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usedtobedemgurl

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10. About 25 years ago I woke up...

Reply to virgogal (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 21, 2016, 08:52 AM

Sep 2016

to a bag holding a KKK recruitment flyer. There was no rock or candy, just a bag like the local new chose to deliver their paper in. Why on earth would this sound fishy? Why would an organization recruit, especially when racists are coming out of the woodwork and looking for a place of solidarity? Hmmmm......to increase their numbers and 'power'?

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The KKK is leaving fliers � and candy � on lawns across nation [View all] MADem Sep 2016 OP

I fear that there is more to this story----sounds very fishy. virgogal Sep 2016 #1

What do you mean? Fishy that the KKK would see Trumpmania as an opportunity to recruit? MADem Sep 2016 #3

About 25 years ago I woke up... usedtobedemgurl Sep 2016 #10

25 years ago there was no internet. virgogal Sep 2016 #17

This exact M.O. has been reported in many localities over the last few years pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #18

So who do you think did it? Kingofalldems Sep 2016 #19

Punks. Trouble makers. Idiots. virgogal Sep 2016 #20

People such as the SPLC have sued KKK groups and shut them down for quite a while. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #2

Any activity that requires secrecy... 3catwoman3 Sep 2016 #4

At least not more than a few times a year......LOL!! MADem Sep 2016 #5

Halloween and... 3catwoman3 Sep 2016 #6

fuck. the. kkk. spanone Sep 2016 #7

I second that emotion! MADem Sep 2016 #8

back in 1971 i saw the klan soliciting money on a street corner in nashville tn. spanone Sep 2016 #9

So... LWolf Sep 2016 #11

What's in the candy? greatauntoftriplets Sep 2016 #12

They're planting a seed in the minds of little kids. MADem Sep 2016 #15

Yeah they were trying to pull that crap in my town. Not on my watch! Initech Sep 2016 #13

the gop has made being a bigot cool again...and the kkk should not recruit? dembotoz Sep 2016 #14

It's more of a xenophonbia thing Calculating Sep 2016 #16