Author Topic: The Ku Klux Klan (Read 3242 times)

Kephapaulos · « **on:** September 23, 2012, 08:34:03 PM »

So what is the real history about them?

Sigismund · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2012, 10:29:04 PM »

You might have better luck with this question on Wikipedia.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2012, 10:32:12 PM »

There's a famous movie about it by DW Griffith.

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2012, 10:32:33 PM »

Wikipedia can be biased though. That is why I asked here on Cathinfo to find out if anyone knows of good sources about its history.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2012, 10:38:33 PM »

Check out Albert Pike.
My Dad remembers them burning crosses in the yards of Catholics when he was young.

Marcelino · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2012, 10:41:54 PM »

Quote from: Kephapaulos

So what is the real history about them?

Quote from: Marcelino

It is my understanding that, The Ku Klux Klan was formed after the cινιℓ ωαr, in response to the policies of Radical Republicans, imposed on The South, during the era of post-war "reconstruction." Those policies were based on the idea, which at the time was quite radical, that blacks were completely equal with whites and that southern whites had committed great crimes against humanity, by their enslavement of blacks. Hence, southern whites owed a great debt to blacks, which should immediately be repaid with land, money, weapons, political control and a willingness on the part of southern whites to have their property seized, body beaten or raped and their life taken, if wanted, all in the cause of atoning for their sins against the blacks. I do not think I am exaggerating here.

President Lincoln, while a republican, was a moderate. Hence, he did not wish to punish the south, any further than he felt had been required to bring it into submission to The Union, which the cινιℓ ωαr had accomplished and General Lee had agreed to, when he surrendered. However, their were forces within Lincoln's party that did in fact want to punish the south. They were called the radical republicans and, unfortunately, they dominated reconstruction policies in the south.

In response to the terribly anti-southern-white policies of the radical republicans, during reconstruction, southern whites formed a secret political and military organization to protect whites during reconstruction. After the federal government quit pursuing radical policies in the south, it was, for the most part, disbanded.

http://www.cathinfo.com/index.php/The-KKK-Catholics-Reconstruction-Jєωs-and-Spaghetti-Sauce

Marcelino · « **Reply #6 on:** September 23, 2012, 10:42:47 PM »

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In America, around 1900, Catholic and Jєωιѕн immigrants, from Southern and Eastern Europe began flooding into a country, which had been almost exclusively the domain of Protestants from Northern Europe and a minority of protestantized blacks, from Africa.

Not surprisingly, Americans were alarmed by this "Immigrant Invasion." In response, they re-formed The Ku Klux Klan to protest the invasion of their country by foreigners. These protests were largely directed against their own government, which had in fact betrayed them.

My paternal ancestors are catholic immigrants. They often said of this, that had a bunch of Protestants from Northern Europe invaded one of their Catholic countries, the resonse would have been largely the same! So, they didn't take it as a personal insult.

http://www.cathinfo.com/index.php?a=topic&t=20665&f=14

Marcelino · « **Reply #7 on:** September 23, 2012, 10:43:24 PM »

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Today, Protestant and Catholic Americans watch as what they've come to believe is their country, is flooded by immigrants from regions of the world that are alien to themselves. Again, they feel betrayed by their leaders. Again, the causes seem much the same as they were in the early 20th Century (policies that encourage a low birth rate, being coupled with policies that encourage foreign immigration).

Todays "Minute Men" are in essence, yesteryear's Ku Klux Klan.

http://www.cathinfo.com/index.php?a=topic&t=20665&f=14

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #8 on:** September 24, 2012, 02:12:40 AM »

Thank you, everyone!

Kazimierz · « **Reply #9 on:** September 24, 2012, 04:50:22 PM »

The Klan underwent three seperate stages, some of which has already been noted above. It is the last one, fired up again in the late 20th century, that has been the bane of anyone who wishes to present a fair and correct vision of the South. The modern Klan hijacked the Confederate Battle Flag, and it is a constant fight, esp for those of us involved with fighting for Confederate Heritage. That damnable Reconstruction is at the heart of the destruction of race relations.

PS There is a new film by Spielberg( and that by itself should send warning bells) about Lincoln, that will be a liar's and propagandist's revelry. There are a few good books out there that tell the truth about the South, the Klan and Lincoln (may his soul forever burn like overdone kippers). :smoke-pot:

Telesphorus · « **Reply #10 on:** September 24, 2012, 05:02:31 PM »

Quote from: Elizabeth

Check out Albert Pike.
My Dad remembers them burning crosses in the yards of Catholics when he was young.

My grandmother recalls them burning crosses in Dubuque when she was a girl.

Sigismund · « **Reply #11 on:** September 24, 2012, 05:34:53 PM »

Quote from: Kephapaulos

Wikipedia can be biased though. That is why I asked here on Cathinfo to find out if anyone knows of good sources about its history.

That is true, but it is often a good place to start. There is actually a good article about it in the Catholic Encyclopedia. it is available for free on line at New Advent. Of course, the article only goes up to the 1920's, I think. I am sure you can find a lot by just googling it.

The only thing I know about it that is perhaps not widely known is that the founder, Nathan Bedford Forrest, a brilliant if often brutal Confederate general, later became a devout Christian, repudiated the Klan and his racial philosophy.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 24, 2012, 10:11:45 PM »

In regards to the vast immigration of Catholic and Jєωιѕн immigrants in the
late 19th and into the early 20th Century.
As a result, today you can see the Jєωιѕн power exercised all over
our government, foreign and domestic policies, the judiciary and
all avenues of government. The media and hollywood propraganda,
and I can go on and on.
The question today, where is the Catholic Power. It does not exist.
Thanks to modernism, and Vatican 2.

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #13 on:** September 24, 2012, 11:29:22 PM »

Quote from: Sigismund

Quote from: Kephapaulos
Wikipedia can be biased though. That is why I asked here on Cathinfo to find out if anyone knows of good sources about its history.

That is true, but it is often a good place to start. There is actually a good article about it in the Catholic Encyclopedia. it is available for free on line at New Advent. Of course, the article only goes up to the 1920's, I think. I am sure you can find a lot by just googling it.

The only thing I know about it that is perhaps not widely known is that the founder, Nathan Bedford Forrest, a brilliant if often brutal Confederate general, later became a devout Christian, repudiated the Klan and his racial philosophy.

Thank you.

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #14 on:** September 24, 2012, 11:30:43 PM »

Thank you to everyone.