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Paleoconservative how?[edit]

They just seem like an especially hard-line American Christian right group not particularly invested in foreign policy, immigration or trade. It doesn't seem like AFA has said anything critical of neoconservatives, their leadership probably supported Bush when he was president. I do not see how they would be classified as paleoconservative. What is the rationale? J390 (talk) 00:41, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Christian fundamentalist or Protestant fundamentalist?[edit]

The lead of this article calls them a "Protestant fundamentalist" group, but the ideology they push isn't specific to Protestantism. Partofthemachine (talk) 23:26, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SPLC[edit]

I realized I've now twice reverted removal from the lead of the SPLC designation of AFA as a hate group. @Sebastienostertag: can you explain further why you think it should be removed? Anyone else care to weigh in? Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:16, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The section Criticisms and Controversy already explains the SPlC designation in detail. Having it in the introduction makes it seem that the SPLC though is a credible organization. Theyve put Christian Jewish and Muslim groups in the same category as the KKK and Neo Nazis. They have been sued many times for defamation. Sebastienostertag (talk) 03:19, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Citing the SPLC as credible is like citing Donald Trump on the Central Park 5 Sebastienostertag (talk) 03:23, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The independent, secondary sources that cite the SPLC do seem to view it as a credible organization. Unless that changes, I think it's reasonable for us to so as well. I disagree with your characterization of the SPLC's actions, and your analogy to DT, but I doubt it would be productive to debate those matters here. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:29, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Their designation of the Family Research Council as a hate group, which they aren't, led to an individual going and shooting the security guard. They have been sued and are still being sued. Having them in the introduction makes it seem as though they are unbiased. Sebastienostertag (talk) 03:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Having been sued is not a factor here, and neither is the FRC attack. I don't think that placement in the intro makes them seem unbiased, and we've attributed their view specifically because SPLC is a biased source. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:35, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Then I'll add a counter paragraph after that then. Sebastienostertag (talk) 03:37, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please make sure to cite reliable sources that are on-topic for this article. Also, please WP:INDENT your talk page posts. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:38, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sebastienostertag: you added unsourced content to the article. Please self-revert. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 04:00, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Firefangledfeathers in any case, the editor is topic banned and should not be posting here. Doug Weller talk 18:33, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The SPLC is a notable and respected organization and the SPLC’s designation of the AFA as a hate group is also notable. A mention in the lead is not undue.-TenorTwelve (talk) 09:35, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If the fact that the SPLC labelled the AFA as a hate group constitutes stochastic terrorism, as a terrorist attacked the AFA's headquarters afterwards, don't you think that the moral outrage against LGBT people sparked by organisations as AFA also constitutes stochastic terrorism, due to the multitude of violent and terrorist acts committed against LGBT people in recent years?

If you want to opine on this article that the SPLC is responsible for the attack against the AFA for this attack because they said the AFA was a hate group, then we would have to revise all US anti-LGBT groups' wiki articles to add all the anti-LGBT acts of violence and terrorism in the US that had ties with these groups.

Also note that we need reliable sources, and to maintain with due weight and balance on this article, to report on this, if you wish to further this endeavour. Alwaysgonnaedit (talk) 12:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]