Historian on the KKK: Ku Klux Klan | Jeremi Suri and Lex Fridman
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Guest bio: Jeremi Suri is a historian at UT Austin.
Please Interview Jared Taylor, an advocate for the white race.
People fail to see how important history is in my generation and it’s not good
Word salad 🥗
democrats won't bring up history...... because when you look back on KKK or basically any other atrocity of US past, the scoreboard wouldn't look very good for them :D:D that's why instead of history, they poison young minds with this woke nonsense
A good many of them believe it is offensive to think or talk about history. One of the more astounding things that has happened in the latter part of my lifetime.
Look at what Desantis is doing now in Florida, banning the teaching of AP African American studies
@@davidhughes4089 , is that really what he is doing? Or is DeSantis just the new public enemy number one since he appears to be the Republican front runner?
In the 1920s, the KKK in Gainesville, Florida, stormed the local Catholic Church, beating and castrating the priest, simply because they feared that more people would convert to Catholicism. Who were the KKK members who committed this evil crime? The town mayor and the town police chief.
Do you have documentation I can read, it does sound interesting.
Based
@@jamesalexander8872 no.
Growing up in the midwest, I dealt with the modern KKK neonazis that send you pictures of your kids. Its a mistake to think of it as one specific group. More like several small groups some hyper-violent, some kinda normal dudes
Send you pictures of your kids? Can you elaborate on that?
People rarely mention the Midwest when discussing that history, it was violent and prevalent there as well.
@@johntoe5547That is a threat. IE I know where your kids are
Suri was low key annoyed at Lex’s sloppy 7/11 analogy lol
Suri is an undercover liberal radical and is annoyed by people like Lex period.
@@PrayedForYou please try harder
@@PrayedForYou
Yup. ☝️💥👌
@Guess who's coming to youtube
Oh, a Joe Joe voter...
Biden's silly lil racist base.
@@PrayedForYou Says the clown who knows full well that his party is a hotbed of white supremacists.
I would argue Suri is out of touch with “The People “ and is an ideologue more then a historian
The peoples touch has nothing to do with historical fact. Blacks in this country are completely conspiracy riddled and delusional.
"my grandparents were Jews"
"I once had a bad salad" WTF was that???????
you can lighten up any time now
Come on, Lex. Get Uncle Vlad on the set.
I would pay for that.
I understand lex. The best part of the day is going into 711 with the pods in.
This shows me even more you need Umar on. Lex you need more education on black Americans
Look up Umars chat with Cynthia G - she tore him up .. I’m a fan of Umar too
Calling jan 6 an insurection is so mind numbingly stupid.
Comparing racial trauma to a 7-11 salad is a new low for brother Lex 😂
it was an analogy, not a comparison
it was actually a joke. Laugh a little tightwad
@@Loujeezy got three likes and dude thinks he dropped a huge laugh. write a joke and we'll laugh, loose-ass
@@jacobreuter wasn’t trying to drop a huge a laugh, just a funny comment for people who get it. You probably would laugh if you weren’t too busy with Lex’s man meat in your mouth.
@@Loujeezy was that another attempt at a funny? Move along little guy.
Possibly the best evil laugh I've heard in a long time.
Echos of history are so influential to human behavior. Humans are primarily tribal. Our survival is dependent on having access and support of the affecting social domain. Our views and perspectives are influenced by the history of the social domain.
In order for progressive change to manifest it is necessary to understand the echos of history and that the change in attitudes can only be achieved when we can build bridges of reconciliation and forge relationships of trust - actions that enable the echos of history to evolve.
Reconcile ?? Echoes of history.. lol.
Neat bevy of meaningless abstractions 👍🏽
Well said Dennis I strongly agree with you.......
I live in a country that was colonised over 200 years ago that was developed and had a system put in place to benefit the colonisers and not the original peoples. I always say that the system in my country in no way benefits my people to move forward in the 21st century but always finds a way to keep us down.
@@Leeviii2024 The transaction “I win; you lose” has existed since antiquity. Despite the fact mankind’s greatest assets are the ability to communicate, collaborate, and work together, unfortunately, humans falsely believe resources are scarce and instead choose to compete and implement domains of hierarchies. The prevalent mindset is there has to be extrinsic compensatory incentives for human engagement, otherwise the outcome will be unproductive. Eventually, we will grow and learn to realize that we can achieve win - win victories for humanity.
