Ku Klux Klan to protest removal of Confederate flag July 18 at South Carolina Statehouse

[dixiegrrrrl]

The Ku Klux Klan has been approved to hold a protest rally at the Statehouse next month against removing the Confederate battle flag, with the group calling accused mass murderer Dylann Roof a “young warrior.”

The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan applied for the permit last week to hold a rally for 100 to 200 people on July 18 on the north side of the Statehouse.

The move was not endorsed by Gov. Nikki Haley. “This is our state, and they are not welcome,” she said in a statement issued by her press office.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150629/PC16/150629298/kkk-to-rally-for-confederate-flag-july-18-at-statehouse

Yeah....THAT'll help the image of the flag.

[AuntPatsy]

1. Right

[arcane1]

2. More conservative in-fighting, please!

[madinmaryland]

3. Heh! 100-200 members of FreeRepublic will be in Charleston, SC to protest the removal of the

confederate flag.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. Yep

[bullwinkle428]

4. I'm bursting with excitement over the prospect of the KKK waving banners

that say "heritage not hate" along with the flags they intend to fly!

[Uncle Joe]

5. The KKK is no friend to the United States in general, the South in particular and African Americans

specifically.

Their best move if they actually gave a rat's ass would be to disband, they're neither wanted or needed.

Thanks for the thread, dixiegrrrrl.

[RKP5637]

6. Hmmmm ... maybe they can add a few burning crosses and call it a religious event!

[Solly Mack]

7. Idiots on parade.

[uponit7771]

8. WHY IS A FEDERALLY DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ALLOWED TO PROTEST!!?!?

The KKK is a federally designated terrorist organization, they shouldn't be allowed to do shit!!!!

[giftedgirl77]

9. I live about 30 miles from there & would really like to

participate in a counter protest but I'm not sure at this point if I could remain civilized.

I'm really fuckin tired of this shit.

[Jefferson23]

10. Top 5 Questions About the KKK

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE asked sociologist and Ku Klux Klan scholar David Cunningham to provide responses to the five questions he is most frequently asked about the Klan. The author of Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era KKK (Oxford University Press, 2013), Cunningham is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Brandeis University.


1. How big a threat is the KKK in the U.S. today?

In an important sense, this may be the key question about the KKK and whether we should still worry, or care, about the Klan today. Likely for that reason, literally every discussion I've had about the Klan -- whether in classrooms, community events, radio interviews, or cocktail parties -- comes around to some version of this concern. I typically respond, in short, that a greater number of KKK organizations exist today than at any other point in the group's long history, but that nearly all of these groups are small, marginal, and lacking in meaningful political or social influence.

I might add two caveats to that reassuring portrait, however. The first is that marginal, isolated extremist cells themselves can become breeding grounds for unpredictable violence. At the peak of his 1960s influence, Bob Jones would often tell reporters that, if they were truly concerned about violence perpetrated by Klan members, their greatest fear should be that he would disband the KKK, leaving individual members to commit mayhem free from the structure imposed by the group. As Jones' followers committed hundreds of terrorist acts authorized by KKK leadership, his claim was of course disingenuous, but it also contained a grain of truth: Jones and his fellow leaders did dissuade members -- many of whom combined rabid racism with unstable aggression -- from engaging in violence not approved by the KKK hierarchy. In the absence of a broader organization with much to lose from a crack-down by authorities, racist violence can be much more difficult to prevent or police.

The second caveat stems from KKK's history of emerging and receding in pronounced "waves." Between the group's periods of peak influence -- say, during the 1880s, or in the 1940s, or the 1980s -- the Klan's fortunes have always appeared moribund. But in each case, some "reborn" version of the KKK has managed to rebound and survive. So, while today the KKK appears an anachronism and, perhaps, less of a threat than other brands of racist hate, we still should vigilantly oppose racist entrepreneurs who seek to exploit the historical cachet of the KKK to organize new campaigns advancing white supremacist ends. To me, this is one primary lesson from the KKK's past, and a compelling reason not to forget or dismiss the enduring relevance of that history.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/klansville-faq/

[virtualobserver]

11. incredibly foolish move on their part

putting their racist stamp of approval on the flag

as if it wasn't clear enough

[hatrack]

12. "A young warrior"?

Fuck these guys.

I mean, fuck them sideways with a prybar dipped in Ghost Pepper sauce.

[Initech]

13. Like that's going to help their case!

[spanone]

14. they misspoke, they meant 'young murderer'.. surely they did.

fucking racist fucks.

[Iggo]

15. Hope they wear their dress whites.

Fucking morons.

[Shoulders of Giants]

16. " “This is our state, and they are not welcome,”

Actually, they've been welcome for over a century. That's the problem.

[Nye Bevan]

17. Why are so many things in the US named after an Exalted Cyclops in this terror organization?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd

[yuiyoshida]

18. Well of course they would protest it...

Everyone knew this was gonna happen!

[AtheistCrusader]

19. This is awesome.

Just makes that display a little more radioactive, a little harder for the center-right conservatives to defend.

Excellent.

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. Exactly!!!!

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. If there are more than FIVE people there I'll be shocked. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Well, The Over/Under is 15

There have to be KKK supporters that live within easy driving distance of Charleston, and with the hoods, they don't have to worry about outing themselves.

I'll go with the over, by an comfortable margin.

[Sherman A1]

22. Well,

this will be "interesting".......

[geardaddy]

23. This guy will want to be there for sure.

Wayne Leigaber · Greenwood, South Carolina
You SINNERS hate the kkk...wonder why? I guess you prefer blacks in hoodies...robbing,stealing,burning,vandalizing,looting and cop killers as to a peacefull demonstration. That little WHITE BOY deserves the same respect as the black thugs get...he needs a couple of spiritual leaders to come forth and defend him

[bravenak]

28. Oh my god. Oh my goddddd.

He called the KKK spiritual leaders. I can't even anymore. I'm done.

[Takket]

26. this is good news. this should remove all remaining doubt about what the flag actually stands for

[bravenak]

27. So when does Isis have it's parade?

If white terrorists get to have a parade then I guess we'll have an Isis parade too; floats, games, Boko Haram slaves in cages. This shit is crazy. A terrorist parade.

[dixiegrrrrl]

29. Funny you should ask. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026917219