The KKK was strongly in support of Prohibition. No matter how hard I try, I can't wrap my mind around the thought of that being a libertarian position.
Your very right to point that out. In almost every way both the KKK and the progressive movement are anti-libertarian and yet both of these factions were closely aligned with the Confederate democrats. Go figure. But you still see exactly the same thing today with libertarians who align themselves with the progressives and militant (terrorist) Marxist groups all of the time.
To be precise my point was that the Confederate democrats could be considered the Founders of the libertarian ideology and that is simply just my opinion. The KKK for obvious reasons (terrorism) would not be considered libertarian. But neither would the progressives be considered libertarian and yet the Confederate factions in the South cheered them and voted them to power.
I used to counter protest against groups like International A.N.S.W.E.R and I was amazed how many times people among their ranks would claim to be libertarians.
The reason I brought up the Marxist and KKK connections is because their is a common anti-religion (anti-traditional morality) bond that is shared by the KKK, marxists, libertarians and progressives.