The SPLC identifies groups and individuals as "hate" groups.  The organization expresses its opinion and supports the opinion with documentation of actions and comments from those groups or individuals.  The ACLU, of course, is our nation's leading advocate for freedom of speech, religion and other constitutionally guaranteed rights.  If you study their history of involvement in free speech issues you will see they've supported the free speech rights of some individuals who I, personally, consider rather despicable.  However, we can't limit the free speech rights of everyone we might consider despicable.......limiting the constitutional rights of one persons is, as is often said, limiting the constitutional rights of all.  

As I mentioned in my letter, I feel antifa is terribly misguided in their tactics which would violate the rights of some to protect the rights of others.  We don't get to "pick and choose" whose rights we protect and whose we violate.  regards, Gary Crum