Admitting that "the full facts" were still unknown, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) nevertheless issued a statement on Sunday afternoon on "the senseless act of domestic terrorism in Orlando," saying that "it is not surprising that the LGBT community was targeted" because "This community has long been vilified by those opposed to LGBT rights and is too often the target of violent hate crimes." This was a clever but dishonest way of trying to shift the blame to conservatives for terrorism committed by a devoted follower of Islam.
Notice how the SPLC made no mention of the killer's religious affiliation or motivation, or his acknowledgement of inspiration from ISIS.