Great item from the "Last Days" column in The Stranger(Seattle's alternative paper)

[Ken Burch]

(this is a regular column lists strange things that occurred each day of the previous week)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Speaking of gifts, the week continued with a wonderful one from the Bavarian town of Wunsiedel, where residents have spent years trying to stop neo-Nazis from marching through their town. "Neo-Nazis are attracted to the town because Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess was once buried there," reports the Guardian. "Though his remains were exhumed in 2011 and his grave was destroyed, far-right extremists still flock to the town year after year." But this year, disgruntled citizens found a new way to protest the annual neo-Nazi march: "Without the marchers' knowledge, local residents and businesses sponsored the 250 participants of the march on 15 November in what was dubbed Germany's 'most involuntary walkathon,'" reports the Guardian. "For every metre they walked, €10 went to a programme called EXIT Deutschland, which helps people escape extremist groups." Bonus: a sign hung at the end of the march route, thanking the marchers for their "donations." Viva Wunsiedel!

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. ohh...we gotta do that with the KKK

Most excellent idea.

[Ken Burch]

2. Make it so.

Donations would go to Klanwatch or the SPLC(or whichever other groups were felt to be worthy).

Do we have a group in the U.S. that helps people get out of the Klan or out of neo-Nazi orgs? If not, one should be founded.