@Dennis Brinkley Colonize and kick them off their land, take everything away from language too culture, divide and conquer each group, take their kids away and force them to learn a new language and culture that is so much different. Enforce a new religion with new laws and start extracting whatever minerals you can from the continent the loosers belonged whilst keeping them on a small block of land run by the church and make it hard for the original population to move about freely, they will eventually turn out to be welfare dependent with so much troubles. Then blame the Original peoples for their current state and problems - I belong to a country that is in denial
Lex doesn’t ask tough questions. And is not the person to interview dark people.
WV senator Byrd was ex kkk and supposedly LBJ had ties to KKK as well
It wouldnt surprise me I also believe there is a recording of LBJ saying he was going to keep blacks voted Democrat for 200 years and that was during the civil rights movement when he signed that civil rights bill yeah i think that was just the kkk plan to me it seem less racist by letting the african american be the fault of their own down fall since blacks have gotten the rights vote an feel threatened by the kkk and white people i wanna say about 90 percent of the black community votes Democrats and I'm sorry but for my opinion I don't think they helping the African-American community I think it's just making it worse the neighborhood's terrible-looking like the Democrats have not fixed the problem and then crime in the black community like Chicago Beetlejuice ain't done nothing about that because they dont care about the black community they are handing things out free this is america nothing is free if u wanna good life u have to work for it just because you're on welfare and you get the social security stretched does not mean to government cares about u they only care about the vote because if they did care about the black community it would look alot more better than it is
The KKK was the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Party from 1867 until the 1970s. Bill Clinton gave the eulogy at a KKK leader’s funeral.
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My grandfather as a boy was terrified of the Ku Klux Klan they would ride through the town and the horses always terrified him. One day he was with his grandma working in the basement and looked at a chest and tried opening it. She hit his hand away and said to never look in that chest,. regardless he waited a bit until the evening and opened the chest and found his Grandad's Santa outfit and his Red Grand wizard Ku Klux Klan outfit.
He says that they were int he best of relations with the only black family in the town and they were well accepted. The only instance of violence he mentioned was that a drunk once beat his wife to a pulp and she was crying and when the Klan found out they got going came to is house, beat him and said if he did it again they'd hang him from a tree. The beatings stopped.
I'm not trying to justify the Klan but for a lot of people it was probably just a boys club where they could pretend to be western heroes.
I’m sure your grandparents, who were hiding the very existence of your grandad’s KKK outfit, were 100% honest with you about this, and we should take your story as an application to the whole history of the KKK. Thanks.
I've lived in Alabama my entire life. Trust me when I say there are still lots of old folks who speak glowingly of the Klan. The only catch is they will tell you they don't have any negative accounts of the KKK brutalizing people. (I don't believe them; I'm pretty sure they're just playing dumb). No matter, they'll only talk about the money the Klan would raise to rebuild churches and city halls, or how they acted as the town's volunteer fire depts in the more remote reaches of the state where little infrastructure existed, and last but certainly not least- the unmatched protection they'd provide for bootleggers by blocking the dirt roads and forest paths that led to their stills! Apparently the KKK did a first rate job of stimying Revenue Agents back in the day...
You’re a brave man…….a salad from 7-Eleven!?🤣
I respect that Lex acknowledged he would not be qualified to interview Putin. Massive respect.
Too bad the guy hes interviewing thinks he himself would.
Has to inject what is going on in Ukraine with pogroms against Jews, then says it has nothing to do with pogroms but it makes him looks at it like it does anyway.
🤦🏿♂️🤦♂️
#FreePutin
@@bobross5079from this earth?
-Late night 7/11 salad equals to 4 days of suffering
How is Lex so slow?
Mini chicken sandwiches. And A Single pickle or pickle chips! And an instant oatmeal in a coffee cup. And Yaphabk / Riverhead made a Business Plan" to Recycle the Lil Milk Boxes. They didn't recycle Lil Milk boxes. And 711 coffee bar Creamerz is salad bar .
Lex's salad analogy :))))))))) lol
Jeremi just went David Goggins on his students!
