Why Is The KKK Currently Legal?

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lotus503

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Have you reached puberty?

Want to know what makes me feel unsafe? Liberal gay democrats. All the freeloading government programs being handed out, illegal immigrant safe cities, spend spend spend until the well goes dry, gun hating, women hating, children hating and freedom hating,,, only to name a few.

All liberal democrats should be prohibited.

Oh, I forgot, the KKK was founded by democrats. So if we prohibit the KKK and democrats it is a win-win situation.

What exactly is it you disagree with about liberalism? No platitudes lets talk specifics.

This should be good ;)
 

CountZero

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wtf? We're almost as bad as Saudi Arabia when it comes to suppressing freedom. Remember when that NASA scientist received death threats because he wore a shirt made by a woman?

Free speech as a government protected right has zero to do with how individuals respond to anything.
 

zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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Have you reached puberty?

Want to know what makes me feel unsafe? Liberal gay democrats. All the freeloading government programs being handed out, illegal immigrant safe cities, spend spend spend until the well goes dry, gun hating, women hating, children hating and freedom hating,,, only to name a few.

All liberal democrats should be prohibited.

Oh, I forgot, the KKK was founded by democrats. So if we prohibit the KKK and democrats it is a win-win situation.


like a moth to the flame...
 

alcoholbob

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"There is an organization I don't like. It should be banned just because." Now If mob rule is your idea of a utopia, you may find the burning wreckage of a future unrecognizable compared to your original ideals.
 

mizzou

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I really dislike not knowing the age sometimes of posters. Sometimes I feel much more comfortable with society when we hear such immature comments from a young child vs. a 45 year old basement dweller.
 

halik

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I understand that we are talking about free speech, yes. They can get together and talk about how they hate people. Its their personal right to be idiots. But! if they act physically on their hatred that's a different story. That should be prohibited. These people should also be arrested for plotting, threats etc. The KKK makes people feel unsafe.

You're either troll or 12 years old and get your political ideology from twitter.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
 
Feb 16, 2005
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same reason the NAACP is legal...

Yea, that's a major false equivalence.

Bottom line it's free speech, whether you like it or not, the klan can spew all the hateful vitriol they want, if they choose to take actions however, there are consequences and hopefully, extremely severe ones.
 

Darwin333

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I understand that we are talking about free speech, yes. They can get together and talk about how they hate people. Its their personal right to be idiots. But! if they act physically on their hatred that's a different story. That should be prohibited. These people should also be arrested for plotting, threats etc. The KKK makes people feel unsafe.

Umm, if they act physically on their hatred that is already a crime and it is prohibited. Plotting and threats are also crimes so what exactly do you want changed?
 

Darwin333

Lifer
Dec 11, 2006
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Have you reached puberty?

Want to know what makes me feel unsafe? Liberal gay democrats. All the freeloading government programs being handed out, illegal immigrant safe cities, spend spend spend until the well goes dry, gun hating, women hating, children hating and freedom hating,,, only to name a few.

All liberal democrats should be prohibited.

Oh, I forgot, the KKK was founded by democrats. So if we prohibit the KKK and democrats it is a win-win situation.

The irony of you making both of those statements in a single post no less....
 

lotus503

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Texashiker

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I asked "What exactly is it you disagree with about liberalism?"

Do not complain if you do not like the answer.

Bleeding heart liberals are facilitating illegals and the spread of crime and infectious diseases such as whooping cough.
 

lotus503

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Do not complain if you do not like the answer.

Bleeding heart liberals are facilitating illegals and the spread of crime and infectious diseases such as whooping cough.

Its not that I don't like your answer, its that your answering a question I did not ask. I sort of knew I was asking a bit much to begin with, my bad.

lets try with something easier, What is liberalism?
 
Feb 16, 2005
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Its not that I don't like your answer, its that your answering a question I did not ask. I sort of knew I was asking a bit much to begin with, my bad.

lets try with something easier, What is liberalism?

toothless does not have the mental capacity to engage in an intelligent debate, you are wasting your time and energy.
 
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Do not complain if you do not like the answer.

Bleeding heart liberals are facilitating illegals and the spread of crime and infectious diseases such as whooping cough.

Nothing like coming home after a hard tug job and settling in to a few days of flinging turds at the walls.
 

Reasonable Doubt

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Unless you're being sarcastic, we have another poster vying to be as sub-moronic as the OP.

By the OP's logic the new black panthers should be illegal as well


The real Black Panthers from the civil rights era was systematically destroyed by the government. Everything from fire bombing their offices to assassinating members.


Meanwhile the KKK who bombed and burned black churches, shot black people, and hung black people were never outlawed or labeled as a terrorist group EVER!


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umbrella39

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I know it's been said many times, many ways, but you're a fucking idiot.

Shhh, don't confuse dumb fucks like TH with pesky little facts like guess what... the dems back then are now republicans. Anyone who drags out this old tired line just shows they have the intellect of a 2 year old.
 

Greenman

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"There is an organization I don't like. It should be banned just because." Now If mob rule is your idea of a utopia, you may find the burning wreckage of a future unrecognizable compared to your original ideals.

Isn't democracy mob rule? The majority tells the minority what to do.
This is why I don't think democracy is a good idea, it's based on the notion that a thousand ignorant people will make better decisions than one ignorant person.
 

smackababy

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Isn't democracy mob rule? The majority tells the minority what to do.
This is why I don't think democracy is a good idea, it's based on the notion that a thousand ignorant people will make better decisions than one ignorant person.

A pure democracy is about as close to having a true representation of what the "people" want. Unfortunately, a true democracy simply won't exist. People are too complacent to actually vote or research issues, so we need a republic style rule to work "best". If we had politicians who weren't so selfish, it would be a great system.

Perhaps, we should create an AI that makes decisions based on information available. One that can't be bought or swayed by anything but facts.

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords!
 

davmat787

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As repugnant and vile as the KKK's views and rhetoric have proven to be, I would not want to live in a country where the people believe its government should have the right to silence a particular group or person as it sees fit. Such a policy would no doubt lead to political oppression in the name of banning offensive speech.