpose of the SPLC is to advance the interests of the Washington Establishment. The interests of the Washington Establishment is to further enrich themselves by stealing as much money as possible from the American people. The SPLC is, of course, a part of the Washington Establishment.
     
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    She "favors" lying, cheating, and stealing.

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    Elon Musk called out the SPLC in November, 2024.

     
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    All leftists are lying trash.

     
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    A c*nt response.
     

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