Sherri, do you think these are local yokels or out-of-towners?
There are pockets of KKK in small towns through that area. I am familiar with some towns east of Decatur that have this problem. But I have also seen evidence of the KKK in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. It's usually in small towns that are considerably removed from anything resembling a city.
It is an outrage, yes, but mostly I find it sad. It is saddening to see where the flesh leads people, and to think, 'there but for the Grace of God, and the Holy Ghost within me, go I.'
Klansmen need Jesus just as badly as Mormons or Muslims.
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Sherri,
I really don't think it is, and I really hope it is NOT--but take a good look at big guy just to the right of the stand in the third picture. He looks like someone we know very well.....
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Sherri, do you think these are local yokels or out-of-towners?
I saw a report about this meeting on the news last night and from what I understand, they are an out of town group who were holding a meeting in Selmer.
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The KKK is still pretty active in our area. Not the KKK per se, but something called the "Sons of the Confederacy". Dade Co, Ga (neighboring county) and the N. end of Sand Mountain is a "hotbed' of bigotry and prejudice. They don't wear the hoods and garb(age) in public, much too cowardly for that.
I remember years ago while still living in Tn, my first wife, kids and I came to Alabama to visit a church. We brought along Chaz, our Afro-American "son". We got there after service started. Walked in and the song leader actually stopped singing and just stared at us. In fact, the whole church fell deathly quiet and every eye was on us.
After the service, it was suggested to me that I not bring Chaz back to that church. They love all of God's children, you know, but, well, some things just aren't done. Someone said, we needed to stick with our own kind. He was, as far as I know the first and last Afro-American to visit that church. And that was my last time there too.
Chazamonderrez Jones. If ya asked him his name, thats what he'd tell you. (He was about 6 at the time.) I loved him like he was my own kind. He was my own kind. And still is....
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there are kkk groups all over that area, i am from decatur county, it is a shame and very sad, the kkk was started in that general vicinity after the civil war by nathan bedford forrest, former confed general, hate is ugly, as are these folks, they need a good dose of gods love for sure,dt
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the KKK is akin to Hamas. especially in its early daysvb (reference those who suggest there was a "good side" to the Klan).
I remember as a kid hearing about how the Klan was often misunderstood. How it provided some kind of structure in areas where the law had broken down and government had become non-existant.
The fact is, these things are quite accurate, in the post Civil War South. Reconstruction was more about the dismantling of the south. what arose (KKK) was a twisted misformed monster that provided for the well being, and protection for white people in the south that had been supporters of the confederacy.
I have 2 great great grandfathers who were murdered by the lawless marauders who raided thru the south. The Klan worked in many areas to stop that.
It was also very much a terrorist organization that sought to kill blacks for no more reason than the black freed slaves existed.... and wanted to live with the same freedom as whites.
Keep thinking Hamas.... Hamas provides food, education, medicine, jobs for ultra poor muslims. try to get a Palistinian to speak out against Hamas. some of them wouldnt have had a decent meal without Hamas last week.
But never forget that Hamas is a terrorist organization who's REAL reason for existance is to kill non-muslims especially Isrealies and Americans.
Anyone who speaks of the "good" done by the Klan is talking out of the side of their mouth. the Klan murdered, castrated, lynched, terrorized people and that was what they really existed for. the fact that they helped some folk out was more for the purpose of creating an emotional base. otherwise, they would have been run out on a rail.
the Klan has NO good in it. Not in 1873, nor in 2008. It is evil personified and anyone attempting to speak of its "good points" should be ashamed of themselfs.
and NO. there is no compairison between the Klan and the NAACP.
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the KKK is akin to Hamas. especially in its early daysvb (reference those who suggest there was a "good side" to the Klan).
I remember as a kid hearing about how the Klan was often misunderstood. How it provided some kind of structure in areas where the law had broken down and government had become non-existant.
The fact is, these things are quite accurate, in the post Civil War South. Reconstruction was more about the dismantling of the south. what arose (KKK) was a twisted misformed monster that provided for the well being, and protection for white people in the south that had been supporters of the confederacy.
I have 2 great great grandfathers who were murdered by the lawless marauders who raided thru the south. The Klan worked in many areas to stop that.
It was also very much a terrorist organization that sought to kill blacks for no more reason than the black freed slaves existed.... and wanted to live with the same freedom as whites.
Keep thinking Hamas.... Hamas provides food, education, medicine, jobs for ultra poor muslims. try to get a Palistinian to speak out against Hamas. some of them wouldnt have had a decent meal without Hamas last week.
But never forget that Hamas is a terrorist organization who's REAL reason for existance is to kill non-muslims especially Isrealies and Americans.
Anyone who speaks of the "good" done by the Klan is talking out of the side of their mouth. the Klan murdered, castrated, lynched, terrorized people and that was what they really existed for. the fact that they helped some folk out was more for the purpose of creating an emotional base. otherwise, they would have been run out on a rail.
the Klan has NO good in it. Not in 1873, nor in 2008. It is evil personified and anyone attempting to speak of its "good points" should be ashamed of themselfs.
and NO. there is no compairison between the Klan and the NAACP.
good post ferd, very true, dt
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the KKK is akin to Hamas. especially in its early daysvb (reference those who suggest there was a "good side" to the Klan).
I remember as a kid hearing about how the Klan was often misunderstood. How it provided some kind of structure in areas where the law had broken down and government had become non-existant.
The fact is, these things are quite accurate, in the post Civil War South. Reconstruction was more about the dismantling of the south. what arose (KKK) was a twisted misformed monster that provided for the well being, and protection for white people in the south that had been supporters of the confederacy.
I have 2 great great grandfathers who were murdered by the lawless marauders who raided thru the south. The Klan worked in many areas to stop that.
It was also very much a terrorist organization that sought to kill blacks for no more reason than the black freed slaves existed.... and wanted to live with the same freedom as whites.
Keep thinking Hamas.... Hamas provides food, education, medicine, jobs for ultra poor muslims. try to get a Palistinian to speak out against Hamas. some of them wouldnt have had a decent meal without Hamas last week.
But never forget that Hamas is a terrorist organization who's REAL reason for existance is to kill non-muslims especially Isrealies and Americans.
Anyone who speaks of the "good" done by the Klan is talking out of the side of their mouth. the Klan murdered, castrated, lynched, terrorized people and that was what they really existed for. the fact that they helped some folk out was more for the purpose of creating an emotional base. otherwise, they would have been run out on a rail.
the Klan has NO good in it. Not in 1873, nor in 2008. It is evil personified and anyone attempting to speak of its "good points" should be ashamed of themselfs.
and NO. there is no compairison between the Klan and the NAACP.
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and thus gave rise to the bigots , my biological grand father was heavily involved with them in the 20s , 30s, and 40s, not very nice people at all, they give the decent people in there areas some times a bad name, dt
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Hamas, KKK, or any other group should be examined for, not their works, but their motives. What are the motives behind their works of feeding, clothing the poor? Is it to feed and clothe or to convert, indocrinate and enslave? I suspect it is the latter, and that's what makes their "good works" evil. Any good work that is intended to sway people from truth is not a good work at all.
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