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Originally posted by dhamsaic
Fortunately, the Klan has toned down their, uh, "message". I think they're all worthless pieces of shit - of that, there is no doubt. However, if they're not really "terrifying" anymore, I don't know if we can consider them "terrorists". Maybe we could just deport them to Africa or something?
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True, they have tried to "mainstream" themselves. They tried to support a show on my university's
radio station (an NPR station)...and lost in court. UM-St. Louis's argument: To have a group such as the Klan supporting a program on a radio station run by the school (therefore, by the state) could drive away minority students. Made sense to me...race relations weren't exactly the greatest on our campus as it was.
They also adopted a stretch of Interstate 55 in South St. Louis County. They won this case in court. Their sign has been torn down several times, to the point that St. Louis County Police had to start watching it. Someone was finally caught tearing it down one night. The man made no apologies for doing it though.
This
statement from a Klan site almost makes them sound like decent people...ALMOST.
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Whoops...that went more off-topic than it was already going. My actual point was that we definitely need to look within our own borders for terrorist groups. We've already beem looking for terrorists within our borders, but the main focus has been on "foreign" terrorists. Given the Klan's past activities, I don't think it would be unfair to give them a look-over. For now, I am satisfied with Matt Hale not being admitted to the Illinois bar.
I wish we had more info regarding Walker and Bishop. The fact that Walker was fighting with the Taliban damn near seals his fate...fighting for a regime that denied people of their basic rights. But the info that I've heard on Bishop is contradictory at best. Was he truly a terrorist sympathizer, or disturbed beyond belief?