So, in 1868, after a mob of Democrats massacred 300 Blacks and Republicans in Opelousas, Louisiana on September 28th, Republicans began writing and passed the anti-Ku Klux Klan Act effectively outlawing Democratic domestic terrorist groups. Hat Tip: The Miller Center:
On April 20, 1871, at the urging of President Ulysses Grant, Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act. Also known as the third Enforcement Act, the bill was a controversial expansion of federal authority designed to give the federal government additional power to protect voters. The act established penalties in the form of fines and jail time for attempts to deprive citizens of equal protection under the laws and gave the President the authority to use federal troops and suspend the writ of habeas corpus in ensuring that civil rights were upheld.
Founded as a fraternal organization by Confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan soon became a paramilitary group devoted to the overthrow of Republican governments in the South and the reassertion of white supremacy. Through murder, kidnapping, and violent intimidation, Klansmen sought to secure Democratic victories in elections by attacking black voters and, less frequently, white Republican leaders.
enjoy. Godfather.
.......So the point of this post is what exactly?
Peace
education....I thought it might be helpful to everybody to have some idea of it's beginning, this way they can bash the KKK with their eyes open.
Godfather.
this was your way of trying to blame today's democrats for the beginnings of the KKK and racism itself. of course, the big fucking asterisk that you and many people who do the same forget to mention that the parties flipped entirely, so in essence, racism was built on the backs of the Republicans of today, not Democrats.
if Abe Lincoln were alive today, he'd have a (D) next to his name.
you have an itch...you need more cowbell. if Abe were alive today ???? brilliant ! you've exceeded your lib card requirement's and can now move past go ! LOL !!!
as suspected. reply with zero substance.
there's plenty you just have to remove the blinders.
We can't risk taking your blinders off. You get spooked too easily.
Couldn't you have said 'scared'?
People get scared. Animals get spooked.
Being scared implies rational thought. I see none here.
and non is posted by you, but you already knew that didn't you.
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