Anti-Defamation League retires glossary of extremist groups after backlash for including Charlie Kirk's TPUSA
The Anti-Defamation League ADL removed its entire Glossary of Extremism and Hate on Tuesday after receiving backlash including from Elon Musk and Republican lawmakers for listing Turning Point USA TPUSA as an extremist group The outrage comes nearly three weeks after TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University while speaking with a crowd on campus TPUSA's backgrounder page on the ADL website falls under the Center of Extremism tag and describes the conservative group as having ties to a range of right-wing extremists and has generated endorsement from anti-Muslim bigots alt-lite activists and specific corners of the white supremacist alt-right TA-NEHISI COATES CALLS CHARLIE KIRK A 'HATEMONGER' WHO SHOULDN'T BE CELEBRATEDThe ADL also listed dozens of controversial statements tied to TPUSA members or event speakers dating as far back as and wrote that Kirk used the movement to promote Christian nationalism In response to the listing Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on X on Sunday that the ADL hates Christians which makes it a hate group He continued in a separate post Using such false and defamatory labels about people and organizations encourages murder Rep Anna Paulina Luna R-Fla chimed in on Monday with criticism of the ADL writing 'America First' is not hate speech Turning Point USA is not a hate group She also tagged the ADL's account on X TURNING POINT USA RETURNS TO UTAH FOR FIRST TIME SINCE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATIONWhen announcing the decision to retire its Glossary of Extremism and Hate effectively without delay the ADL revealed they are inevitably looking for how we can and should do things better The glossary had more than entries and had been built up over multiple years at the time it was removed The ADL declared a number of entries were outdated but did not share which ones those were This will allow ADL to explore new strategies and creative approaches to deliver our details and present our research more effectively It will keep us focused on ensuring we do what we do best fighting antisemitism and hate in the majority of impactful approaches realizable the group wrote on X in part CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe glossary included groups like the Nation of Islam the Proud Boys the Oath Keepers and others It also included TPUSA and the America First movement while leaving out controversial groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter Being included in this database does not mean that individuals or groups are engaging in illegal or violent conduct but rather that in ADL s judgment the views as exemplified by the statements made in assistance of those views can be considered extreme the glossary's homepage states Fox News Digital reached out to the ADL for comment but did not hear back by time of publication