Someone like VladTV would be great to interview Putin because he does he's research the way Lex is speaking of.
You should watch the Oliver Stone’s interviews of Putin.
My grandparents were Holocaust survivors who immigrated to the US and after WWII and landed in Pulaski, TN where the Klan started. They, as well as other Jews and Jewish relatives, opened and operated successful businesses in Pulaski and were well received, respected, and successful. My grandfather told me that the Klan was primarily a social and political group advancing self interests and not a group that went about terrorizing individuals in that area, akin to a country club type crowd. Certainly there are groups called Klan who terrorized people other places but it was largely regional.
wow tell us more LIES
Wow, what a clown. I know people from Pulaski, you are either dumb as hell, evil as hell or both.
Lex working hard to downplay systemic racism, suggesting it is history except for "echoes", like his 7-eleven salad.
Smfh shut up
Yeah, and somehow he's a "rational voice for democracy". I mean I like him, but he's so blinded by his personal experience.
@@erisgh0sted961 he’s a bozo
@@erisgh0sted961 amen
Systemic racism exists but is vastly overblown. Besides, the definition is very off. Very little if any systemic racism going on today - there are disparities left over from past system racism though. This is the confusion
I had no idea there were so many Jews and Catholics in the South in the 1800s
This guy sounds exactly like David Brooks.. it’s spooky.. they could brothers.
Lotta kids who kept their grandpa's hood in the comments.
I just "Kindled" Jeremy's book. Thank you.
I just "Kindled" your mom
Nice one 🤣😉
The guy that’s balding was slick flirting with that other guy!
The fact Lex referred to putin as a democratically elected leader tragically comical.
A softball interview that allows them to sound reasonable? If their position is not reasonable, then no amount of preparation will allow them to make it so. I wouldn't have a problem with giving them the questions in advance. An ambush interview is not a good look for your own side. That is the sort of tactic that is used by someone who is not able to defend their own position, and the position opposing the KKK is ought to be easy enough to put together.
would have loved to hear him speak on the Cornerstone Speech by Confeduh-rit Vice President Alex Stevens in 1861 at the birth of the Confeduh-ricy. The one that destroys the absurd claim that the Confeduh-rit flag of defeat wasnt about wyt supremicy
Wow great comment. I never heard of that speech, but I just looked it up. "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition." The confederacy was based on pure white supremacy.
@desertezz yeah Confeduhrit flag wavers don't talk about that speech. Not that any of them would ever be confused for historians.
Interestingly the civil war was largely fought by men who were forced to do so via conscription. The rich could buy their way out while the poor were forced to fight one of the most brutal wars ever fought where the emergence of modern weaponry really began to take hold while tactics remained similar to those of the revolutionary war. Both sides used conscription to form and maintain their armies.
As such you could say the war was fought by slaves. I think that's interesting and am glad that the United States no longer relies on conscription to form an army. At least the Union Army had a just cause. The vast majority of southern soldiers didn't own slaves or even land. They were forced to fight for an unjust cause and died in defense of tyranny.
7-11 salad! Do you like gas station Sushi? Holy shit!
As a fan of Lex I'm disappointed he eats anything at Seven 11 lol
I’m not
Why?
7-eleven in Japan is great
@@waynedonoghue4071 It was a joke, Lex is smart but gets a salad from 7 Eleven.
@@chasecarter3302 Again, I don't see why that contradicts being smart. Just asking lol
Lex…bud, stay away from 7-11! It’s by far THE WORST convenience type store in existence! Not only do you run the common risk of food poisoning if you’re brave/stupid enough, & summon up the courage to try some of their food, but they are overpriced on everything they sell, and also have the worst selection of any store. There are so many things they don’t carry, and instead some of them make their own shitty pizza and rubbery chicken…like wtf!? My go-to’s around here are the Wawa and Royal Farms. There are also scattered Pantry’s around here in some places and lastly Sheetz but that is rare. ALL of these are far superior to 7-11 in every way! Get with the game, Lex! Get to a Wawa! 😂
711s are franchised, all have different owners, some can be fine and some can be horrible but still probably not a good place to habitually go to
So why weren’t you listening and understanding like this when talking to Kanye? Why didn’t you acknowledge these things then?
Guest: my family was in a pogrom.
