re: Have you ever wondered how an organization like the KKK could get started?

It should be clear to everyone that this NOT about vindication of past customs or centuries ago social mores of any sort. This is about vengeance.

You do know that 1940 was merely the bi-product don't you?

In today's world they recruit people with problems, lost kids without guidence. And just brain wash them and portray all their problems on blacks, Hispanics, jews, etc..

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It is pathetic that so many on here think that the number of KKK members is somehow indicative of the prevalence of white supremacists in this country.

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Do you think there are more white supremacists than black supremacists? Plenty of these black groups don't think black men should procreate with cracker whores and instead should be killing their babies. They also want land given to them so they can rule themselves and stay segregated.

One thing I know about traveling around this country and the world is humans are tribal. They don't like people different than them.

We even have that on this board, on the rant, the sec rant. A lot of us have a shite load in common but have prejudice based on their college football team.

in reality the kkk started out as confederate soldiers who refused to surrender after the war and continued gorilla warfare.

Then it was hijacked as a race organization and they let it happen

That last part is what you are seeing

The more fascinating aspect is how the KKK eventually switched to the Republican Party. Of course, everyone is familiar with Fred Trump being arrested at a KKK rally way back in the day, but he was a well known Republican. When did the KKK find that they had more in common with Conservatives? Very strange!

Even though Our President idolized his father, I don’t think that shaped MAGA. But I have to admit, it’s a little suspicious that Trump’s idol was arrested at a KKK rally.

Then again who gives a frick? MAGA 2020!

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How a group of hateful bigots could find purchase in a nation as great as America? How one race of people could look at another race of people and start thinking that the other race was responsible for all of their problems.

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Tell me how this does not apply to BLM???

por favor

eta - after reading the thread it seems we both have the same idea - comparing the KKK to BLM.

if so - my apology for jumping to conclusions

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It's pathetic that you see a white supremacist behind every bush and around every corner.

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He’s looking in a mirror.

The KKK started because in much of the Reconstruction era South, confederate veterans and those who had served in the confederate era state and local governments had their voting rights revoked. Since damn near everyone was drafted to fight in the war, and women couldn’t vote, that meant the overwhelming majority of the population had no voting rights. The only people who could vote were a few people too old to fight who didn’t serve in the government, those who had been too young to fight but came of age during reconstruction, freed slaves, and carpetbaggers from the north whom the freed slaves elected to positions of power. The Klan started because a huge percentage of the population was disenfranchised. They saw terrorism as their only recourse. Once their grievances were alleviated at the end of reconstruction, when their voting rights were restored, rather than stop, they redoubled their efforts and instituted a reign of terror that would become Jim Crow.

So, if you’re looking for modern parallels:
1. Legit grievances sparks disenfranchised people to commit violence to regain their rights

2. Concessions are made to placate them.

3. Once their rights are restored, they’re not satisfied with equality and seek vengeance instead.

4. They oppress their former oppressors and strip them of all of their rights and much of their property, creating a new generation of people oppressed and desiring retribution.