The Klan rides again in Mississippi

[Ainin]

...I think it's very important that we protect the KKK's rights.

Wait, what? Are you some sort of racist?

The Klan are a bunch of disgusting freaks. They also seem to have problems spelling the word "clan". But as long as they don't do anything illegal (like robbing a bank or inciting racial violence), they have the full right to make protests and use their freedom of speech. I think that we need to respect this right. We can't make the Klan an illegal organization or repress their freedom of speech without suppressing our own rights.

I think the "Hate Speech" idea is dangerous ground. At what point does denying Neo-Nazis and KKK members their racist rhetoric start curtailing our own rights? At what point do we create the power for someone to be arrested because they disagree with you?

I think you should put some salt on that slope. Might become too slippery.

[Dracoria]

...I think it's very important that we protect the KKK's rights.

Wait, what? Are you some sort of racist?

The Klan are a bunch of disgusting freaks. They also seem to have problems spelling the word "clan". But as long as they don't do anything illegal (like robbing a bank or inciting racial violence), they have the full right to make protests and use their freedom of speech. I think that we need to respect this right. We can't make the Klan an illegal organization or repress their freedom of speech without suppressing our own rights.

I think the "Hate Speech" idea is dangerous ground. At what point does denying Neo-Nazis and KKK members their racist rhetoric start curtailing our own rights? At what point do we create the power for someone to be arrested because they disagree with you?

I think you should put some salt on that slope. Might become too slippery.

Considering even the ACLU has acted to protect hate groups' speech due to that argument...

[Ainin]

I think you should put some salt on that slope. Might become too slippery.

Considering even the ACLU has acted to protect hate groups' speech due to that argument...

So what? How does that affect anything?

[Dracoria]

Considering even the ACLU has acted to protect hate groups' speech due to that argument...

So what? How does that affect anything?

Just that a group with a large number of lawyers looked cases over and decided that this slope did, in fact, exist.

[Ainin]

So what? How does that affect anything?

Just that a group with a large number of lawyers looked cases over and decided that this slope did, in fact, exist.

Wait, I'm confused here. Are you saying that the slope exists because the ACLU says so?


(Honest to goodness question, not an attempt to create a strawman)

[Dracoria]

Just that a group with a large number of lawyers looked cases over and decided that this slope did, in fact, exist.

Wait, I'm confused here. Are you saying that the slope exists because the ACLU says so?


(Honest to goodness question, not an attempt to create a strawman)

I'm taking issue with the appearance of your above reply being dismissive toward Proprius's statement. Frankly, the ACLU tends to side with 'victims' whatever they may be in the case at hand, and they -are- loaded with lawyers. If a group that would be so normally opposed to neo-nazis and and the klan stands up to protect them due to their lawyers warning it would supply a good precedent to shut down the First Amendment in other situations, they may be on to something.

[Ainin]

Wait, I'm confused here. Are you saying that the slope exists because the ACLU says so?


(Honest to goodness question, not an attempt to create a strawman)

I'm taking issue with the appearance of your above reply being dismissive toward Proprius's statement.

There's a difference between dismissing an argument and a statement.

Frankly, the ACLU tends to side with 'victims' whatever they may be in the case at hand, and they -are- loaded with lawyers. If a group that would be so normally opposed to neo-nazis and and the klan stands up to protect them due to their lawyers warning it would supply a good precedent to shut down the First Amendment in other situations, they may be on to something.

...just like they may not be.

The ACLU's opinion proves absolutely nothing.

[Zakuvia]

The ACLU's opinion proves absolutely nothing.

Thank you. This nation gets it. Powerful as they undeniably are, the ACLU is still just a lobbying group, not a legislative element.

[Blakk Metal]

But they aren't racist anymore!

[Scholencia]

http://www.vice.com/read/the-wizard-of-the-saddle-rides-again-000410-v20n5 The Article

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnobHHAKxo The Documentary

Just when I think that these maniacs would be gone for good, they start a strife about changing the name of a park. Joy.

What do you think would be the aftermath of this, NSG? Personally, I am worried that this would start something more significant. Just a nagging feeling, but still.

Liberals just need an enemy of their ideology to make the existence of their ideology makes sense; sometimes that habit turns into paranoia; in that purpose they will create a supposedly "Klan danger" as a scapegoat;. But, dont worry there wont be a Klan riding again.

I bet that every such liberal clown checks under his bed for a Klan member before going to sleep.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

http://www.vice.com/read/the-wizard-of-the-saddle-rides-again-000410-v20n5 The Article

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnobHHAKxo The Documentary

Just when I think that these maniacs would be gone for good, they start a strife about changing the name of a park. Joy.

What do you think would be the aftermath of this, NSG? Personally, I am worried that this would start something more significant. Just a nagging feeling, but still.

