Babylon Bee blasts Southern Poverty Law Center after left-wing group doxxes anonymous writers

"The SPLC extracted sensitive information from our site, then used that information to contact our writers directly. I've included a screenshot of one of these emails below," his post continued.

The SPLC posted its story on Tuesday about the Babylon Bee, headlined "Inside The Beehive" and part of its "HateWatch" section. It boasted of revealing the identities of 14 of Not The Bee's pseudonymous writers, and it accused The Babylon Bee of "amplifying far-right rhetoric and disinformation," even while noting it was a satire site in the same vein of The Onion.

Not The Bee stories, the SPLC wrote, "feature strongly anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant themes," which was presumably why the site sought to reveal its content creators.

In the attached email, SPLC investigative journalist Creede Newton alerts "Not the Bee" staff writer, who posts under a pseudonym, that the SPLC has discovered their identity, workplace and city location, as well as other writing this person has done online. The SPLC journalist warned that they plan to publish a story about this writer's online comments on the transgender issue.

The e-mail shared by Dillon reads, "'Planet Moron' has maintained a separate web presence as a blogger for nearly 20 years, but since 2020 has written over 600 articles for Not the Bee. Exposed author information on Not the Bee's source corde [sic] indicates that 'Planet Moron' [is] you, [redacted], a [redacted] instructor from [redacted]. 'Planet Moron' is a prolific writer on culture-war issues. One article mocks transgender children as 'mentally ill tween[s]' who are 'the economic lifeblood of the multi-billion-dollar trans industry.' Do you wish to comment?" 

The article by Newton and Megan Squire went on to detail how it exposed the authors through the site's source code.

Dillon said earlier that the SPLC did what they did because they were activists and "vindictive bullies who've admitted their aim is to 'completely destroy' individuals and organizations they disagree with by making them pay a steep price for speaking freely."

"They are angry, bitter, resentful hacks that feel like their ability to pummel people into worldview submission is slipping away," Dan Dillon wrote.

Joel Abbott, editor-in-chief of Not the Bee, also wrote, "Not the Bee is a project of love, not of hate," and taunted the group to "dox us if you dare."

The SPLC has come under fire from conservative critics, who've accused the SPLC of smearing non-violent groups who hold traditional beliefs with the "hate group" label.

The group also faced controversy In 2012 when a gunman, who said he was inspired by the SPLC's "hate map," attempted to conduct a mass shooting at the FRC building in Washington, D.C., but was thwarted by a building manager.