Hatewatch Headlines 2/25/2016
Guns, hate crimes increasingly intersect; Islamophobia spread by media boosts extremists; Oregon standoff cost $3 million and rising; and more.
Center for American Progress: The terrifying combination of hate crimes and gun violence is on the rise.
AlterNet: Islamophobia spread through the media is emboldening violent, racist extremists.
The Guardian (UK): Oregon standoff cost taxpayers $3 million and rising, early estimates indicate.
Huffington Post: Gay-conversion therapy group targeted in historic consumer-fraud complaint.
Talking Points Memo: New white supremacist PAC’s robocalls tell voters, ‘Don’t vote for a Cuban, vote for Trump!’
Think Progress: The Confederate flag is here to stay in Mississippi.
WHJO-TV (Des Moines, IA): Minority players from small town targeted with degrading ‘Trump’ chants at away games.
Right Wing Watch: FRC’s Tony Perkins warns that Obama’s ‘cultural time bombs’ will destroy America.
Raw Story: Owner of Utah bar that bizarrely banned Polynesians receives death threats after video goes viral.
The Friendly Atheist: The American Family Association has quietly removed the ‘bigotry map’ from its website.
