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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:22 PM May 2012

KKK Invites NC Residents to "Whites Only" Cross Burning

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 ain’t white, it ain’t right,” the recording concluded."


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/22/kkk-invites-nc-residents-to-whites-only-cross-burning/

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KKK Invites NC Residents to "Whites Only" Cross Burning (Original Post) ehrnst May 2012 OP
Save a cross--burn a Klansman! meow2u3 May 2012 #1
Please let there be a downpour at the start of the rally. muntrv May 2012 #2
Now that would be funny. But they wouldn't get god's hand was in it. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #5
There may be a hurricane. Consult with meteorologist Pat Robertson for the chance of rain. freshwest May 2012 #15
YOU ARE A RIOT. THANKS FOR THE LAUGH. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #17
You are welcome! freshwest May 2012 #19
Surely they should all be arrested? Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #3
Technically there is no crime. skirt6 May 2012 #16
Any decent Southerner wouldn't wear white before Labor Day. ehrnst May 2012 #4
They should be arrested for terrorism. Odin2005 May 2012 #6
Safe's prayer for the Klan. safeinOhio May 2012 #7
Interesting prayer left is right May 2012 #18
I truly believe that "race" is a false concept. safeinOhio May 2012 #22
My joke: Watch out what you hate. If there is re-incarnation, guess what role you'll play next time? freshwest May 2012 #20
Sounds like your Karma just safeinOhio May 2012 #23
Just some of that old Earth School stuff... Who knows, though? LOL! freshwest May 2012 #25
LOL a lovely sentiment . limpyhobbler May 2012 #26
I guess it's on private land TlalocW May 2012 #8
My idea spawned this memory TlalocW May 2012 #13
Or we can wear disguises... Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #30
KKK reportedly met in Eden struggle4progress May 2012 #9
KKK cross-burning promoted on fliers in Reidsville struggle4progress May 2012 #10
... Annie Pinnix says she and her husband found one of the fliers rolled up like a newspaper struggle4progress May 2012 #11
I'm glad I live in Caswell County HillWilliam May 2012 #24
What?! The Klan doesn't want to be multicultural? razorman May 2012 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author SoutherDem May 2012 #14
Well that isn't very open minded SoutherDem May 2012 #21
Why isn't the KKK treated as a terrorist organization? tawadi May 2012 #27
I find the Klan kind of intimidating. nt limpyhobbler May 2012 #28
Your neighborhood friendly racists. Initech May 2012 #29
whites only Bombero1956 May 2012 #31
"Whites only" Who do they consider white? white_wolf May 2012 #32
"Admition "??? Yeah that sounds like something they would put out Raine May 2012 #33
All fun is banned. What kind of party is this? MrSlayer May 2012 #34
The reminds me of Chris Rock's SpartanDem May 2012 #35
Free "admition" huh? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #36

skirt6

(25 posts)
16. Technically there is no crime.
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:02 PM
May 2012

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".

left is right

(1,665 posts)
18. Interesting prayer
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:08 PM
May 2012

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)
22. I truly believe that "race" is a false concept.
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:24 PM
May 2012

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)
20. My joke: Watch out what you hate. If there is re-incarnation, guess what role you'll play next time?
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:13 PM
May 2012

Learn now or learn later. No escape.


TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
8. I guess it's on private land
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:32 PM
May 2012

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)
13. My idea spawned this memory
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:39 PM
May 2012

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

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
9. KKK reportedly met in Eden
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:33 PM
May 2012

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 didn’t 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. It’s 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)
10. KKK cross-burning promoted on fliers in Reidsville
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:35 PM
May 2012

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)
11. ... Annie Pinnix says she and her husband found one of the fliers rolled up like a newspaper
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:36 PM
May 2012

in her driveway. She says she’s lived in the neighborhood for six years and has never seen anything like this. “I’m 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)
24. I'm glad I live in Caswell County
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:31 PM
May 2012

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.

Response to ehrnst (Original post)

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
21. Well that isn't very open minded
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:17 PM
May 2012

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.

Bombero1956

(3,539 posts)
31. whites only
Wed May 23, 2012, 12:30 AM
May 2012

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)
32. "Whites only" Who do they consider white?
Wed May 23, 2012, 12:39 AM
May 2012

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)
33. "Admition "??? Yeah that sounds like something they would put out
Wed May 23, 2012, 02:38 AM
May 2012

you can always tell by the bad spelling.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
34. All fun is banned. What kind of party is this?
Wed May 23, 2012, 02:47 AM
May 2012

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.

 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
36. Free "admition" huh?
Wed May 23, 2012, 04:48 PM
May 2012

Who would have thought ignorance and racism would go hand in hand.

“Always remember: If it ain’t white, it ain’t 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.

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