KKK says membership Exploded after Trump Election

[_Icarus]

I guess they'd know.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... YAERhNvhAw

[_Gunnar]

Thank you, Donald Trump! All the world needs to make it right is more KKK members.

[_Markk]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/number-hate-g ... d=61186850

The center's report also found that for the third straight year, the number of Ku Klux Klan groups fell from 130 in 2016 to 51 in 2018, and the number of neo-Nazi groups fell 7 percent from 121 in 2017 to 112 in 2018.

"The Klan has begun to be a part of the white supremacist movement that just isn't attracting many folks to its message," Beirich said. "It's simply becoming less important, which is a big change."

You can say that other hate groups rose during Trump's three years...but not the KKK, in fact if you read the link you pasted, you would have read...

...“When Obama became President, that’s when [membership] just skyrocketed,” he said. “And now that Trump is President, it seems like it’s getting even better, because more whites are starting to be more proud.”

His comments should be taken with a pinch of salt – Mr Barker also claimed that the brains of black people are less developed compared to white people, and that the Bible warns against breaking bread with immigrants.

Bottom line is that under Trump, membership of the KKK has fallen. But to blame hate groups that arise during any presidents presidency, on the president is a weak a argument in my opinion. I think we can be thankful that membership has declined in the past three years.

[_ajax18]

But to blame hate groups that arise during any presidents presidency, on the president is a weak a argument in my opinion.

I think Black Lives Matter was emboldened as a violent hate group due to Obama's presidency and Eric Holder's service as attorney general. I haven't heard much from them over the past 4 years under Trump.

[_Maksutov]

From 2017.

[_Brackite]

I think Black Lives Matter was emboldened as a violent hate group due to Obama's presidency and Eric Holder's service as attorney general.

I was never a big fan of Eric Holder, but I don't really agree that Black Lives Matter was emboldened due to Holder and Obama's presidency.

[_EAllusion]

Black Lives Matter is not a violent hate group. That's Ajax, a vicious racist who actually has belonged to violent hate groups, attempting to besmirch any organized attempt to advocate for black civil rights.

[_moksha]

I think Black Lives Matter was emboldened as a violent hate group due to ...

Wait, is this the episode where Goober and Opie find some pointy hoods out behind the moonshine still?

[_ajax18]

Black Lives Matter is not a violent hate group. That's Ajax, a vicious racist who actually has belonged to violent hate groups, attempting to besmirch any organized attempt to advocate for black civil rights.

https://apnews.com/82041d6fe9694ff8bec382499d149a7c

"Pigs in a blanket, fry them like bacon," they chant.

How is that because I posted on stormfront that I now belonged to a violent hate group? What exactly on stormfront is comparable to, "Pigs in a blanket fry them like bacon," Were people on stormfront ever shouting, "Burn this bitch down," before actually burning and looting a city like St. Louis? When has stormfront or any group of white nationalists burnt down and looted a large portion of a major city like Baltimore or Los Angeles (Rodney King)?

During Obama's presidency, this kind of stuff was happening all the time. Police shootings by people affiliated with Black lives matter in Baton Rouge, Baltimore, St. Louis, Charlotte etc. I haven't heard much about it since the Trump administration took over. There's been law and order reimposed I this country.

[_Gunnar]

So, Ajax, do you or do you not approve of the recent, rapid growth in KKK membership?