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https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2019/02/22/fishers-high-school-swimmer-suspension-botched-hse-school-board-ihsaa/2949529002/ Disgusting. All Around. And have pretty much lost all respect for the governing aspect of the IHSAA.

https://apnews.com/19254313af36441395cec4123f5e89a8 Uh oh. Shouldn't be a crime though. Mr. Kraft is a consenting adult, and most likely the individual whom he allegedly solicited for sex was a consenting adult as well.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/02/22/will-nations-third-largest-church-split-up-over-lgbt-debate-leaders-try-reach-an-answer/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.faa7a2add26e I expect a split as well. Probably along the lines of a "United States UMC" and then the rest of the world. My spouse and I are good friends with a homosexual couple that was forced out of an area UMC church by a minority of hateful parishioners, afraid that somehow these two individuals would "infect" the youth of the church or something. It was all quite sad.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/catholic-church-sex-abuse-scandal-pope-francis-weak-response/ Strong words. And he is probably right; this summit will go nowhere. When will the vast majority of members of the Roman Catholic church rise up and demand real change?

Meh. I hear the University of California at Berkeley is where its at: http://reason.com/blog/2019/02/22/uc-berkeley-student-punched-face-conserv

In a time of dwindling resources government school corporations have to focus those resources on their core mission.

It was down slightly yesterday, but I'm guessing would take some kind of pending legal action for any significant movement in the stock price: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/zion-williamson-injury-nike-stock-down-after-duke-star-blows-out-shoe-suffers-injury-in-loss-to-unc/

A ‘KKK’ twist in the ‘Keep Dayton Small’ saga riles town just east of Lafayette: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/02/21/bangert-kkk-twist-keep-dayton-small-saga-riles-town-just-east-lafayette/2936438002/ IMHO yet another example of people looking for something to offend them. I have driven by the billboard in question literally hundreds of times since it was put up and never even once thought about what Mr. Dilkes is implying. Perhaps if the letter K in each sentence was highlighted, bolded, in a larger font, etc. then yes, one could make the connection.

Nike Fires 8-Year-Old Shoemaker Responsible For Zion Williamson Injury: https://sports.theonion.com/nike-fires-8-year-old-shoemaker-responsible-for-zion-wi-1832801206

Depends on the group. Do you take the "hate group" designation handed out by the SPLC as sacrosanct? Why or why not?

Like I've said before, I guess I am just stupid.

Like I've said before, I guess I am just stupid.

I question whether some groups identified by the the SPLC as "hate groups" really are as such.

https://reason.com/blog/2019/02/21/nick-sandmann-covington-lawsuit-libel This strikes me as potential grounds for a libel claim. It may indeed be considered a statement of fact rather than opinion, and one that was incorrect. The false assertion certainly portrays Sandmann in a negative light, and The Post made little effort to corroborate it before the author went ahead and subjected a previously unknown teenage boy to all the negative publicity that comes with being the subject of hit piece in a major media outlet. But this is far from open and shut, as the media's failures in the Covington case, while substantial, are more open to interpretation than Rolling Stone's failures in the Virginia story. Of course, there's a broader philosophical problem with trying to resolve the Covington debacle via lawsuit, even if Sandmann may have a case (albeit an extremely narrow one): It raises serious free speech concerns, and it could have significant repercussions for the media. ....

I don't understand.

Bingo. With the power/influence of the KKK pretty much eliminated (thank goodness) the SPLC had to find other groups to attack in order to justify it's continued existence, and of course bring in the cash.

There wasn't. ISU was the only school that accepted my application, and the only one I could afford.

Did you guys hear about the Jussie Smollet hate crime? Fake Noose

Such as?

I believe I already did.

Yes, they were altered by a GID administrator. Not at my personal request however. And again, please elaborate on how I was "obfuscating story content by going after the source" when I was simply pointing out the bias behind the SPLC? Funny how when somebody starts whining about or questioning the reputation +/- and you then ask why it is so important to them the answer is invariably "but it's not".

I personally did not game them. Why is this number so important to you, foxbat?

I don't understand how my statements concerning the definitions of hate groups and hate crimes are obfuscating. Please enlighten me. Goes to show how meaningless those 'upticks' really are.

I don't recall ever stating that we should ignore FBI statistics, or input from this CSU entity. If you want to talk about contradicting/contrary numbers, we first have to all agree on the definition of "hate group", don't we? One may also have to support the concept of a "hate crime" in the first place.

Meh, the SPLC has it's own biases: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/southern-poverty-law-center-bias-hate-group-labels-scam/ https://www.dailywire.com/news/8967/7-things-you-need-know-about-southern-poverty-law-aaron-bandler The Hitler comments are a reference to when Carson said, "The likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed." This is hardly an extreme comment, in fact it's accurate. Carson's opposition to gay marriage is also not a viewpoint worthy of being put on an extremist list. .... 6. The FBI removed the SPLC as a "resource" in 2014 for their "hate crime Web page." The FBI refused to comment on it, but according to The Blaze, the move came "after 15 conservative groups lobbied Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director James Comey to end the endorsement." 7. The actual hate group is the SPLC. As Human Events concluded in 2011: