The Southern Poverty Law Center presents background on the extremism in America. Hateful rhetoric has ramped up in the last several years, and it is seeping into public policy. Ideas that used to be considered fringe are now finding their way into mainstream media and political discourse.
When Donald Trump signed an executive order recently banning people from certain Muslim countries from entering the U.S., much of the rhetoric he used came from SPLC-designated hate groups.
When book bans are passed by school boards, the reasoning is often directly taken from Moms for Liberty and other anti-LBGTQ and racist groups.
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