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In reply to the discussion: Message auto-removed [View all]YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)19. Then how about this:
The Second Klan saw threats from every direction. A religious tone was present in its activities; "two-thirds of the national Klan lecturers were Protestant ministers," says historian Brian R. Farmer.[84] Much of the Klan's energy went to guarding "the home;" the historian Kathleen Blee said its members wanted to protect "the interests of white womanhood."[85] The pamphlet ABC of the Invisible Empire, published in Atlanta by Simmons in 1917, identified the Klan's goals as "to shield the sanctity of the home and the chastity of womanhood; to maintain white supremacy; to teach and faithfully inculcate a high spiritual philosophy through an exalted ritualism; and by a practical devotedness to conserve, protect and maintain the distinctive institutions, rights, privileges, principles and ideals of a pure Americanism."[86]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan#Social_factors
For the record, the KKK had over five million members in the 1920s, including elected officials in both major political parties and chapters in every state.
Also, terrorists massacring fellow Muslims at mosques via bombings and shootings doesn't seem to strike me as being a particular tenet of Islam. Perhaps we shouldn't subscribe to the terrorists' definition of Islam?
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the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims are against them puts them in the category
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2015
#6
Islam is most likely very similar to Christianity in that there are many different sects or
jwirr
Feb 2015
#26
All religion aims to divide, IMO. But just because these monsters say something, don't believe it.
randome
Feb 2015
#16
The membership of the KKK were typically also members in good standing
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2015
#35
The claims of the most whackjob of any philosophy or religion should be taken with a grain of salt
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#30
Proofreading is your friend: "Their," not "they're". "Caliphate," not "califate" (which would be
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#34
Very interesting (and important) wrinkle - thanks for the annotation! I learned something
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#50