KKK plan to show up on Ole Miss campus tonight

[npincus]

Not normally a violent person, but I hope they get their white-sheet asses kicked in tonight. To me, those costumes they wear make them look like over-sized tampons.



http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/26/ku-klux-klan-members-plan-to-appear-at-presidential-debate-site/

The Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan plan to be on campus for the face-off between Republican nominee John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, the first African-American nominee of a major party, according to a Friday report in the university’s student newspaper.

University officials haven’t commented. But, since winning the bid as host a year ago, they have used the attention to promote the university’s efforts toward racial reconciliation.

The university newspaper, the Daily Mississippian, first reported earlier this month that the white supremacist group planned to appear among the throngs expected on the Oxford, Miss., campus. The emperor of the White Knights group, whose identity was withheld as a condition of the interview, said his members would be “invisible … Our people won’t be in regalia or demonstrating. So, I guess you’ll just have to guess which of the people present are Klansmen.”

Some at Ole Miss, as the school is commonly known, worry that the possible appearance of Klan members might undermine the debate as a symbolic turning point.

Ole Miss senior Paul Quinn, who wrote the articles, said in an interview that “some people standing up and saying this is not who we are. Everybody thinks it’s pretty chilling.”

[ulysses]

1. maybe they'll learn something.

[davepc]

2. Is it wrong to hope that they have pro McCain/Palin signs?

[H2O Man]

9. No.

It's not wrong.

[southpaw]

12. I hope they do

Even if not, do you think there will be any doubt as to who they support and who they oppose.

Oh please let them show up and get lots of camera time! Some pro-McCain chanting by a bunch of rednecks in klan robes would look great on the national evening news for the next week or so!

[KathieG]

45. I hope they are holding McCain/Palin signs, and I hope they get media coverage...

...after that I hope they get their asses handed to them.

[darius15]

3. Mississipi has a dark racial history. It's very sad.

[Clio the Leo]

8. America has a dark, racial history......

.... sorry, I live in the South and I'm defensive.

Fortuantely, the sun shone a little brighter when Barack decided to run.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

46. What was your first clue?

I mean... it's a big surprise!

Mississippi has a few racists.... (sorry, I couldn't resist.)

[tekisui]

4. I'm not a violent person, either,

but I would join in a jump to kick their asses.

[ailsagirl]

5. Stupid, ignorant, bitter morons... get the hell out of there

Ugh
They're like cockroaches
:puke:

[Clio the Leo]

6. yeah, come on now, that's not a very Obamian attitude.....

.... who knows, he may make them take off their robes, put on Obama t-shirts and get to work!

"Anything can happen child, ANYTHING can be." ;)

[firedupdem]

16. Sorry Clio, can't teach mentally impaired people much of anything. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

23. My 80 year old, dyed in the wool racist rurual Alabama uncle is voting for Obama....

..... after I learned that, I believe that ANYTHING is possible.

[firedupdem]

29. Grandpa may have been stuck in his ways but he's not mentally ill..

I think anybody in 2008, walking around stating that they are card carrying members of the KKK must be mentally ill. I really believe that. There's no excuse. But I'm very proud of your Grandpa!

[Clio the Leo]

30. lol, UNCLE! He's my UNCLE!!! NT

[firedupdem]

36. hahahahahhahahahha! why did I make it your grandpa? LOL!!

:wtf:

[Clio the Leo]

37. lol with all of this talk of McCain, you've got gramps on the brain. NT

[firedupdem]

42. Exactly! Wow...that made me giggle! thanks for making me laugh! n/t

[terrya]

7. That's horrible beyond words. I hope someone hurts those motherfuckers.

[ailsagirl]

14. Maybe one day they'll see the light... if not, there's always karma

They're probably already living their karma-- outraged that an African American would take the highest job in the world. They must just seethe from dawn to dusk. Serves them right. But what gets me is that they teach their CHILDREN to hate-- dressing them up in children's size KKK costumes. UGH!!

[terrya]

20. Seriously, this makes me puke.

These evil motherfuckers are still around in the 21st century. The KKK is a blight in this country today. It is nothing short of shameful that these people are still around.

I would hope that the media picks up on this and condemns this kind of hate.

[ailsagirl]

25. My sentiments exactly. I'm hoping that maybe, MAYBE their

numbers have shrunk over the decades. But I won't sully my computer by even googling them. rank

[darius15]

27. Pff. Knowing the media, they;d probably have exit polls saying Obama's support is weak among whites.

But, yeah, this is disgraceful.

[ulysses]

21. wouldn't put it past the "rednecks for Obama" folks

:D

They think Obama's candidacy makes them relevant again. They're wrong, of course.

