Thanks. I'm wondering how to approach this, since I think we disagree here. What would you consider a vulnerable group? I'm also curious as to how men have less legal rights than women (at least in the USA). I will agree with you that men receive less sympathy than women in US society when it comes to victimhood. I wouldn't say that there is any specific group "unworthy" of protection from discrimination or hate, but it makes sense to me why the SPLC does not focus on them- pound for pound, men are less often victims of abject discrimination as women and other classes, there are (to my knowledge) less concerted efforts in this country to limit their rights or propagate material to create a culture of discrimination against them. I think the rubric that the SPLC is using for their list of "protected classes" or whatever has to do with historic discrimination/hate towards these groups in the USA, and current concerted efforts to limit the rights of these people and defame them as a group.