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In reply to the discussion: 9 KKK members show up for a rally and 600 protestors show up to greet them! [View all]Mopar151
(9,983 posts)27. Vt Gov. Tom Salmon did it to the Klan, in the early '70s
A bunch from Ct, had taken to lighting crosses in a rented field in Western VT. After the 2nd one needed the State Police, the Gov. issued a short statement: We are a small state, with very limited resources. We can no longer take our police away from protecting Vermonters. (IIRC, by )
By turns a fierce lawyer, dissolute womanizer, beloved local figure, and the Gov. Vt, needed then! Plus a nice encore as UVM Interim Pres., after the dismissal of an ineffectual one. Asked what his plans were, "I ain't climbin no f'n ladders!" Seems the ex-Pres, climbing a ladder to shoo students out of his office, set a poor tone. "Uncle Tom" solved stuff like that in 15 min. and who's going for beer?
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9 KKK members show up for a rally and 600 protestors show up to greet them! [View all]
MLAA
May 2019
OP
Maybe they should start billing them if their protest is less than ten people....
Historic NY
May 2019
#12
Tens of million racists sat home watching FOX and applauding the Racist-in-Chief's tweets.
Hoyt
May 2019
#5
At what point does a city say "No, we won't pay to protect your hate speech?"
ProudLib72
May 2019
#18
The racists chickened out in Stone Mountain, and the counterprotesters showed up in force anyway.
MarvinGardens
May 2019
#26