Liberals just need an enemy of their ideology to make the existence of their ideology makes sense; sometimes that habit turns into paranoia; in that purpose they will create a supposedly "Klan danger" as a scapegoat;. But, dont worry there wont be a Klan riding again.

I bet that every such liberal checks under his bed for a Klan member before going to sleep.

We don't check under our beds for monsters.

We try to dissuade people from believing in fairy tales.

Also, we know that the Klan is irrelevant. If anything, they exist to make the more common forms of racists feel better about themselves, giving them enough cover to say "Well, I'm not like THAT".

[Scholencia]

Also, we know that the Klan is irrelevant. If anything, they exist to make the more common forms of racists feel better about themselves, giving them enough cover to say "Well, I'm not like THAT".

Also, you should ignore them and not give them publicity, by doing otherwise you just make a big deal from stupid stuffs. You also admit that the KKK is irrelevant, so you dont have to be paranoid about them. Also, the Crips from the videos are evil as the KKK, just as you are not worried about them your should also not be worried about the clan.

And yes, the Park of the Confederate general should not be renamed since he was not a racist, in fact it is otherwise, he was a humanist.

"KKK NOT BITE"

[South American Indochina]

http://www.vice.com/read/the-wizard-of-the-saddle-rides-again-000410-v20n5 The Article

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnobHHAKxo The Documentary

Just when I think that these maniacs would be gone for good, they start a strife about changing the name of a park. Joy.

What do you think would be the aftermath of this, NSG? Personally, I am worried that this would start something more significant. Just a nagging feeling, but still.

Liberals just need an enemy of their ideology to make the existence of their ideology makes sense; sometimes that habit turns into paranoia; in that purpose they will create a supposedly "Klan danger" as a scapegoat;. But, dont worry there wont be a Klan riding again.

I bet that every such liberal checks under his bed for a Klan member before going to sleep.

Liberals need an enemy to scapegoat, eh? Is it not the same for American conservatives as well, being anti-LGBTQIA*, anti-immigration and anti-communist on their agenda?

[Sodankyla]

The KKK is quite a serious concept, but I agree that they're not too much of a threat in this era and likely these are all empty threats. However, the Memphis police force needs to be very well handled for a situation like this. The simplest and safest thing is to keep these hate speech activists in a nice compressed area with heavy security surrounding the perimeter at all times and if these hate protesters don't like it, then that's too damn bad. The city government and the state needs to take these threats with a more aggressive attitude because I think they're actually afraid of these incompetent and dumb neo-nazis. They say they'll call in gangs, then the state should say "ok, then we'll call in SWAT on your asses."

[L Ron Cupboard]

Can they ride, and chew gum, at the same time?

[Skrewalkers]

From what we know of the Klan, they'll never die. They can only be reborn into a more terrifying form.

Like really racist Pokemon.

"Semi-Literate Pasty Bow Legged Hill-Billy with an AR-15, I choose you!!!"

[Disserbia]

I think the klan and WBC should have a gay sex orgy with tons of Lenny Kravitz clones as strippers.

[Skrewalkers]

I think the klan and WBC should have a gay sex orgy with tons of Lenny Kravitz clones as strippers.

Won't be any more unsettling than Episode II.

[Draakonite]

The KKK is quite a serious concept, but I agree that they're not too much of a threat in this era and likely these are all empty threats. However, the Memphis police force needs to be very well handled for a situation like this. The simplest and safest thing is to keep these hate speech activists in a nice compressed area with heavy security surrounding the perimeter at all times and if these hate protesters don't like it, then that's too damn bad. The city government and the state needs to take these threats with a more aggressive attitude because I think they're actually afraid of these incompetent and dumb neo-nazis. They say they'll call in gangs, then the state should say "ok, then we'll call in SWAT on your asses."

If i think of such situtuations, the Rascist are already surrounded by police... but to protect them from radical left-wingers.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

Also, we know that the Klan is irrelevant. If anything, they exist to make the more common forms of racists feel better about themselves, giving them enough cover to say "Well, I'm not like THAT".

Also, you should ignore them and not give them publicity, by doing otherwise you just make a big deal from stupid stuffs. You also admit that the KKK is irrelevant, so you dont have to be paranoid about them. Also, the Crips from the videos are evil as the KKK, just as you are not worried about them your should also not be worried about the clan.

And yes, the Park of the Confederate general should not be renamed since he was not a racist, in fact it is otherwise, he was a humanist.

"KKK NOT BITE"

Forrest, the founder of the Klan, was not a racist?

[Vicswampia]

Rednecks, the Kardashians, and gangsta rap.

'Merica.

Fuck yeah!

[George Kaplan]

Did the Klan ever go away?

[Farnhamia]

Did the Klan ever go away?

As an organization, yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_klux_klan

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

Did the Klan ever go away?

Until a book/film that inspired people to be racist again caused its second or third phase, AFAIK, it was very very very very underground.

[Releign]

Lol whut?
Why u care nao?
I mean, they have no power compared to these guys...