Goldman acknowledges pride in one's race does not necessarily constitute hate.

"If you're proud because you're white, that's your business. If you denigrate others, that's my business," he says.

For some groups, categorization is clear-cut.

Rev. Matt Hale, "pontifex maximus" of the World Church of the Creator (WCC)--a "white racialist religion"--does not shrink from the word "hate." Hale is not bashful about being listed on Hatewatch.

"I think every organization is a hate group to some extent. They have certain goals and they hate that which threatens those goals," he says. "We do hate that which threatens our race. We do hate the non-whites in general because they threaten us."

Hale says the goal of his group is to use legal means to "cleanse our land of the non-white races."

The WCC's message has been well-received on college campuses, Hale says. Flyers from the organization appeared on the Harvard campus in September.

Hale says students are "shocked by all the non-white organizations that exist" on college campuses.

Though he said did not know their specific affiliations, Hale says that some WCC members have told him they are students at Harvard.

"That's what they said when the joined up," he says, "And they were proud of it."

Rev. Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, says he also believes hate is a necessary part of his message.

His Web site, "God Hates Fags," is among Hatewatch's anti-gay links.

"If I'm on Brother Goldmans' list of hate preachers, that's all right," Phelps says. "You can't preach God without preaching hate."

"Anybody who thinks God loves everyone is a nincompoop," he says.

Phelps and 11 of his church's 213 members visited the Boston area this weekend bearings signs reading "Thank God for AIDS" and "Fags Doom Nations." The group has gained national media attention for picketing the funerals of AIDS victims.