Vermont Commons Editor Rob Williams talks to the SPLC

Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center tossed a question at the editor of Vermont Commons in her famously impartial, objective manner: "Do you still beat the slaves that the racist League of the South sold to you?"

Ok, it wasn't quite that blatant, but it was the usual guilty-if-we-say-so attitude all too typical of the SPLC. However, Mr. Williams calmly responded with the facts, and real class:

You state in your question above, Heidi, that the League of the South is “clearly racist,” and would “like to create a racist society in their seceded state.”

Yet, the League of the South issued a public statement in 2004 specifically denouncing racism, a statement explicitly explaining that they do not want a racist state in a secessionist nation.

The “racism” charge, by the way, has become a convenient way for a few outspoken Vermonters who may not agree with our goals to throw stones at us.

Wow. Then he hit her with this:

While some Vermont journalists have taken the time to check in with us about our work, many bloggers – who love to flap their electronic jowls in cyberspace - have attacked us repeatedly without ever once bothering to contact us to find out what we really think.

This must have been mind-altering to Heidi, since demonizing people and grass-roots organizations without giving them a chance to present their side is the SPLC's standard operating procedure. And when she or any SPLC inquisitor utters the word "racism," most victims run for cover.

Rob, here's a well-deserved shot of Jack Daniels in your honor:



Thanks to Conservative Heritage Times!