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Ku Klux Klan Passing out Candy

apdst said:
No, Conservatives aren't for big government.
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True conservatives wouldn't be, that's true. But the GOP is comprised mostly of RINO's. T partiers tend not to be for big business.
 
ChezC3 said:
The Klan: It's not just for whitey any more...

How Did a Black Man Become Leader of the KKK?
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notquiteright said:
Yep, misguided AND disingenuous... :doh

For decades AFTER the death of President Lincoln the GOP was referred to as the Party of Lincoln in the South. With the Carpet Baggers, 'rigged' elections of blacks, and destruction of the plantation system white males refused to have anything to do with the GOP. THAT was the drive behind Southern politics up until 1964, not a love of northern democrats but a deep hatred and resentment of the GOP.... :peace
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He knows this, he's just being a dick.
 
Fenton said:
Oh don't be so defensive.

It was a honest mistake that anyone could make. Well, anyone who had a firm grasp on the History of the Democrat party.
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You seem to be fascinated with the Democratic Party, yet not the GOP's history. Are you sure you're not a closet Democrat?
 
Montecresto said:
True conservatives wouldn't be, that's true. But the GOP is comprised mostly of RINO's. T partiers tend not to be for big business.
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Actually, I'd say the GOP is comprised mostly of people who aren't "true conservatives" (if there is such a thing). If the GOP is mostly "RINOs" maybe that's what a "real" Republican is.
 
ChezC3 said:
The Klan: It's not just for whitey any more...

How Did a Black Man Become Leader of the KKK?
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You didn't actually read the article did you?

This now-retired cop confessed that he went undercover in 1979 as a KKK member for a period of nine months in order to complete an investigation into the chapter.
Read more at How Did a Black Man Become Leader of the KKK?
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The KKK investigation was not the only time Stallworth was mistaken for a Caucasian man.
Read more at How Did a Black Man Become Leader of the KKK?
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Kobie said:
Unless it suits their desires for militaristic domination, criminalizing homosexuality or making women's reproductive decisions for them. Other than that, no, not at all. :roll:
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Wow! No one is suggesting that.

Conservatives sure as hell trying abolish gun rights and big gulps.
 
apdst said:
Wow! No one is suggesting that.

Conservatives sure as hell trying abolish gun rights and big gulps.
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Really? Nobody is suggesting that? Look around, man
 
Kobie said:
An undeniable statement of fact that is routinely ignored when this conversation comes up. I've posted what you just posted at LEAST 10 times on this forum ... should end the conversation but it never does stop them from repeating the same lies again.
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It is an intentional disinformation campaign that some ignorant fools have unwittingly supported.
 
herenow1 said:
What is the purpose of he Kkk these days? Are they foolish enough to think they are going to rid America of minorities?
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IMO.. When someone asks you to dislike another person then next request of you is usually money.
 
apdst said:
No, Conservatives aren't for big government.
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Yes they are. Very big government. It takes a very big government to conserve a status quo over people who want change.
 
Took one ****ing post for somebody to blame white supremacists on brown people.
 
americanwoman said:
Per the article it was 20,000 per day. Even if that is an exaggeration even half of that is alarming. Yes, the Klan doesn't have the best reputation but with the current environment being kinda hostile towards Hispanics in some parts of the country it is an opportunity for them to feed on that. Hopefully most people do ignore them.
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I do wonder about the content of those calls those. I'm willing to bet that a majority of those calls are either a) people not really connecting the KKK with those giving out the candy, b) someone who is against illegal immigration but not quite grasping that this group against illegal immigration is the KKK, or c) they are calling to express negativity towards the KKK in some way. I notice that he only says that the telephone number gets 20,000 calls per day, but fails to mention how many of those actually wish to join the KKK or feel positive about the KKK after that call, even if they really are against illegal immigration.
 
"Ku Klux Klan Passing out Candy"

Better than passing out burning crosses.
 
fmw said:
"Ku Klux Klan Passing out Candy"

Better than passing out burning crosses.
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Burning candy, on the other hand, worse.
 
