The parental rights group Moms for Liberty has officially been labeled a hate group by Massachusetts police training officials.
Moms for Liberty has officially made the Massachusetts hate group list. Not by fringe activists, but by the same state agency that trains more than 20,000 police officers.
According to internal training documents from the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee, Moms for Liberty was listed right alongside Antifa, white supremacists, and domestic extremists. The materials describe the group as a threat to inclusion and public education, echoing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s controversial designation from 2023.
Massachusetts Police Training Labels Moms for Liberty a Hate Group Alongside Antifa and Extremists
The group responsible for training Massachusetts police officers listed a prominent parental rights group alongside Antifa and neo-Nazis on its list of “hate groups.”
The Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee, which trains more than 20,000 police officers across the commonwealth, listed Moms for Liberty under “Hate Groups” active in Massachusetts in training materials, which were shared exclusively with The Daily Wire.
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The Massachusetts police training materials said Moms for Liberty targets “books that reference race and gender identity” and uses “parents’ rights as a vehicle to attack public education and make schools less welcoming for minority and LGBTQ students.”
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“Moms for Liberty is here to show up at school board meetings, speak out against curriculum, failing schools, inappropriate books maybe in your public school library,” Descovich told The Daily Wire. “Antifa is burning down whole cities and parts of cities and rioting in the streets. These two are not equivalent.”
“We want parents to have the ability to opt out of sexualized books or curriculum, things that don’t align with their religious beliefs as the Supreme Court just affirmed in their most recent ruling in the Montgomery County, Maryland case,” she said. – Daily Wire
Let’s pause right there. You can torch cities and assault cops wearing all black and hiding behind a Twitter handle—no problem. But a group of suburban moms showing up to school board meetings? That’s what gets you labeled a domestic threat?
Well then, go ahead and label me a domestic threat.
I’m a proud, dues-paying member of Moms for Liberty. Along with others in our chapter, I stood at the podium during a city council meeting to speak about sexually explicit books in the children’s section. The goal wasn’t to ban them but to move them to a more appropriate part of the library. No one shouted. No one caused a scene. We simply raised a valid concern—calmly, respectfully, and within our rights as citizens. And somehow, that’s now considered threatening behavior.
And yet, despite the respectful and lawful way parents have engaged, the narrative being pushed paints a very different picture.
State-Backed Training Claims Moms for Liberty Undermines Public Education and Inclusion
The curriculum goes even further. It claims Moms for Liberty uses parental rights to undermine public education and to make schools less safe and inclusive for marginalized students. In other words, if you object to sexually explicit books in elementary school libraries, you’re the problem. If you think school should focus on reading and math instead of identity politics, you’re now part of an extremist movement.
This is not satire. This is state-endorsed training.
The woke left put a literal target on the backs of conservative moms. By comparing Moms for Liberty to radical and violent groups like ANTIFA, this MA police training plainly places our moms, dads, and grandparents in harm’s way.
“The 2012 shooting at the Family Research… pic.twitter.com/k6n5aPT3hH
— Moms for Liberty (@Moms4Liberty) August 3, 2025
Moms for Liberty Responds to Antifa Comparison and Defends Parental Rights Advocacy
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich responded directly. She pointed out the absurdity of comparing her group to Antifa. Her organization works within the system—running candidates for school board, attending meetings, and speaking out. Antifa, meanwhile, has an actual track record of property destruction and street violence. But in Massachusetts police training? Antifa is downplayed. Moms for Liberty gets the spotlight.
So, what exactly is the message here? That it’s safer to riot than it is to read a school budget?
Moms for Liberty began in 2021, born out of frustration with school closures and the radicalization of classroom content. Since then, the group has grown to include over 100,000 members across 48 states. Their crime? They show up and get involved. Through grassroots organizing, they’ve challenged gender ideology in K–12 classrooms. Their efforts have been consistent—and effective.
And that, apparently, is what makes them dangerous.
The SPLC labeled the group anti-government last year, claiming it spreads hate by targeting inclusive education. Massachusetts police adopted that talking point wholesale. No analysis. No nuance. Just copy, paste, train the cops, and move on.
This Matters for a Few Reasons
First, the government is now encouraging law enforcement to view parents as threats. Not because they broke the law, but because they participated in it. If the state can frame basic civic engagement as extremist behavior, then free speech becomes conditional, based on whether your values align with the narrative.
Second, it erodes public trust in the police. Most officers don’t buy into this. But the fact that this material exists in official training should concern everyone. Once you blur the line between criminal behavior and political disagreement, you’re no longer protecting the public, you’re policing thought.
And finally, it’s part of a larger pattern. Across the country, we’re seeing an effort to criminalize dissent. If you’re a parent who objects to radical policies, you’re anti-inclusion. And if you believe in biological sex, you’re transphobic. Or you want transparency in your child’s education, you’re now labeled an extremist.
The moms haven’t changed. The system has.
What is the Real Question?
Why is the state so afraid of them? Maybe it’s because these women don’t back down. They’re not easily intimidated. And they don’t wait for permission. They show up. They ask questions. And most of all, they expose the rot.
In a world where silence is rewarded and compliance is applauded, these moms are loud, and that’s their crime.
Let Massachusetts call them whatever they want. The rest of us know what they really are: involved parents. And that’s the kind of extremism this country could use a lot more of.
Labeling Moms for Liberty a Hate Group Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Free Speech
We are sliding down a dangerous slope when government agencies and activist groups get to decide what counts as a hate group based on political disagreement. Once the line is redrawn to include concerned parents, where does it stop?
If a group like Moms for Liberty, made up of everyday moms, dads, and grandparents, is labeled dangerous for advocating age-appropriate education, then any form of dissent can be rebranded as extremism. This isn’t just about one organization. It’s about weaponizing language to silence opposition.
Today, it’s parental rights. Tomorrow it could be your church, your business, or your local civic group. When disagreement becomes hate in the eyes of the state, free speech becomes a permission slip instead of a right.
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