When Johnny Lee Clary was imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, he never guessed he would one day devote his life to spreading a message of tolerance. ...
"I didn't come here today just to talk," Clary said. "I came here today with some solutions to fighting racism."
He wants anti-racists to unite and create networks, contact local and national politicians, educate themselves and others, be willing to talk about difficult issues and "teach love" to young people, not hate. ...
Clary now speaks full-time, traveling internationally to share his personal experiences. He has gathered a small group of former racists, known as Operation Colorblind, that he hopes will begin speaking publicly as well.
Interesting story.
There's more detail about him in this college news story: Former KKK leader speaks on tolerance
He says he was taught hatred by his father. Rather worrying.
I didn't know they were still doing things like he says they did in the 1980s.
I wonder if it's true that ... ... oh probably. I think I'd rather not know. :-7
It wasn't scary for me. It may have been for the black residents of my community. My parents hated them and my school teachers condemned them. Overall they were the less educated, less motivated members of our commuunity and if they didn't have the KKK they would have been pretty much alone.What was it like growing up with the KKK in the neighbourhood?
Imperial Wizard John Clary was head of a small branch
of Klansmen. Each branch has its own I.P. and there
are over 230 Klan groups. There are much higher ranks
than Imperial Wizard within the Klans and all have
different rules and by-laws. No Imperial Wizard can
speak for or answer for all the Klans, this can only be
done by a Great Titian. No one in the Klans care about
what John has to say. Sincerely Carl Weems
Imperial Kladd National Headquarters
Dixie Rangers, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
I think this is a joke but I'm not quite sure![]()
Imperial Wizard John Clary was head of a small branch
of Klansmen. Each branch has its own I.P. and there
are over 230 Klan groups. There are much higher ranks
than Imperial Wizard within the Klans and all have
different rules and by-laws. No Imperial Wizard can
speak for or answer for all the Klans, this can only be
done by a Great Titian. No one in the Klans care about
what John has to say. Sincerely Carl Weems
Imperial Kladd National Headquarters
Dixie Rangers, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Byron De La Beckwith (November 9, 1920 – January 21, 2001) was an American white supremacist and Klansman who was convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Evers. ...
The most important fictional portrayal of Evers' murderer was written immediately after the event, before De La Beckwith was captured, by the Jackson, Mississippi native Eudora Welty: "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" (1963). As Welty said later, she said to herself, "Whoever the murderer is, I know him: not his identity, but his coming about, in this time and place. That is, I ought to have learned by now, from here, what such a man, intent on such a deed, had going on in his mind. I wrote his story--my fiction--in the first person: about that character's point of view" (Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, xi). Welty's story was published in The New Yorker soon after de la Beckwith's arrest. So accurate was her portrayal that several details in the fiction had to be changed before publication for legal reasons. Welty casts her dramatic monologue of white hate, fear, and confusion--ironically--as a sort of blues song sung by the murderer as he tries to use violence to keep blacks from rising: "sing a-down, down, down, down. Down." are the story's last words. ...
Byron De La Beckwith was the subject of the 1963 Bob Dylan song "Only a Pawn in Their Game", which deplores Evers' murder and the racist element in "The South" of that time, while dismissing De La Beckwith himself as merely a product of his environment.
How do people get to be like that?
Tombstone said:Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?
Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.
Wyatt Earp: What does he need?
Doc Holliday: Revenge.
Wyatt Earp: For what?
Doc Holliday: Bein' born.
.Wow, they still exist.
I was reading something interesting just a couple of days ago. From Wikipedia:
Interesting stuff. How do people get to be like that?
Shouldn't a defender of the WHITE RACE and good old American values be at least able to write correct English?... Hypercrits! ... You cowards can not explain us ... recrutement ... theres ... hiden in the bachground... Were out there ...
In contrast with an under flying airplane, huh?You remind me of savages throwing rocks at an over flying airplane
No... I do NOT call you and your fellow xenophobes "inbred white trash"; for starters, the colour of your skin is irrelevantYet you call us inbred white trash.
So did my Grandfather. Oh wait! He stood for the U.S. Sorry.The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for many good things, but most of all unity among us.
Virgil Kane disagrees with you. He heard the bells ringing and the people singing!These are dark days, and the Dixie Rangers are one of the last lines of defense for the WHITE RACE.
Really? How so?Our country is in danger.