Fenton said:
Oh you remember, the same Democrat party that Filibustered the 1964 voting rights act,.

The same one that was behind the Jim Crow laws.

Ring a bell ?
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You mean the same Southern Conservative Democrats who are now Southern/Conservative Republicans?

I'm not saying your facts are wrong because you're correct. Historically, the KKK was heavily supported by White Southern Conservative Democrats. But over time, those same people shifted their political allegiance to the Conservative/Republican party. These new Southern Conservative Republicans of today may not be as outspoken along racial lines as their former Southern Conservative Democrats were in time's past - many might not even be racist at all - but there's no denying that the KKK was more a Southern Conservative movement than they were strictly Democratic as political affiliations go.

notquiteright said:
Yep, misguided AND disingenuous... :doh

For decades AFTER the death of President Lincoln the GOP was referred to as the Party of Lincoln in the South. With the Carpet Baggers, 'rigged' elections of blacks, and destruction of the plantation system white males refused to have anything to do with the GOP. THAT was the drive behind Southern politics up until 1964, not a love of northern democrats but a deep hatred and resentment of the GOP.... :peace
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And the Grand Ole Party (GOP) was the Democrat party back then. But after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed and Southern Democrats vowed never to vote alongside northern Democrats again, the GOP split and Southern Democrats became Southern Republicans. After a fashion, the Republican Party licked its wounds, made amends, regrouped and now embrace the label of the GOP. But for a time, Southern Conservative Democrats did embrace the KKK. And from the looks of things it would appear that the KKK down in the South (where Conservative Republicans reign) might be trying to rise again. :lamo ... :doh
 
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apdst said:
No, Conservatives aren't for big government.
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I'll just let this article from the AmericanThinker speak for itself.

Articles: The Party of Big Government

You have to understand one thing about American politics. There is only one major party in this country. It is the Party of Big Government. Democrats are the hardliners while the GOP stands for the more moderate wing.


If you do not believe it, just ask yourself this question: When was the last time Republicans cut anything of substance?


Republicans never really cut. They only grow government. Richard Nixon, Bush 41, Bush 43 were all big government growers. Under Ronald Reagan government grew as well although at a slower pace. That's a fact, which we would all do well to ponder.
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Naw...I can't let that stand on its own. You so-call limited government cooks need more convincing. So, there's this from the Cato Institute covering the early years of the GWB Administration...spending was well under control back then wasn't it? :roll:

Even before the release of the new federal budget, President Bush’s budget chief Josh Bolten has begun the damage control. On one flank, the president is trying to ward off the increasing despair in his conservative base caused by his huge spending increases and big deficits. On another flank, the mainstream media are beginning to run front-page stories on the administration’s fiscal irresponsibility.

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Bolten argues that the president (GW Bush) hasn’t vetoed a single spending bill because “he hasn’t needed to.” It’s more likely that the president hasn’t vetoed any spending bills because he hasn’t wanted to. Each spending bill that has come to his desk has represented a new vote-buying opportunity, whether it was the big education bill in 2001, the big farm bill in 2002, or the even bigger Medicare prescription drug bill in 2003.
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And how about this one for those who continue to argue over federal employees in relation to the size of big federal government.

Big Government? Obama Has 273,000 Fewer Federal Employees Than Reagan | Politicus USA's Archives

Every single Republican today talks about being a Reagan conservative. This is a conservative that believes in small government, reducing federal spending and ultimately runs a lean and mean government. They talk about this stuff in campaigns, but in practice they failed miserably.

In fact HISTORICALLY, it is has been Democratic presidents who have reduced the size of the federal government.
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Fact is the only Republicans seem to limit when in power is the ability for the other side to get anything of substance done.

Now that that's done, we can get back to talking about how irrelevant the KKK is these days. :cool:...:2wave:
 
Fenton said:
Oh, I thought this thread was about Sheila Jackson Lee passing out Loli Pops to the illegal alien children.

You know, because the Ku Klux Clan is a historically DEMOCRAT organization.
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The clan is a republicon organization.
Try cracking a history book written after 1963.
 
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