In Misguided Response to Charlottesville, Apple Donates to Liberal Group That Endangers Conservatives

In trying to fight racism—a laudable goal—Apple CEO Tim Cook has made a huge mistake by choosing to donate $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that smears some conservative groups as “hate groups.”

“What occurred in Charlottesville has no place in our country. Hate is a cancer, and left unchecked it destroys everything in its path,” Cook wrote in an email to Apple employees Wednesday announcing the donation, according to BuzzFeed.

Cook continued:

Apple will be making contributions of $1 million each to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. We will also match two-for-one our employees’ donations to these and several other human rights groups, between now and September 30.

In the coming days, iTunes will offer users an easy way to join us in directly supporting the work of the SPLC.

But the Southern Poverty Law Center doesn’t just blast neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups as “hate groups.”

It also smears groups like Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom, two socially conservative organizations that have bravely advocated...
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