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Southern Poverty Law Center

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The Resume

    (1971- )
    Born in Montgomery, Alabama
    Organization dedicated to fighting racist/extremist organizations through the courts
    Most well known for suing racist organizations and bankrupting them
    Founded by Morris Dees (pictured)

Why Southern Poverty Law Center might be annoying:

    In 2000, Harper's and The Nation magazines exposed them as a primarily public relations organization that spends twice as much on fundraising as they do on legal affairs.
    They brag about how much money they win for their clients in court cases but don't mention they rarely get the full amount. Example: they won 7 million against the United Klans of America but only got a few hundred thousand when the Klan sold its headquarters to pay the debt.
    The Montgomery Advertiser was nominated for a Pulitzer for a series it ran on it, among other things it had no black lawyers and several former black employees said it was run like a plantation.
    In 2008 it had an endowment of over 156 million.
    In their newsletter they smear any remotely conservative organization (including a Catholic organization dedicated to using the Latin mass!) with the title 'hate group.'

Why Southern Poverty Law Center might not be annoying:

    They put the United Klans of America and Tom Metzger's White Aryan Resistance out of business.
    In 1983, their offices were firebombed by the KKK.
    They have produced a program called 'Teaching Tolerance' for use in schools.
    They have produced two Oscar winning documentaries and five others that were nominated.
    They don't keep the money they win in court, but give it to victims of racism.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 36 Votes: 86.11% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 84 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 142 Votes: 57.04% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 113 Votes: 64.60% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 87 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 72 Votes: 51.39% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 549 Votes: 51.18% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 989 Votes: 83.62% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 38 Votes: 44.74% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 36 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 54 Votes: 70.37% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 72 Votes: 63.89% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 129 Votes: 57.36% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 100 Votes: 46.00% Annoying