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KKK members gathered at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to express their outrage over the citys decision to remove a monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Earlier this year, the Charlottesville City Council voted 3-2, in a contentious public debate, to have the statute removed and add a memorial that honors slaves who once lived in the city, the Washington Post reported.
Reuters said that during the protest KKK memberswho waved Confederate flags, held racist signs, and shouted derogatory chants were met and outnumbered by scores of counter-protesters who proudly held signage that condemned racism.
I just want to say that they [the Klan] represent the past, we represent the future, one of the anti-KKK protesters told NBC Washington.
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The debate about preserving Confederate monuments and symbols has been a nationwide issue. Last week, a Black lawyer named Carlos Moore petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to remove the Confederate emblem from the Mississippi flag, arguing that, as a symbol of White supremacy, it violates the U.S. Constitutions Equal Protection Clause.
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I find it interesting when Cons tell us to get over it, Hillary lost, when there they are Confederate flags flying, white hoods and robes on full display while spewing racist filth and celebrating a war they lost more than 100 years ago. They really are morans.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)Get over it! I think 150 years if enough time for them to lick your wounds. If I were there I would want to punch someone and I am a pacifist.
Thank you this post makes me feel good
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Charlottesville is a beautiful town oozing with history....it is a shame these white trash racists keep showing their ignorance there.
And I would bet if they all were given DNA tests a few would be in for a shock to their system.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)as it was to take down a confederate statue.
They are kind of like that strangely shaped, dark spot on your skin that you keep telling yourself will go away. Then you doctor gives you the news. The KKK and all white supremacists are a cancer that needs to be excised from society immediately.
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)iluvtennis
(19,756 posts)Initech
(99,909 posts)We lost the election, they lost a war.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)All three of the last three elections. It's not fertile ground for the KKK, it is dominated by the forces of reason.
Finally.