Lex: one time I ate a salad.
I'll give everyone 1 guess on witch side he leans towards....
Yeah I can’t tell 🥴
Facts sounds left leaning to people who consume MAGA propaganda.
@@Jaxon5209 I didn't say left or right. Your reply proves my point. Lets go Brandon/Jaxson520....
What did he say that you associated with left or right politics?
You sure you’re not just primed by bomb thrower pundits to find completely mundane, uncontroversial claims as politically motivated?
The winning one.
who is Suri to warn Lex how to do an interview ? Suri is the old guard ADL uber paranoid outdated fearful approach .
“Someone like David Duke , who everybody knows “ ????? - Donald Trump said he did not know who David Duke was .
I hope Alex gets to interview Putin before he dies
I don’t think Alex is dying anytime soon
@@HocDolliday I’m talking about Putin, Bruv. 😂
Lex gave the stupidest metaphor for racism in the police force.
This "historian " can't even be taken serious. On the subject of softball question using fox as an example showing bias. If he would have said big corporate media or fox and cnn then I would agree with him. What a joke lol
This comment can’t be taken serious because you seem to not understand the difference between facts and an opinion. His opinion of Fox News is not the same as having facts on history.
1,456 times "K" appeared in a script, and Eddie Murphy's character goes ballistic....
Wish we could have stayed on the police foundational problems. Too many folks licking boots of straight up Badge Bunnies.
It disgusts me to see the blind faith normal people have towards police as our rights are trampled
I can’t trust a guy who hangs on to the last 4 strands of hair
lol
I can’t trust a guy who cares so much about what other dudes look like
Or a man who comments on it
@@kylepatterson4793 Good one Kyle. Reply to a sarcastic comment instead of watching the Super Bowl. Untuck your c*ck for the night
I think he's too deep in thought to give a shit
Sounds a lot like CRT
how
Suri was at Madison when the Wisconsin insurrection happened. He didn't have a problem with that one.
Very smart man. it's unfortunate ,That he Has the arrogance And confidence of a young man. Sometimes you can be too smart be your own good and not realize that you are a 100% wrong and most of what you believe.
Lex's topics are always Jesus and Abe Lincoln or Hitler and the KKK lol
Lex has twisted elf child ears, I just noticed. 😮
MUH JAY SICKSS
OKKK!!!
Never food from 711.
The fact he immediately goes to Fox News not say CNN or MSNBC, or every other media outlet is telling. Not saying he’s wrong but when leftists point to Fox as the watch CNN or MSNBC I can’t take them as a moral person.
Now it's named
Kuild Kad Ketter ( 6uild 6ack 6etter )
Sure, debbie
@@DrSpaceman69 Thanks Billy Bo
I bet these “history buffs” getting mad that this dude dissing fox and friends 😂
"These are"....
Democrats? Yes Democrats.
Y'all forgot the brand "Democrats" kid.
☝️🍋
I'm sure someone who is jewish is not going to have a biased opinion on the KKK, right?
What?
You're so right!!! Jews and Blacks shouldnt be allowed to write about the Holocaust and slavery. Too biased.
@@JSmooove98 There's no need for demagogy, I am simply pointing out that the messenger influences the message, nothing more.
It’s Pudding Te Children
Not a single person has been charged with "insurrection".
Calling Jan 6th an "insurrection" is idiotic, politically biased and embarrassing.
So attacking congress in an effort to overturn election results is not insurrection? Just because a person hasn't been charged doesn't mean it didn't happen.
@@nuhashahmed7692 "Just because a person hasn't been charged doesn't mean it didn't happen."
Actually, yes it does. If the full force of the government can't make that charge stick, then it's obviously bullshit.
@@LuckyFlesh So them quite visibly breaking through the capitol and storming through the building and hunting for senators didn't happen? And there's already 400+ people charged and on trial so I don't know what you're exactly talking about.
@@nuhashahmed7692 Did you have a point to make or were you just anxious to demonstrate your membership in the blueanon cult?
@@technosaurus3805 I did make my point, read my comment again. Oh yes, I must be a liberal because I'm pointing something out that is not in line with your republican narrative? 😑
711 back in the day university 3 dogs for a dollar
The last "official" linching of a black man did not happen 100 yrs ago. It happenee in the early 80s in Alabama!
