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What, were they having problems with minorities crashing them?
"Pinnex said her husband found the flier in their driveway. It reads:
Join us, the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, for a rally and cross lighting, Saturday, May 26, Harmony, North Carolina. Free Admition [sic]-White People Only. No alcohol, drugs, fighting, glass bottles or weapons. Free on site camping-all major motels in area. Souvenirs. Vendors. Food and beverages for Sale. Cross lighting at dusk-a white unity event. Live country band. Security provided by LWK.
A recording on the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 24 Hour Hot Line confirmed the May 26 cross burning event.
Always remember: If it aint white, it aint right, the recording concluded."
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/22/kkk-invites-nc-residents-to-whites-only-cross-burning/
meow2u3
(24,745 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)hate crime and the Police should stop this
skirt6
(25 posts)They are protected by the First Amendment- that is, to gather peacefully (hence all the rules about no alcohol, glass, or fighting). Even though it's in VERY poor taste, it isn't illegal. They're abusing the same liberties those psycho-nut-jobs at Westboro Church do. I'm in agreement with everyone else... I hope a hurricane hits 'em right in the middle of the "ceremony".
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Oh, wait...
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)safeinOhio
(32,532 posts)May all of your grandkids be black.
left is right
(1,665 posts)And on another note, I truly believe that it will be all of the biracial grandchildren out there (including my own) that will save America from sinking any further into the cesspool of hatred and bigotry
safeinOhio
(32,532 posts)There are folks in India darker than some Africans. There are some from Italy that are darker than some from Africa. We are all biracial in my opinion.
There are cultural differences, but those are not genetic in origin.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Learn now or learn later. No escape.
safeinOhio
(32,532 posts)ran over their Dogma.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)And many of them will be.
TlalocW
(15,359 posts)If it were public, I'm sure one could find people quite capable of organizing a flash mob of different races to appear out of nowhere and descend on the place. Make it large enough, and you would easily outnumber the morons. Go to a Sam's Warehouse beforehand and buy a pallet of hot dogs and buns and have the flash mob carry them then start using whatever facilities to grill them while they kept the music pumping, and everyone dancing around the Klansters. Hell, offer the sheetheads some grub to show how nice people can be.
TlalocW
TlalocW
(15,359 posts)Of a friend in college, who, like me, wrote his senior research paper on white supremacist groups. He happened to be living in Chicago after graduation and learned there was a white supremacist rally going on with Tom Metzger (famous in the sheethead circles) speaking. It was held on private land, but it was across from a public park so he went and sat down on the bench to watch the festivities. After all the speechifying and hating (he was even asked over the PA system if he wanted to come join them; he turned them down), they started up the barbecue, at which point, my friend started laughing loudly at them. A few standing close enough to hear him asked what was so funny, and he pointed out that they were all drinking Corona Beer. He walked away laughing. I told him he should have stuck around to see how they handled the pickle he put them in - drink the beer or go without alcohol.
TlalocW
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,273 posts)struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)KKK reportedly met in Eden
By: Latala Payne | GoDanRiver.com
Published: May 12, 2012
... Deputy Chief Greg Light of the Eden Police Department said he got a call that members of the KKK were at the old Sonic Drive-In location in Eden handing out flyers.
The owner of the property was contacted and they said the group didnt have a right to be there, and the owners asked us if we could ask them to leave and we did, he said. We told the group they could be charged with trespassing, so they left and that was it. Its not (like) we had to grab them and force them off the property; they left voluntarily. ...
Light said he heard many people calling it a rally, but he said that term might be used inaccurately, as there were only five people there ...
http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2012/may/12/kkk-reportedly-met-eden-ar-1910458/
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)Posted on: 6:30 am, May 21, 2012, by Joe Borlik, updated on: 06:33am, May 21, 2012
REIDSVILLE, N.C. Fliers promoting a Ku Klux Klan cross burning were distributed in Reidsville about a week after a KKK protest in Eden.
Godanriver.com reported Saturday that the fliers were placed in and around Sherwood Drive, Linville Drive, Reids School Road and Poplar Street ...
It is not certain whether or not the fliers are connected to a Klan protest in Eden May 8.
http://myfox8.com/2012/05/21/kkk-cross-burning-promoted-on-fliers-in-reidsville/
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)in her driveway. She says shes lived in the neighborhood for six years and has never seen anything like this. Im a little bothered by it, Pinnix told the Salem-Journal ...
http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2012/05/21/kkk-invites-north-carolina-town-to-white-people-only-cross-burning/
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)Rockingham and Alamance Counties are nothing but the Klan and Klan-lite. I have to travel through a slice of Rockingham County to and from work. Otherwise I avoid it like the claps.
razorman
(1,644 posts)Response to ehrnst (Original post)
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SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)I am sure there are many African Americans disappointed they were not invited.
Also they will be selling souvenirs? What? G.I. Joe in white sheets?
At times I ALMOST think the 1st Amendment goes a little too far, especially when the same Amendment which protects this behavior and doesn't protect the LGBT community.
tawadi
(2,110 posts)Think about it.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)Bombero1956
(3,539 posts)wouldn't that be a given? I don't know of any people of color invited to those in the past.
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)Are Jews considered white? I mean they have light skin, lighter than some Europeans. Oh, and speaking of Europeans, what about those of eastern European descent who didn't used to be considered white. Hell, what about the Irish? Up until the early 20th century the Irish weren't classified as "white." Race is just a myth, there isn't anything to it.
Raine
(30,540 posts)you can always tell by the bad spelling.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)No drugs or alcohol? Boring. No weapons makes sense. But you're going to have a bunch of angry white dudes listen to country music and not fight? And then a cross burning to top the night off?
This party sucks.
SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)bit about who ever you hate is going end up in your family
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)Who would have thought ignorance and racism would go hand in hand.
Always remember: If it aint white, it aint right
They really should clarify what they mean here. I mean white chocolate is awful. Not even chocolate really.
And white underwear always seemed. . . impractical to me.
Also white robes would not be advisable for this event. You'll get soot spots all over them. Best go with something darker.