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Do you really think itās unreasonable to not have people who are aligned with a terrorist organization work in the public sector? Yes, cops are public servant, which means they serve the public. The public includes black people, Jews, atheists, Catholics, and LBGQT people - all of whom the KKK doesnāt like and a member of the organization would not be able to do their job effectively serving the public. This is pretty straight forward, actually.
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So weird how the right projects their sins onto others.
And also how they enable domestic terrorists. But hey, a race war and mass murder is what they want.
He deserves to have the opportunity to work and support himself and his loved ones. If heās not allowed in positions of authority then a different place should be found for him, or he at least should not be barred from a non-threatening position. This includes management positions, unless you want to forcibly question every manager everywhere about their prejudices and force out anyone with racist/sexist/whatever beliefs.
If youāre not willing to do that, and are actually okay with abusive people in management nestled in the woodwork all over the damn place, then maybe we can compromise and only punish/demote/fire people when they actually display abusive behavior?
Why canāt his KKK buddies hook him up with a job? Isnāt it like a redneck Masons group, or is all they do burning crosses?
In all seriousness, he should be able to work, but heās not entitled by character to be appropriate for every position. And companies should not be forced to employ a known racist leader.
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I kind of donāt get why everyone assumes that people who say āheritage not hateā are lying. I mean, I think theyāre deluded, but there are actual humans who are not racist, despise racism, and do not see the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism.
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A major force behind KKK recruitment is poor/underemployed white folks trying to find someone to blame for their plight. The Klan as a whole does not skew towards wealth and connections.
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?? How does he not have that opportunity ??
Persons employed by a public school district may not have the same authority and power as police, but there are a still a host of reasons to try and prevent those employees being active, unrepentant members of groups long established as hate/terrorist organizations with established histories of violence.
If he wants a job where he might not be fired for being an open racist, heāll have to keep his head down wonāt he? Or how would you have it?
Iām sure there are companies that would put him in management as long as the public didnāt find out or their own company ethos embraced racists, but I donāt see how the question came up. Do you find heās qualified to manage others? I certainly didnāt raise the question.
Or let him challenge his dismissal in court!
He didnāt have the stones to do so when the investigation uncovered evidence of his activity, perhaps thereās a reason?
The fact is no one has done this fellow a bad turn. Itās on him.
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Back in the day, it was also an early MLM scheme. You had to buy Klan approved sheets, pamphlets, horse garb, etc.
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George Carlin ā āThink of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.ā
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Convictions of cops for crimes on duty assumes that cops donāt occupy a highly privileged position where they enjoy less scrutiny than the public theyāre policing, donāt have close ties with DAs who have extreme incentives to not bother their police partners, and that cops are not highly unified in their departments and arenāt willing to let bad behavior slide.
The fact is these things are common, and police are privileged beyond obscenity.
Either you are extremely naive, or are simply an apologist for powerful people who literally get away with murder.
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Serious question but also a side tangent. Are all KKK uniforms homemade? Or does some factory somewhere make and sell them? I got to wondering this and imagining the irony of them being made by some non white factory worker overseas somewhere.
Iām pretty sure theyāre home made what business concern would be on board with making: garments specifically and uniquely designed to express the haterd of non-whites?
Itās a weird looking uniform and I canāt imagine a factory turning them out if they knew what they were for, unless otherwise engaged in the cause.
I had to hand-sew my own merit badges onto my sash as a boy scout. My grandma refused to help because she said (and still says) āstitching two things together is simple and easy, even with the disability of being a manā
Sheās one sharp cookie, even though sheās a fundie christian. She donāt take no shit from no one nohow, and makes bad thinkers apologize for their stupidity, and sheās 88 years old.
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So, I guess your first merit badge had to be for sewing?
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Heh, I never earned the textiles merit badge. Which is actually a thing. But my first merit badge is cooking (hard fought due to AD/HD and impatience) and was the first badge on my sash. The stitching would make a strong man cringe, and wouldnāt be acceptable as temporary stitching for a large wound in combat.
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As a life-long Floridian, this surprises me. In thirty years, I have never detected much of a Klan presence here. There are a lot of one-percenter biker dudes with swastikas on their arms, but never have I seen any evidence of KKK activity. Too many dixie-boyz moving down hereā¦
I was guessing they were probably homemade, but looking at images online the higher ups have quite elaborate getups. Also, the clothing industry has quite a few shady players, I donāt think it would be that difficult to find someone more then happy to make just about anything.
True. And my Marxist streak shines through when I say that Iād absolutely refuse to do work in any way that runs counters to my ideology. Although as an American citizen with a rudimentary grasp of my countyās history, and by being in such a privileged position Iām nit always equipped to realize that the work Iām doing is in the service of those who would decide that important a threat to their unearned and undeserved hegemony.
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Well, as stated earlier. The KKK uniform manufacturing was carefully controlled. I wouldnāt be surprised if it was still āby whites for whitesā in the USA.
Without exception? That seems pretty incompatible with a Capitalistic society.
