As the descendant of Southern Unionist Republicans who fought against the Confederacy I have no love whatsoever for the original Reconstruction-era Klan. However, in the interests of truth and honesty it must be understood that the ORIGINAL Reconstruction Klan was NOT anti-Semitic (or anti-Catholic) in the slightest. It even had Jewish and Catholic members (including Jefferson Davis’ personal [Jewish] physician Dr. Simon Baruch, the father of Bernard Baruch).
And?
That’s who they are *now!*
Noted. And enlightening. But THEN what happened?
“As the descendant of Southern Unionist Republicans who fought against the Confederacy I have no love whatsoever for the original Reconstruction-era Klan. However, in the interests of truth and honesty it must be understood that the ORIGINAL Reconstruction Klan was NOT anti-Semitic (or anti-Catholic) in the slightest. It even had Jewish and Catholic members (including Jefferson Davis’ personal [Jewish] physician Dr. Simon Baruch, the father of Bernard Baruch).”
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Sigh.
What can this old cracker, whose Southern ancesters all fought and died for their land, home and country, ever possibly do to redeem myself and become a worthy member of the human race? Should I start by publicly shaming them and myself as terrible people? Perhaps some form of penance?