Twitter has quietly dumped the Southern Poverty Law Center from its “Trust and Safety Council,” according to a recent report. After a March scandal exposed the Law Center's leadership for apparently participating in the racist and sexist conduct it proclaims to be policing, it’s tempting to ask why Twitter didn’t loudly promote the separation. But a more pertinent question is: Why have media and corporate America ever relied upon the Law Center's advice at all?
The recent scandal may have exposed the Law Center's history of hypocrisy, but the rabid watchdog’s dishonest definition of “hate,” and arguably even more duplicitous fundraising from it, has been an obvious and ongoing scandal for years. It’s well past time for those who have relied upon this, sometimes dangerously, unscrupulous guidance to also dump the Law Center.
The recent scandal may have exposed the Law Center's history of hypocrisy, but the rabid watchdog’s dishonest definition of “hate,” and arguably even more duplicitous fundraising from it, has been an obvious and ongoing scandal for years. It’s well past time for those who have relied upon this, sometimes dangerously, unscrupulous guidance to also dump the Law Center.