Actually, that’s the original revolutionary flag, which white power groups often claim (and the Confederacy claimed) because they argue that they are carrying on the original intent of the American revolution… if they had the American flag from 1860, that would be different.
seems legit…
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I recall this tactic being used in the Pacific NW. I dont’ recall what kind of candy they offered.
A local industrial-park evangelical church* would occasionally hang bags with candy and invitation to a service on the doorknob of my old apartment. The bags were a good size for packing a sandwhich and piece of fruit, and the candy took care of dessert! The invitation, I recycled.
*They were, or are, a fairly decent outfit. I walked my dog through their property each morning. They had a food pantry, clothes closet, and special services for guys with sex predator records. The “kids not allowed during these times” signs in the parking lot entrances were kind of hair-raising.
Marginal groups are always trying to boost their image. Does it even work? I’m pretty sure a local stretch of highway was adopted by the nazi party (nationalist socialists?). I have mixed feelings on them cleansing the median. Sure, it’s nice they pick up trash, but then I think about them possibly burning it and I drive a bit faster on that stretch.
I dunno - that’s the original, slave owning American Flag, which included the Northern and Southern States
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If you really want to ram the message home, you’d better use this one:
I didn’t even know the Klan were still a thing.
That’s flag at the time of the Revolution. The Union flag at the time of the Civil War looked like this:
Whereever cousins marry or there’s lead in the drinking water, you’ll find 'em.
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“Klandygram!”
In the place we used to live they distributed their photocopied white power newsletters in plastic bags with a couple of rocks inside to keep them from blowing away. The candy is probably seen as a nicer choice that serves the same purpose.
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Our local mob gave out chocolate. Really lousy chocolate, which made me doubt the intentions of their god.
I think it’s hilarious.
I mean . . . did they actually think candy would bring in new recruits? I can imagine them all sitting around in their Klubhouse brainstorming, and suddenly one guy perks up: “wait! I got it! . . . CANDY!”
Maybe next week they will think “hey, kids today like that rapping music, right? Let’s do a rap music video!” (Cue video of hooded Klansmen doing typically bad sing-songy rhymes over a Casiotone beat.)
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Probably Palmer “chocolatey” candy, the bottom-shelf bargain brand of the confectionery world.
I’m curious about that card and that contest. Some kind of shabby fund-raising deal, I imagine. Only instead of money you get new congregents?
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About that level. Even carob (which is in itself evidence of the existence of Sithrak the Blind Gibberer) tastes better.
It’s an interesting take on proselytism and not one I’ve seen again. Simply fill in your details, post it off or hand it in to a participating church and you go into a draw in exchange for your contact details and possibly your immortal soul. So not all that different to many other lucky raffle ad campaigns. 
What about my personal favorite?:
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Hello,
This almost sounds like a variation on the Northwest Front propaganda that was distributed at Fort Carson, CO last month.
Chocolate and peanut butter flavors together? That’s miscegenation! Delicious, delicious miscegenation.
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Only when they get media attention.
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