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dflprincess

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12. For a long time it hated Catholics too
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 11:13 PM
Aug 2017

I always took a certain amount of pride in having belonged to a group that the Klan hated. Broke my heart when the "liberalized" their views and decided to let Catholics join.

Though the history is another reason that priest who admitted to having been a Klan member should spend the rest of his life repenting.

They are professional haters that's what they do Bladewire Aug 2017 #1
I made a meme about this SHRED Aug 2017 #2
Fortunately, Judah Benjamin never noticed it Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #3
They didn't feel threatened by Jews because so few were in the country LeftInTX Aug 2017 #17
A bit of a side note. Somewhat contra-intuitive, but South Carolina in particular seems to have GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #20
Probably the right sequence. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #27
He held several cabinet positions before it was over. Abu Pepe Aug 2017 #30
Things were a little fluid for the CSA, it's true. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #33
FUCK THEM! shenmue Aug 2017 #4
Well, yeah, if you count the murder of Leo Frank . . . . no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #5
The march had nothing to do with Confederate Heritage oberliner Aug 2017 #6
It' is just a bunch of racists. Anybody with any pigment in their outer layer.... pangaia Aug 2017 #7
The funny thing is, I doubt very much that most of these people even know smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #28
Yes you are right. pangaia Aug 2017 #36
The Klan hated Jewish people as much as Blacks. Hoyt Aug 2017 #8
For a long time it hated Catholics too dflprincess Aug 2017 #12
I know. There is pride in something like that. Hoyt Aug 2017 #16
I think they allowed Catholics because their membership was dwindling LeftInTX Aug 2017 #19
Wonder why the KKK started accepting Catholics? keithbvadu2 Aug 2017 #25
That would be the Klan of 1915 or so Yupster Aug 2017 #21
All I can tell you is that in the 1950s and early 1960s there was a guy Hoyt Aug 2017 #37
Frankly, I don't think people give a shit either way. Behind the Aegis Aug 2017 #9
the alt-right view Jews as the arch-enemy of the white race radius777 Aug 2017 #10
These fuckers are not modern confederates GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #11
The Confederate Secretary of State was Jewish. CanonRay Aug 2017 #13
The Hebrew Confederate Cemetery Jopin Klobe Aug 2017 #14
so to understand this heaven05 Aug 2017 #15
Hardly Yupster Aug 2017 #22
I will research heaven05 Aug 2017 #23
I'd suggest it probably has some comparison to Irish in British service Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #31
interesting heaven05 Aug 2017 #32
Herd instinct does strange things in predator omnivores. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #35
Good luck in your research Yupster Aug 2017 #38
I'm Jewish and it was horribly eye opening to find out this did happen. mucifer Aug 2017 #26
That is horrible Not Ruth Aug 2017 #34
It is part of the KKKs heritage LeftInTX Aug 2017 #18
They hated everyone who isn't white and Protestant underpants Aug 2017 #29
So is lynching African-Americans malaise Aug 2017 #24
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