The KKK, skinheads, etc. have always been there. Nothing new, unless the ADL, DNC or the SPC is running short on cash and needs to raise funds.
Posted on 02/06/2007 8:33:11 AM PST by Alouette
Ku Klux Klan experiences ‘surprising and troubling resurgence’ in US during the past year due to exploitation of hot issues such as immigration, gay marriage, urban crime, according to report
Ynetnews Published: 02.06.07, 12:37
The Ku Klux Klan has experienced "a surprising and troubling resurgence" in the United States during the past year, an Anti-Defamation League report revealed Tuesday.
According to the report, the white supremacy group has successfully exploited issues such as immigration, gay marriage and urban crime to draw in new members and accelerate activity.
The ADL monitors the activities of hate groups and reports developments to policy makers and law enforcement agencies. ADL Civil Rights Director Deborah M. Lauter pointed to immigration as the key issue stirring up racist sentiments in the United States.
"If any one single issue or trend can be credited with re-energizing the Klan, it is the debate over immigration in America," said Lauter.
"Klan groups have witnessed a surprising and troubling resurgence by exploiting fears of an immigration explosion, and the debate over immigration has, in turn, helped to fuel an increase in Klan activity, with new groups sprouting in parts of the country that have not seen much activity," she added.
A surge in clan activity was identified especially in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
The increase in activity was characterized by growing membership, establishment of new groups, increased cooperation with neo-Nazi groups, and new publicity tactics including dispatching flyers, publication over the internet and the launch of an internet-base radio station.
Lauter also noted the changing nature of klan members.
"Although some Klansmen may still hold cross-burnings dressed in robes and hoods, today's young Klansmen are more likely to look virtually indistinguishable from racist skinheads or neo-Nazis," said Lauter.
"Today's Klansmen may be as likely to gather at white power music concerts or socialize at so-called 'unity rallies' with other white supremacists, as to participate in ritualistic cross burnings in the rural wilderness," she added.
I wasn't aware of that. One more reason to hate the Klan. As if I needed more.
The KKK, skinheads, etc. have always been there. Nothing new, unless the ADL, DNC or the SPC is running short on cash and needs to raise funds.
I am anti-illegal immigrant and anti-KKK. Don't saddle me with those jerks.
Not a shred of evidence to support any of their allegations. Not one shred.
Let's clarify your statement... the KKK was a DEMOCRAT response to Republican Reconstruction of the South after the "Civil War".
Today, those conquored Southerners would be refered to as "insurgents" continuing to battle the occupying forces and local government established from Washington.
Really? When is the last time these pointy-headed morons managed to pull something off? 1969?
Exactly. And we are going to see a lot more of this. They don't exactly post registration numbers do they?
While these people are vermin, so are the media types who use them as excuses to regulate society.
"A surge in clan activity was identified especially in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia."
I suspect anti-illegal immigration rallies were held in these locations last year. An article written yeaterday infers this. The cited examples of "KKK hatred" were anti-illegal slogans on signs.
ACLU, KKK,/ Not much difference!!!
The KKK is and always has been a group of democrats..
The ADL is a bigger threat to our society than the pathetic, hateful KKK.
The MMM spouts anti-Semitism at celebrated rallies in DC. Their goons bust up the store inventory of liquor stores "poisoning" the African-American community. Yet the MMM is not publicly condemned by the ADL (they ARE listed as a hate group by the ADL though) and we are not informed of any rising activity.
This is just a smear campaign to impune Conservatives who see a national conspiracy to enable illegal immigration (the government is doing more than just looking the other way) and who have an issue with the radical gay lib crowd's efforts to push same sex marriage through the courts by shopping for activist judges rather than persuading a majority of legislators to change existing law.
The thing that furstrates me is these positions are the right ones -- stop gay marriage, return this nation to Christian principals, 2nd amendment. Of course they take it to an extreme and get all the media attention.
"It was radical republican reconstruction following the civil war that created the KKK, now it looks like it will be radical republican immigration that will lead to the re-birth."
Don't confuse people with the truth.
(yes that's sarcasm)
The media made sure to tell us that David Duke was a Republican. But he had previously run for office first as a Democrat and then as an Independent. he's an Independent again.
Just like the racist Rev. Fred Phelps is ALSO a Democrat who's repeatedly run for office.
True, how many Klansmen are there now? Seven or eight? I dare say one street gang in Atlanta outnumbers the Klan's national membership.
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