Posted on 11/29/2005 5:06:00 PM PST by EveningStar
In their insightful and offbeat Freakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner tell the remarkable story of Stetson Kennedys important role in preventing a substantial national revival of the Ku Klux Klan following World War II. Kennedy first infiltrated the Klan on his own and learned its secret structure, terminology, and passwords and then, in a stroke of genius, provided these to . . . The Adventures of Superman radio show. The script writers made great sport of the Klans goofy terminology (Exalted Cyclopses, Kleagles, Klaverns, etc.) as Superman battled against them. Very soon all over the country children were playing Superman vs. The Klan and mocking the Klans bizarre and murderous thuggery. Members began to leave in droves.
Kennedys success demonstrates that it is much more difficult to strike fear into a society when its children are laughing at you. Some six decades later the comic geniuses behind South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have on occasion turned their attention to a different set of bizarre and murderous thugs...
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
OMGGG CHia Pet hanging out with Cindy Sheehan
PERFECT COUPLE that couple could be Leftist Angelie and Brad
Thanks for the ping.
Amen to that! Us, too. We sometimes break into song also. I'll bet he has seen it, 'the pwopaganda'. He must be ronier than ever!
Yeah, it looks like he may have run afoul of the mods (and possibly the authoritahs) with his last post.
"You WILL respect MY Authori-tah!"
Freakanomics is a good book.
Freepers will hate the reason violent crime went down though....
Watch the scientology episode at www.scientomogy.info
LOL! ..better the puppets, than them.
Actually, I had seen that link before. Very funny stuff. Dunno how the guy from Africa hooked up to the North Korean forum. Maybe one of the scammers.His post about "the Great Leader's seed" made me think he's a particularly clever disruptor.
-Eric
Yeah, it looks like he may have run afoul of the mods (and possibly the authoritahs) with his last post.In one of the last threads he posted on, the very last post was deleted.
Some of thought he was actually Trey Parker having fun.
-Eric
Or one of the offspring (shudder)
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