The SPLC and ADL paint a target on an individual critic, then mobilize a decentralized network of private and public assets to degrade, censor, and punish that target.
On the private side, the groups activate left-wing journalists to smear the target in the press, demand that social media companies censor the target's online speech, and encourage left-wing editors to denigrate the target on his Wikipedia page.
On the public side, the groups send notices to state and federal law enforcement, hoping to mobilize the government to open investigations and intimidate critics with the threat of state repression, even incarceration.
How are groups such as the SPLC and ADL able to call upon such a wide range of assets? By exploiting their reputations for being honest brokers.
There may be a limit to the SPCL and the ADL's approach.
In the past, if the ADL accused a public figure of anti-Semitism, the consequences would be severe and instantaneous.
Critics should work to accelerate the delegitimization of left-wing pressure groups.
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