Posted on 07/19/2014 7:55:52 AM PDT by markomalley
To be fair, the most powerful incarnation of the KKK, that of the 20's, believed itself to be the epitome of Christianity, warriors fighting in the defense of God. The Protestant God, of course.
It's little-known that the 20s Klan aimed itself primarily at Catholics. Blacks were already firmly in their place and Jews were of little concern to them, for the most part. But Papists were dangerous infiltrators that needed to be subjugated or driven from the land.
My Dad went with his father to a KKK recruitment meeting when he was about 12. Grandpa almost joined up, but thought something was a little bit fishy about the group.
Which, of course, there certainly was.
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