But even then, wasn't the Ku Klux Klan comprised of DemonRATs? As I understand things, they opposed the Republican party. Is that correct or do I misunderstand?
“But even then, wasn’t the Ku Klux Klan comprised of DemonRATs? As I understand things, they opposed the Republican party. Is that correct or do I misunderstand?”
Yes, I believe there are some things that the indoctrination centers and evilstream media may not have presented.
During the occupation, Southerners had no citizenship. The divide was not as much between the Stupid Party and the Evil Party as between rebel and yankee. Of course, Lincoln was a Republican, so there was some hostility toward the Stupid Party during reconstruction and subsequent decades.
We have to remember, though, that the democrat party back then was not the same as today’s demonrat party. It was possible to be a democrat and a decent person back then, or to be a republican and a carpetbagger.
During reconstruction, violation of curfew was punishable by summary execution. Indeed, Scarlett’s husband was killed on that punitive expedition. However, the yankee occupying force would not protect Southerners. Rebel woman got raped? Good.
Since there was no protection under the law, the men of this area and that would go out after curfew and punish the guilty. The KKK popped up like mushrooms after a rain; independently of one another, in response to a need. It is not an exaggeration to say that the dereliction of duty by yankee occupying forces created the KKK.
Since they were out after curfew and therefore subject to execution, it behooved them to disguise not only themselves, but their horses, as a man could readily be identified by his mount back then.
Of course, the yankee press misrepresented these meritorious actions as an attempt to restore white supremacy and terrorize blacks. Since these groups were made up of human beings, I have no doubt that there were some abuses. However, their raison d’être was to protect those who were not protected by the law.