Our Consitiution is in danger. Our rights, our families,
our way of life, our very freedom in danger.
Yet I'm a danger?We do not
hate you. Take a moment and let that sink in.
Like Dr King?Our goal and mission is to protect, educate, and bring
back basic Christian values in our lives and to this great
nation.
You remind me of savages throwing rocks at an
over flying airplane, seeing it for the first time. Attacking
it out of fear.
Emmit Till felt the same I'm sure.Violent, ignorant people. Destroy what
you do not understand or agree with.
Stupid doesn't mean inbred or white trash or any color of trash for that matter. It just means people who are stupid.Yet you call us
inbred white trash. Hypercrits!
Silly white peopleYou cowards can not
explain us.
Neither does my wife!I will never apologize for my white skin.
When your membership picks up the Republicans groan.And
by the way, I know of no one in the Klan who would like
to see harm come to Obama. He is our best recrutement
tool. When he speaks, membership picks up.
There's a movie called CSA: the Confederate States of America you could watch.And no,
theres more than just one or two of us sitting around
thinking of the old days.
The Dixie Rangers are in six
states and soon to be seven, and many, many cities.
We
are one of the fastest growing Klans in the nation. We
are not our grandfathers Klan, hiden in the bachground.
Want to learn more. See my avatar. The guy is me. really light skinned black guy. The girl? My wife. Not only is she white but she related to Adolph Eichmann... God I love her!Were out there every day, not for pay, we BELIEVE!
Carl Weems, Imperial Kladd National Headquarters.
Dixie Rangers Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Want to learn more, see our web-site.
Imperial Wizard John Clary was head of a small branch
of Klansmen. Each branch has its own I.P. and there
are over 230 Klan groups. There are much higher ranks
than Imperial Wizard within the Klans and all have
different rules and by-laws. No Imperial Wizard can
speak for or answer for all the Klans, this can only be
done by a Great Titian. No one in the Klans care about
what John has to say. Sincerely Carl Weems
Imperial Kladd National Headquarters
Dixie Rangers, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
I think this is a joke but I'm not quite sure![]()
Yet you call us
inbred white trash. Hypercrits!
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for many good
things, but most of all unity among us.
These are dark days,
We do not hate you. Take a moment and let that sink in. Our goal and mission is to protect, educate, and bring back basic Christian values in our lives and to this great
nation.
You remind me of savages throwing rocks at an
over flying airplane, seeing it for the first time. Attacking
it out of fear. Violent, ignorant people.
In contrast with an under flying airplane, huh?
Imperial Wizard John Clary was head of a small branch
of Klansmen. Each branch has its own I.P. and there
are over 230 Klan groups. There are much higher ranks
than Imperial Wizard within the Klans and all have
different rules and by-laws. No Imperial Wizard can
speak for or answer for all the Klans, this can only be
done by a Great Titian. No one in the Klans care about
what John has to say. Sincerely Carl Weems
Imperial Kladd National Headquarters
Dixie Rangers, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for many good
things, but most of all unity among us. These are dark
days, and the Dixie Rangers are one of the last lines of
defense for the WHITE RACE. Our country is in danger.
Our Consitiution is in danger. Our rights, our families,
our way of life, our very freedom in danger. We do not
hate you. Take a moment and let that sink in.
Our goal and mission is to protect, educate, and bring
back basic Christian values in our lives and to this great
nation. You remind me of savages throwing rocks at an
over flying airplane, seeing it for the first time. Attacking
it out of fear. Violent, ignorant people. Destroy what
you do not understand or agree with. Yet you call us
inbred white trash. Hypercrits! You cowards can not
explain us. I will never apologize for my white skin. And
by the way, I know of no one in the Klan who would like
to see harm come to Obama. He is our best recrutement
tool. When he speaks, membership picks up. And no,
theres more than just one or two of us sitting around
thinking of the old days. The Dixie Rangers are in six
states and soon to be seven, and many, many cities. We
are one of the fastest growing Klans in the nation. We
are not our grandfathers Klan, hiden in the bachground.
Were out there every day, not for pay, we BELIEVE!
Carl Weems, Imperial Kladd National Headquarters.
Dixie Rangers Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Want to learn more, see our web-site.
Get over it, dude. You guys lost the Civil War. It's over.
.This has to be trolling, right?