[kenny blankenship]

10. Couldn't help but notice as the networks showed video of the town

that the Mississippi state flag still sports a Confederate fucking swastika. "Folks" were hanging them outside their windows near campus.

Goddamn that's an ugly thing to see.

[workinclasszero]

11. Gee, I wonder which candidate the KKK supports?

:sarcasm:

[gmoney]

44. That's why I'd almost be happy if they turned up...

put a real touch on the shame of racism. People who wouldn't associate themselves with the KKK might still be wary of voting for Obama because he's half-black. Maybe seeing these pinheads out in force will make these people confront themselves a bit -- "If I don't vote for Obama because he's black, doesn't that make me as bad as these backwards crackers?"

[QueenOfCalifornia]

49. They don't support Obama? Oh NOES!!11!

I am shocked.

You gotta see this - it is so fucking weird... http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=kkk,+mccain&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

[firedupdem]

13. Why are they coming but not wearing their sheets? What's their

point? They aren't telling us anything we already don't know. Put your sheets on! man up! ...they know they would get their asses kicked...big time!

[ulysses]

17. to make people worry.

Only possible reason. Chickenshits.

[southpaw]

18. Yeah! I didn't read the whole thing...

Wear your gaddamned sheets, you wimpy fucks!

Let the world see who you are.


Have the courage of your convictions.

[npincus]

19. chicken-shit, mother-f*cking COWARDS.

I can't think of another reason.

[spoony]

28. Probably because when they show up in the sheets there are

only like five of them and they look utterly pathetic. He's saying that so everyone will be looking around for them, and I hope it doesn't work and that people remember how puny their numbers are compared to the rest of us.

[RoadRage]

15. This can only help us...

Seriously, i hope they show these freaks.. they make America look so petty and backwards - and hopefully just seeing them will guilt-trip the few on the fencers who are only not sure about Obama because of his race.. but like his policies. One look at the KKK standing there with their sheets over their heads should send any sane person running to vote Obama because the White supremisict extremists on the other side are no better then the Taliban.

[Bucky]

22. The irony is that if they actually see the debate, Obama may win over half of them.

You know, the moderate racists.

[nc4bo]

24. ffs. Once upon a time they hid behind sheets, now they hide in plain sight. 'tards. nt

edit for spelling: sure wish spellcheck worked in subject lines.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

50. spellcheck

works in my subject lines.... :shrug:

[goodgd_yall]

26. How dare you insult tampons like that n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. So he decided to attend the debate after all, eh?

So much for suspending the campaign.

[RagAss]

32. So will the FBI .... Undercover !!!

[WolverineDG]

33. I hope they show up with McCain signs

along with their burning crosses & confederate flags.

dg

[chupacabranation]

34. Can someone explain to me...

...what motivates a person to join the KKK? What incentive is there to join such an organization, and what does it provide its members with? A sense of belonging? A cause for white men? A way to rebel? It's so at odds with the world we live in. It's utterly mystifying to me.

[stillcool]

35. family tradition of inadequate white males..

[firedupdem]

40. uneducated, toothless, poor ass holes. n/t

[KingFlorez]

38. Looks like John McCain called in some extra support

[DevonRex]

39. In a way I'm glad that the campus will have to face this unfortunate

fact of Mississippi's history. Most folks down there pretend that racism isn't a problem anymore. They pretend that there really isn't a large KKK contingent. I know because I was born there and graduated from Ole Miss.

So maybe, just maybe the students and perhaps even the general public there will acknowledge that there is a problem. Hopefully that will happen without any major disruption or, God forbid, violence.

And hopefully the KKK won't draw attention from Obama's spectacular performance.

[Dr Fate]

41. The moderate voters will be taking note of that. n/t

n/t

[Sparkly]

43. I don't get it.

If nobody is supposed to know who they are, what's the point? They could not show up and then claim, "Yeah, hundreds of us were there."

The big "rallies" I've seen have had about eight of them, shouted down by hundreds of counter-protesters. So now they're claiming to be there, but hidden. Guess they're scared.

[vaberella]

47. Mississippi is Black Belt country....I wouldn't worry too much. n/t

[Jax]

48. Put on the Dunce Caps cowards

Perfect 'headwear' for gutless racist slime.

Sickening.

Alyce

[budkin]

51. Oh how I would love to bash some KKK skulls with a crowbar!

[backscatter712]

52. Can we run them into the river?

Y'know, the same way the Blues Brothers did to the Illinois Nazis?

[theothersnippywshrub]

53. Just a few typical Freepers, usually harmless but beware their bite. Their coprophagia

can make any Freeper bite that breaks the skin susceptible to serious infection.

[Chloroplast]

54. McCain should make a statement; a real Maverick would risk losing the KKK vote to ensure equality.