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My Friend Just Told Me Trump Wants To Send The Klan To Shoot The Agent Provocateurs (Original Post) DanieRains May 2020 OP
Ask your friend for proof nt ramblin_dave May 2020 #1
They Might Have To Shoot Themselves, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #2
That's Why It Sounded So Strange White Folks Shooting White Folks DanieRains May 2020 #3
Not to be a jerk kind sir, dware May 2020 #4
They say the first two words come from "kyklos," LuvNewcastle May 2020 #7
Thanks for the info. dware May 2020 #8
That it is. LuvNewcastle May 2020 #12
I Have Seen It Claimed, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #9
Fascinating. dware May 2020 #11
I see what you did there Sir malaise May 2020 #5
Thank You, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #10
I think they got their messages crossed... Salviati May 2020 #6
Who knows. Corgigal May 2020 #13
It is correct sarisataka May 2020 #14
No, that would be considered suicide. NutmegYankee May 2020 #15

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
2. They Might Have To Shoot Themselves, Ma'am
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:35 PM
May 2020

There is little doubt a goodly portion of the provocateurs are klu klux types, in modern iterations....

dware

(12,375 posts)
4. Not to be a jerk kind sir,
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:45 PM
May 2020

but it's Ku Klux Klan.
Where the fuck they came up with that ridiculous name is beyond me.

LuvNewcastle

(16,845 posts)
7. They say the first two words come from "kyklos,"
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:54 PM
May 2020

which is Greek for "circle." The Klan part is the same as clan. That's what I've always heard, anyway.

LuvNewcastle

(16,845 posts)
12. That it is.
Sat May 30, 2020, 08:01 PM
May 2020

It's funny that they use a Greek word as part of their name. That group might have more members who are illiterate sons of bitches than any other organisation on Earth.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
9. I Have Seen It Claimed, Sir
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:58 PM
May 2020

That the name derives from the sound of cocking and firing a repeating rifle of the period. Am not certain I believe this, but the tale has a certain ring to it which makes me want to. The founder, Nathan Bedford Forrest, is best remembered as the officer in charge at the Fort Pillow massacre late in the Civil War, when Negro soldiers of a Union force overcome in battle were murdered after surrender. He was not a particularly literate man, and his report on the matter reads 'We busted the fort about niner clock and the niggers skedadled. My men is a killin em in the woods.' One of the immortal quotes of American history, in my view, and worth unexpurgated presentation.

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
6. I think they got their messages crossed...
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:50 PM
May 2020

It seems more likely that he sent the Klan as the agents provocateurs

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