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List of groups identified by the Anti-Defamation League and Hatewatch as hate groups
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Numerous groups have been alleged to be hate groups, which are organized groups or movements that advocate hate, hostility or violence. Allegations of being a hate group are often controversial since the criteria are subjective. Groups which are pursuing legitimate grievances through legitimate means can easily be labeled "hate groups" by their opponents in an attempt to discredit and smear them. This list is composed of groups in the United States that have been listed by hate group researchers who themselves controversial. They have been accused, chiefly by their targets, of profiting by "fear-mongering" and of pursuing ethnic, religious, or anti-religious agendas. Sources: * The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the major sources of information on hate groups in the United States, is a Jewish organization that tracks various hate groups and extremist groups that have committed hate crimes. The ADL has also been known to cite many organizations critical of the state of Israel, such as Amnesty International, as anti-semitic, which is a qualification for hate group status. Recently, the ADL has been referred to be itself a hate group because its leader, Abe Foxman, denied the Armenian Genocide. The same reason made a town in Massachusetts quit ADL's no place for hate program. Groups listed by the ADL are marked by . * Hatewatch, by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Monitors "the evolving problem of online bigotry", and defines bigotry as the " violence against or unreasonable hostility toward those persons or organizations identified by their race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability. Also including organizations or individuals that disseminate historically inaccurate information... for the purpose of vilification." Groups listed by the SPLC are marked by . The inclusion of a particular group on this list does not mean that it fits the description of a hate group, only that it has been purported to by these two groups. Anti-gay groups *Westboro Baptist Church *Traditional Values Coalition *Family Research Institute *American Vision *Chalcedon Foundation *Alliance for Catholic Tradition *MassResistance *National Prayer Network *Young Americans for Freedom (MSU chapter) *Watchmen on the Walls Black supremacist groups *Nation of Islam *New Black Panthers *United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors *Nation of Yahweh (SPLC) Holocaust denial groups *Institute for Historical Review Militia groups *Militia of Montana *Sovereign Citizen Movement *Michigan Militia *Kentucky State Militia Latin American Supremacy groups *Nation of Aztlan Neo-confederate groups *League of the South Neo-Nazi groups *American Nazi Party *Aryan Nations *Creativity Movement *National Alliance *National Socialist Movement *National Vanguard *White Aryan Resistance *American Thule Society *Seattle Creators Assembly *Nazi Low Riders *Blood and Honour *Volksfront *White Revolution (Billy Roper) Racist skinheads *The Hammerskin Nation White supremacist groups *Council of Conservative Citizens *Elohim City *Christian Identity (many groups) *European-American Unity and Rights Organization *Greater Ministries International *Ku Klux Klan (many individual groups) *Stormfront (many individual groups) *White Order of Thule Immigration reform groups *American Immigration Control Foundation *American Patrol *American Renaissance Jewish armed groups *Jewish Defense League Other *Occidental Quarterly *Pioneer Fund *Social Contract Press See Also
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