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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 05:34 AM Nov 2015

Anonymous has consistently said that they would release KKK info on November 5th.

The info released now is being done by others who are probably trying to get ahead of the story and discredit what will be coming. Anonymous is an idea. You belong or you don't. Those taking direct action have done some good.

They have pushed others to open or reopen sexual assault cases in Steubenville and Nova Scotia to name two. They have also tracked down those posting videos abusing animals. Others have shut down or exposed pedophiles and their rings.

Are they perfect? No. However, I am glad they are around to make life miserable for those who are seemingly untouchable.

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Anonymous has consistently said that they would release KKK info on November 5th. (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Nov 2015 OP
"They" will release something. Maybe. Old Union Guy Nov 2015 #1
You are being naive. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2015 #3
One more day and we'll see what they've got, if anythiing. Old Union Guy Nov 2015 #9
I really wish you were right. n/t eShirl Nov 2015 #4
I'm all for them releasing KKK info newfie11 Nov 2015 #2
PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #5
+1. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #7
K & R malaise Nov 2015 #6
That's always been the fundamental flaw with anon Blue_Tires Nov 2015 #8
 

Old Union Guy

(738 posts)
1. "They" will release something. Maybe.
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 05:52 AM
Nov 2015

I'm still very skeptical that "they" have anything.

I mean the KKK. Really?

This isn't the 1920s or the 1950s.

The KKK today is a few poor white losers and a bunch of agents provocateurs.
No organizational continuity with the old KKK and no power or influence at all.

The real racist action in the USA is not the KKK any more, and hasn't been for a long time.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
3. You are being naive.
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 07:22 AM
Nov 2015

Check the SPLC's website. They have tracked hate groups for years. The KKK is still there with many others.

 

Old Union Guy

(738 posts)
9. One more day and we'll see what they've got, if anythiing.
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 06:09 AM
Nov 2015

I'm not trying to minimize the amount of racism out there, but the KKK isn't where the action is since around 1965.

Even if the SPLC says otherwise in their fundraising literature.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)
2. I'm all for them releasing KKK info
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 06:39 AM
Nov 2015

Last edited Tue Nov 3, 2015, 08:37 AM - Edit history (1)

I think people have no idea how this organization is intertwined in our country.
From Blacks to Mexicans to Native Americans, the Klan hates them all.
I'm white and I've lived all over this country.
I remember the klan standing just off school grounds passing klan pamphlets to school kids. This was a school near Siler City, NC. These were cartoon form and for children not parents. My kids brought them home. School said nothing could be done because they were on public property.
I've seen the klan in South Texas and here in South Dakota there have been crosses burned to scare the Lakota. One Native American woke up after surgery in Rapid City with KKK carved on his abdomen.

If your white and have no friends of a different race you can ignore this and say it's not true.
I know different.


Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
8. That's always been the fundamental flaw with anon
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 09:27 AM
Nov 2015

that I've been pointing out since day 1 -- *Anybody* can claim to be speaking/acting for them, and has to be taken at least half seriously...

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