Lex needs to have on Jared Taylor next. He has some pretty unique views but a fascinating and wise man nonetheless
Lex, please Interview Jared Taylor, an advocate for the white race
Lol.. wonder if this dude is going to keep the same attitude after todays events.
30 seconds in and we know all we need to
That's how you form your opinions. 30 seconds, no open mind, you know everything already. Nice job
What do you mean by this?
@@obiwanyutuben If your language is specific to an ideology then yes. I don’t need an hour long podcast to someone is crazy if they tell me about the flat earth and bigfoot in the first 30 seconds
@@obiwanyutuben that and all the other comments on a 4 hour long video going into depth and confirming what I am alluding to
@@jasonbrody8724 you contradicted yourself in your 3 attempts to explain your thoughts. That's the sign of a crazy person.
🤕
"insurrections" dude lost all credibility
How do you talk about the history of of Kkk without mentioning the Democratic Party ?
Because he's a Democrat and the cognitive dissonance is unbearable
Cause all KKK members today vote republican
I’m assuming this is an attempt to create a false equivalency between the Democratic party of the 1870s and the current day Democratic party?
Yes, since the democrats are the ones defending the confederate flag today and famously are against removing the statues of confederate generals. Also its well known that KKK members tend to vote for democrats. Lets not pretend something called party swich happened and ignore it
parties switched bud
Lex should interview Daniel carver… wake up white people!!!😂
Lex, Jared Taylor. He is a well known white supremacist editor of American Renaissance, who grew up in Japan, his parents are Christian missionaries. Jared is fluent in Japanese. You might want to examine his journey from growing up in Japan, going to Yale at 16 and the rest.
Jared Taylor is interesting. I’m biracial and I find his views very interesting. He has multiple points that Alex not anyone else could counter ..
White people are supreme!
I love how lex tries his hardest to repress get right wing ideology lol bro there a lot off racism in policing today let’s be real
What is the evidence of racism in modern
Policing? I’ve seen data that points to brown and black cops being much more likely to assault and shoot black suspects. You can’t just cherry pick a few disparities and claim the entire system is racist.
@@brianmeen2158 your right. I didn’t say the racism was coming from white people only. As a black man in living in Florida, the worst experiences I’ve had involving police have been with women black Asian and especially latino police officers. The truth is in America the police and justice system has a racial issue when It comes to marginalized communities or just black and brown in general. The only way to fix it is more training
Haha😂😂 .Putin is elected in democratic elections…??!!This was hard to swallow!
He was democratically elected because he is very popular in Russia. From the Greek: "Demos" = People, "Cratos" = power, so democracy means, the power of the people. Therefore, the People of Russia applied their power by electing him.
Lexs interview w Netanyahu was pure pablum. I’m still reeling from it. He spoon fed Bibi and Bibi took control of the interview and manipulated the audience
The January 6 riot was not an insurrection….this historian wants to reinforce his priors.
Yep. I’m not a Trump voter but the hysteria around Jan 6 is beyond silly.
Democrats.
Far-Right wingers.
@@Matt_D_370z KKK is actually a Democrat run program. Check a few history books. I’d agree with you that “far” anything is insanity. I deal with Independents and that’s all. Most others can go to hell. Easy going human beings with independent minds.
This guy clearly has a political bias
He took it too easy on them
A David duke podcast would b awesome
Do you think that Putin will Putin a Putin in the Putin? Or maybe he'll Putin the Putin but not in the Putin's Putin...?
Even if ___ and especially when ___
But why?
Ahaha
This guy seems to be more of a revisionist than a historian. After watching a few of these clips, it's obvious he's quite biased with his "history." He pretty much admits that in this clip.
ALL historians are revisionist.
He's a revisionist for stating the fact that many police chiefs were members of the KKK? 😂You conservatives are truly hilarious
@@JSmooove98 I'm no conservative, simpleton. Stop assuming shit, because your weak mind is stuck on that left/right nonsense. And out of a 12 minute clip, all you got is the police chiefs part? 🤣
@@anarchy-x oh no not another conservative masquerading as a libertarian 🤣🤣🤣 Please enlighten me on what part of this was "revisionist history" mr. anonymous internet dweller who thinks he's smarter than a historian!!
