"We do it for George."

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43. Great post. Recommended.

I, too, grew up in the Deep South, a little later than you. I had a classmate in 4th grade whose father was a highway patrolman. He told me one day in confidence that his dad was in the Klan and he was worried he would do something violent.

I didn’t know the kid that well, he never mentioned it again, and I didn’t ask him about it. But it haunted me (and I know it haunted him).

Right-wing thugs are still out there, passing for normal citizens on most days.