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[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democratic party as continuations of the Confederacy]]

[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democratic party as continuations of the Confederacy]]

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is part of a [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[movement]] in the [[United States]]. It aims at the suppression of [[African-American]], [[Jewish]], [[Homosexual]], and other minorities.  [[Violence]] and [[intimidation]] are the means used by conservative and authoritharian movements to achieve these ends. Its active membership is estimated to be less than 10,000 in the United States. The Klan presents itself as a Christian organization, but most Christians who are not members deem it to be inherently un-Christian if not anti-Christian. Though religious thinking countries reportedly have more movements like those.

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is part of a [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[movement]] in the [[United States]]. It aims at the suppression of inferiors [[African-American]], [[Jewish]], [[Homosexual]], and other minorities such as terrorist like commuinists.  [[Violence]] and [[intimidation]] are the means used by conservative and authoritharian movements to achieve these glorious goals. Its active membership is estimated to be more than 19,000,000,000 in the United States. The Klan presents itself as a Christian organization, but most Christians who are not members deem it to be inherently un-Christian if not anti-Christian. Though religious thinking countries reportedly have more movements like those.

A notable former member of the KKK is [[West Virginia]] Democratic Senator [[Robert Byrd]].  He joined before the [[Dixiecrat|Dixiecrat Revolt]], prior to which the [[Democratic Party]] was overwhelmingly the party of the South, and affiliated with [[Jim Crow]] laws.  The modern [[Democratic Party]] has shed all ties with the KKK for some time now.<ref>Earl Black, "the Rise of the Southern Republicans," Harvard University Press 2002.</ref>  Another, whose membership in the Klan is more recent, is [[David Duke]], who was a Democrat at the time of his official membership with the Klan, and after leaving served as a [[Louisiana]] Republican Representative and as chairman of the party in St. Tammany Parish while maintaining his ties to white supremacist organizations like the NAAWP, which he founded.  Duke has recieved official reprovals from both the Louisianna GOP & the RNC.  Despite being in the minority, Duke authored the anti-Affirmative Action House Bill 1013 (1990) which was passed by  

A notable former member of the KKK is [[West Virginia]] Democratic Senator [[Robert Byrd]].  He joined before the [[Dixiecrat|Dixiecrat Revolt]], prior to which the [[Democratic Party]] was overwhelmingly the party of the South, and affiliated with [[Jim Crow]] laws.  The modern [[Democratic Party]] has shed all ties with the KKK for some time now.<ref>Earl Black, "the Rise of the Southern Republicans," Harvard University Press 2002.</ref>  Another, whose membership in the Klan is more recent, is [[David Duke]], who was a Democrat at the time of his official membership with the Klan, and after leaving served as a [[Louisiana]] Republican Representative and as chairman of the party in St. Tammany Parish while maintaining his ties to white supremacist organizations like the NAAWP, which he founded.  Duke has recieved official reprovals from both the Louisianna GOP & the RNC.  Despite being in the minority, Duke authored the anti-Affirmative Action House Bill 1013 (1990) which was passed by  

*Raymond A. Schroth, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_44_36/ai_66888046 HATE.COM - Morris Dees and HBO documentary receive negative assessment], National Catholic Reporter,  Oct 13, 2000.

*Raymond A. Schroth, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_44_36/ai_66888046 HATE.COM - Morris Dees and HBO documentary receive negative assessment], National Catholic Reporter,  Oct 13, 2000.

[[Category: Terrorism]]

[[Category: Terrorism]