ETA: He posted the same thing on Mother Jones. Trolling.
.Inbred white trash? I don't remember using those words. I think I may have used expressions like un-educaytid or stoopid (which mean roughly 'didn't go to no skool' and 'none too brite'), but not inbred white trash.
Unity among the knights? Self referential unity, nearly Godellian.The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for many good things, but most of all unity among us.
What makes the days dark? Clouds? An eclipse? Night?These are dark days, and the Dixie Rangers are one of the last lines of defense for the WHITE RACE.
I've heard of a Christian value that was most precious to Christ. Love your neighbor as yourself. How do you feel about that? Our country has been endanger of buggering itself for some time. With the fiscal irresponsiblity of the past nine years, those dangers appear to have been realized. Is that what you are talking about?Our country is in danger. Our Consitiution is in danger. Our rights, our families, our way of life, our very freedom in danger. We do not hate you. Take a moment and let that sink in. Our goal and mission is to protect, educate, and bring back basic Christian values in our lives and to this great
nation.
Who are you talking to?You remind me of savages throwing rocks at an over flying airplane, seeing it for the first time. Attacking it out of fear. Violent, ignorant people. Destroy what you do not understand or agree with. Yet you call us inbred white trash. Hypercrits! You cowards can not explain us.
Who has asked you to?I will never apologize for my white skin.
There may be some truth in what you say. A pity.And by the way, I know of no one in the Klan who would like to see harm come to Obama. He is our best recrutement tool. When he speaks, membership picks up.
As opposed to Hidden in the Wagnerground ... an ode to Siegfried's tomb.And no, theres more than just one or two of us sitting around thinking of the old days. The Dixie Rangers are in six
states and soon to be seven, and many, many cities. We are one of the fastest growing Klans in the nation. We are not our grandfathers Klan, hiden in the bachground.
You believe what? That we should save Confederate dollars, since the South's gonna rise again? You believe in free silver?Were out there every day, not for pay, we BELIEVE!
Dixie Rangers. A failed hockey franchise?Carl Weems, Imperial Kladd National Headquarters.
Dixie Rangers Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Want to learn more, see our web-site.
The fact that you live in fear amuses me.The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for many good
things, but most of all unity among us. These are dark
days, and the Dixie Rangers are one of the last lines of
defense for the WHITE RACE. Our country is in danger.
Our Consitiution is in danger. Our rights, our families,
our way of life, our very freedom in danger.
You have a funny way of showing that you don't hate us. If I called someone a violent ignorant hypocritical cowardly savage, it would be a mark of dislike on my part.We do not hate you ... savages ... Violent, ignorant people ... Hypercrits! ... cowards ...
Also, when he spoke, sixty-nine million people voted for him as President of the USA, but if you're cool with that, so am I.And
by the way, I know of no one in the Klan who would like
to see harm come to Obama. He is our best recrutement
tool. When he speaks, membership picks up.
How nice for you. And here are some of the people who think you're wrong.And no,
theres more than just one or two of us sitting around
thinking of the old days. The Dixie Rangers are in six
states and soon to be seven, and many, many cities. We
are one of the fastest growing Klans in the nation.
I notice that googling for "Imperial Kladd" gets me just 200 hits. As compared to, for example, 177,000 for "zombie squirrel".We
are not our grandfathers Klan, hiden in the bachground.
Were out there every day, not for pay, we BELIEVE!
Carl Weems, Imperial Kladd National Headquarters.
Dixie Rangers Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Want to learn more, see our web-site.
I've posted this before, but let's see it again ...The Klan's "ranks" and "titles" -- grand wizard, imperial dragon, great titan, level 23 half-elf priest (sorry, different juvenile past-time for bored white kids, that last one) -- crack me up.
Actually, infiltration would explain a few things that have always puzzled me about the Klan.
I can picture the scene now ...
