SPLC club coming out to campus

Tu To Staff Writer The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is bringing a collegiate club to Troy’s campus next fall. On its webpage, SPLC said the center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. “Using litigation, education and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality,” the website reads. Kourtney Frye, a junior history major from Monroeville and one of the first students to…

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Does policing hate groups stop hate?

  Logan Wetzel Staff Writer I am all for fighting hate and reforming different parts of our broken government, but I feel that fighting fire with fire is a poor choice. Soon on Troy University’s campus, we will have a student group run by the highly publicized Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The SPLC, based in Montgomery, has long been known for “Fighting Hate, Teaching Tolerance, and Seeking Justice,” according to its website. In 2015, the SPLC listed Donald Trump and his campaign as a hate group because of his…

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