The Politicians "Anonymous" outed for being in the KKK has not been independently verified.

[TalkingDog]

But, being from NC, I would not be surprised if this was spot on.

1.United States Senator From North Carolina: Thomas Tillis aka Thom Tillis: Age 55: Wife Susan Tillis, Both living in: Cornelius, North Carolina.Known KKK Affiliated group:United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Thornton.

http://pastebin.com/Yh2muT9r

3 other Senators and a few mayors named so far.

[procon]

1. The list also has the names of people who were critical of the KKK and similar groups

One was identified as a journalist, another was from the SPLC. Curiously, the KKK labeled them as "racist".

[femmedem]

2. Madeline Rogero, Mayor of Knoxville, should not be on this list

according to a commenter on DailyKos, who writes:

"This list is not accurate (5+ / 0-)


It includes Mayor Madeline Rogero. The of Knoxville, Tennessee. Mayor Rogero is left of center politician, who prior to her political career a lifelong progressive activist who along with her Husband in the worked for César Chávez's United Farm Workers advocating for better wages and working conditions for migrant farm workers. In the 1980s she and her Husband moved to Knoxville and helped run the textile workers' union, Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers, now UNITE HERE. Although the Mayor's position in Knoxville is officially non-partisan, she is not shy about the fact that she is a Democrat. Remember, while Knox County is largely Republican due to the suburbs and rural areas surrounding the city of Knoxville that vote heavily Republican, the city itself voted for Barack Obama twice. I am about 99.99% that Mayor Rogero is not a Klan member. Her being on the list makes the entire list suspect."


If this commenter is correct, it would be terrible to have her reputation ruined by this. The list does need independent verification.

[Rose Siding]

3. Here's the first denial I've seen-

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray issued a statement Monday strongly denying that he has any ties to the Ku Klux Klan after activist hacker group "Anonymous" released his name as one of several elected officials in the United States with alleged ties to the group.

"This allegation is false, insulting and ridiculous," Gray said in a written statement released Monday morning. "I have never had any relationship of any kind with the KKK. I am opposed to everything it stands for. I have no idea where this information came from, but wherever it came from, it is wrong."

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2015/11/02/4118245_lexington-mayor-strongly-denies.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy

I'll wait on some kind of confirmation before I believe something so foul about someone.

[Rose Siding]

5. Another denial-

Mayor Fraim said he was first alerted of the claims Monday morning when 10 On Your Side reached out to him about them.

He issued this statement:

The claim by Anonymous that I am in anyway affiliated or related to the KKK is absolutely false and defamatory. There is no truth to their statement whatsoever. I am not and have never been affiliated with any such organization. I find it incredulous that these people can hide behind their computers and create such an inaccurate and hateful statement.”
http://wavy.com/2015/11/02/mayor-fraim-refutes-claims-of-ties-to-the-kkk/

[Ace Rothstein]

4. People need to wait until this is verified before spiking the football.

Remember when Anonymous outed the wrong person in Ferguson? The guy wasn't even a cop.

[Ex Lurker]

9. And the Oklahoma State student for singing the racist song

Turns out there were two guys with the same name, and the wrong one got his picture plastered all over the internet.

[Nye Bevan]

6. Self-delete? Most of the other threads on this bogus story have been (nt)

[TalkingDog]

7. No, thank you Father. Unverified. You just bumped it by commenting on it.

It would have sunk into the ethers by now.

[Nye Bevan]

8. Even Daily Kos deleted the diary entries about this discredited list.

Almost all DUers who started threads about it have done the same thing. It is interesting, and revealing, that you choose not to do so.