Adding onto Monday's post W.A.W. goes after the KKK : r/KansasCityKansas
To truly understand the Klan, you only need to know this:
It’s a Constitution-violating group of masked thugs who want to live in a different country. This is not an exaggeration, and it’s obvious when you consider their wish to suppress, violate or eliminate the following areas of the Constitution:
- Article VI: They wanted a religious test for people to hold office
- 1st Amendment: Demanded people they attacked say nothing, or worse would come
- 2nd: Wanted to strip gun rights from blacks, Jews, Catholics, and other groups
- 4th: Felt entitled to search others’ homes and seize their property
- 5th: Surpassed due process and double jeopardy by taking the law into their own hands
- 7th: Instead of a jury, they wanted to rule on matters
- 8th: Exercised cruel and unusual punishment
- 9th: Expulsion of rights, such as privacy and travel
- 10th: Attempted to strip states of their sovereignty by becoming their ruling force
o Amendments 1-10 are also The Bill of Rights. They don’t believe in them
- 13th: Slavery was abolished via ratification of this amendment in 1865. The Klan was formed in 1865. This was not a coincidence
- 14th: They were against rights of citizenship and equal protection
- 15th: Wanted race to be a determining factor in voting rights
It cannot be overstated that the Klan will always, and only, be a rotten body of un-American activity. They do not respect the law – in letter or spirit – or its history.
What so many people supporting William A. White for governor in 1924 wanted was to get rid of masked gang members messing up their towns. They wanted them off the streets and away from public office.
PICTURE (1): Klan march on Washington when Coolidge was President and Curtis was Senate Majority Leader