"Well, our market researchers came up with two possible names for our organization ... it's either the Ku-Klux-Klan or the Wibbley-Wobbley-Woo, take your pick. Now, for our uniforms I thought we'd go either for white bedsheets or polka-dot pyjamas ... really? Only I can get the pyjamas cheap ... no, that's fine, this is a democratic organization. Er ... next on the agenda, our leader should have some imposing title like Super-Wonderful Pixie or Grand High Wizard or maybe something about magic elves ... Grand High Wizard it is, then. After all, we do want people to take us seriously. And finally, we need some sort of strong visual identity, a "corporate image" if you like, so I thought we could either burn a cross or spit on the flag, any opinions on that? ... I'm sorry, is there a question at the back? ... no, of course people won't think we're complete twats, why should they? So, what widely revered symbol shall we desecrate, show of hands please ... the cross it is. I think we'll set up a subcommittee on whether we should go the whole hog and nail a flaming effigy of Jesus to each cross, well worth considering if you want my two cents. Now, go out and associate the name of the Wibbly-Wobbly-Woo ... oh, thank you, Mr Secretary ... I mean the Ku-Klux-Klan ... with bestial stupidity and mindless petty hatred until you make every decent person in the USA want to vomit with disgust."
The Klan's "ranks" and "titles" -- grand wizard, imperial dragon, great titan, level 23 half-elf priest (sorry, different juvenile past-time for bored white kids, that last one) -- crack me up. They always remind me of Calvin being "dictator-for-life" and Hobbes being "club president" of the "G. R. O. S. S" (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS) club.
I'll bet most of these "230 independent Klan groups" have about the same membership (2) of Calvin's club, too -- and, for that, matter, exist more or less for the same purpose as the G. R. O. S. S. club, namely, the members never do anything but make fools of themselves and squabble, but they're damned if they're going to let anygirlsNegroes join!
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for many good
things, but most of all unity among us. These are dark
days, and the Dixie Rangers are one of the last lines of
defense for the WHITE RACE. Our country is in danger.
Our Consitiution is in danger. Our rights, our families,
our way of life, our very freedom in danger. We do not
hate you. Take a moment and let that sink in.
Our goal and mission is to protect, educate, and bring
back basic Christian values in our lives and to this great
nation. You remind me of savages throwing rocks at an
over flying airplane, seeing it for the first time. Attacking
it out of fear. Violent, ignorant people. Destroy what
you do not understand or agree with. Yet you call us
inbred white trash. Hypercrits! You cowards can not
explain us. I will never apologize for my white skin. And
by the way, I know of no one in the Klan who would like
to see harm come to Obama. He is our best recrutement
tool. When he speaks, membership picks up. And no,
theres more than just one or two of us sitting around
thinking of the old days. The Dixie Rangers are in six
states and soon to be seven, and many, many cities. We
are one of the fastest growing Klans in the nation. We
are not our grandfathers Klan, hiden in the bachground.
Were out there every day, not for pay, we BELIEVE!
Carl Weems, Imperial Kladd National Headquarters.
Dixie Rangers Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Want to learn more, see our web-site.
You really need a monitor with a higher resolution than 640x480.The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand for many good
things, but most of all unity among us. These are dark
days, and the Dixie Rangers are one of the last lines of
defense for the WHITE RACE. Our country is in danger.
Our Consitiution is in danger. Our rights, our families,
our way of life, our very freedom in danger. We do not
hate you. Take a moment and let that sink in.
Our goal and mission is to protect, educate, and bring
back basic Christian values in our lives and to this great
nation. You remind me of savages throwing rocks at an
over flying airplane, seeing it for the first time. Attacking
it out of fear. Violent, ignorant people. Destroy what
you do not understand or agree with. Yet you call us
inbred white trash. Hypercrits! You cowards can not
explain us. I will never apologize for my white skin. And
by the way, I know of no one in the Klan who would like
to see harm come to Obama. He is our best recrutement
tool. When he speaks, membership picks up. And no,
theres more than just one or two of us sitting around
thinking of the old days. The Dixie Rangers are in six
states and soon to be seven, and many, many cities. We
are one of the fastest growing Klans in the nation. We
are not our grandfathers Klan, hiden in the bachground.
Were out there every day, not for pay, we BELIEVE!
Carl Weems, Imperial Kladd National Headquarters.
Dixie Rangers Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Want to learn more, see our web-site.
It's because his monitor resolution is only 640 pixels wide. It's part of Obama's plot to keep the white race down.Why did you format your post like that? Is this supposed to be a poem or something? It doesn't appear to scan.
Well, you gotta have something to show that you're a more important racist scumbag than all the other, ordinary racist scumbags.
At least dictator-for-life is a somewhat meaningful title; but it is far from obvious weather a imperial dragon is more important than a great titan or ranks lesser than a supreme mugwump.