Politics

Out of context: Reply #19463

  • Started
  • Last post
  • 33,773 Responses
  • ********
    0

    "You know, we began 40 years ago saying we need to build a wall," Arkansas-based Klan leader Thomas Robb said.

    In a series of interviews with The Associated Press, Klan leaders said they feel that U.S. politics are going their way, as a nationalist, us-against-them mentality deepens across the nation. Stopping or limiting immigration — a desire of the Klan dating back to the 1920s — is more of a cause than ever. And leaders say membership has gone up at the twilight of President Barack Obama's second term in office, though few would provide numbers.

    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a…

    • Arkansas-based Klan leader Thomas Robb. Not to be confused with Orlando-based Matchbox-20 leader Rob Thomas.
      ********
    • so what you are implying is that only racists think the laws of this country should be enforced
      ********
    • Uhhhhh no.
      ********
    • http://www.ew.com/si…
      ********
    • Trumps up in the polls, cue kkk story...
      http://www.rasmussen…
      IRNlun6
    • obama the great divider. i remember when he came out with that trayvon 'my son would look like him' comment. when will we realize that the more we focus on race
      ********
    • , the more people will draw lines in the sand and lean more towards us vs. them stances. diversity of ideas > racial diversity
      ********
    • So what you are implying is that we should cut the kkk some slack and instead spend our time criticizing Obama for all the racism he is responsible for?
      ********
    • The KKK is pretty much a joke at this point, but white nationalism/identity politics are definitely on the rise within the conservative movement.yuekit
    • Nb, exactly. People trying to loosely imply racism by talking about the nearly defunct kkk look pretty stupid. Instead talk about the irresponsible drivel that
      ********
    • Co.es out of the pots and flotus's mouth
      ********
    • *comes. * Potus
      ********

View thread