Can you give some examples of the bias?
Started by DEMOCRATS...
Southern Democrats, who changed to Republicans during the civil rights era, when it became clear that northern urban democrats were taking over the party. Your point is a non-point. It's what you get when get your history from talking points instead of historical research.
@@en0n126 You appear to have gotten your information in much the same way. Only one Democrat out of the 21 Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights Act became a Republican, Strom Thurmond.
@@vladtheinhaler8940 I'm not talking about the politicians. I'm talking about the voters and such, as the south started electing Republicans. Did the Democratic politicians you're speaking of start the KKK?
@@en0n126 I'm not talking about the KKK. Voting patterns in the South didn't really change all that much after the Civil Rights era. Democrats still dominated Senate, House, and gubernatorial elections for decades afterward. Alabama, for example, didn't elect a Republican governor until 1986. Mississippi didn't elect one until 1991. Georgia didn't elect one until 2002.
@@en0n126 Nixon saw an opportunity to win southern states that Goldwater had, not through racism, but through aggressive campaigning in an area of the country Republicans had previously written off.
Yet it didn't work. For all of Nixon's supposed appeals to southern racists (who still voted for Democrats in Senate and House races that same year), he lost almost all of the south to a Democrat--George Wallace.
Your best bet would be to not listen to anything this guy says
Ah yes thank you anonymous internet dwelling typing from his mom's couch
@@JSmooove98 my names right there and it's my moms bed actually if it makes you feel better lol
Lex let the man speak! You’re digressing! & that 7 eleven story wasn’t it lol
Let him speak? Lol....why? If anything the dude deserved FAR MORE pushback....
@@filbertovandette let me guess because he said things that you didnt like?
@Preston Giving push back is a healthy part of a discussion.
Calling January 6 an insurrection is laughable: 1,000 + people who didn't unalive anyone that day.
There all traitors to the country
@@jinglebells223 Your grammar gives me cancer. "They're".
Agreed.
The only confirmed MURDER was an unarmed Trump supporter.
Yeah except for the three police officers they killed? Whoopsie forgot about those ones
@@Thewhitekorean No police officers were killed that day.
This guy doesn’t know _anything_
Pretty funny how he talks about the KKK and Doesn’t mention it was started by Democrats😂
And that matters why exactly?
Cause it’s rooted in Democrat ideology and it’s continues today where democrats promote policies that promote crime and poverty which affects blacks more then anyone but then democrats also try to provide answers for those problems yet the problems are never solved, it’s basically perpetual dependency, the democrats are very cleaver in successfully implementing this
@@RapidFireAU KKK has far-right ideology and and is also about supremacy of white race, got nothing to do with modern Democrats no matter how much of mental gymnastics you'll apply
Not only does that have absolutely nothing to do with anything, but the parties switched. Good try tho bud
@@JSmooove98 when did the parties switch? Who were the party leaders at the time?
This historian comes super close to addressing the political ideology of the Klan and its pervasive motivating force for why they did what they did and they targeted those they did.... .... .... but unfortunately he doesn't mention it. I have the sense that his bias and seemingly low opinion of conservative or traditional individuals prevented him from presenting this with fidelity. The nail in the coffin is the thousands of insurrectionist silliness that is posited in his own voice as if this is his own formulated expert opinion. About 25 minutes of research will hopefully insert a bit of wiggle room of doubt into the certainty of his position on this matter. I'm half black and half white, gree ul om a farm in the midwest, I was one of four non white people at any given time throughout middle and high school, eventually while stationed in Mississippi i had the opportunity to hear their side of the story. I took a chance and was totally honest with them (being half black and one of the first military men to be gay married) and they respected the fact that I approached them to listen. Not to debate or argue. They did treat me differently but they didn't treat me with disrespect whatsoever. (words arent violence). They shared some pretty tasty whiskey and they shared their opinions and their story and perspectives. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I disagree with so much with them, but at least in this anecdote, I had no problem connecting to the human and as an American. All of this to say is that I'm disappointed he mentioned nothing about the Democratic Party while describing the history of the Klan. To me, he's either too tribal/partisan for my consideration of any credibility or he truly missed a foundational aspect of this group's identity. The history of the klan cannot be separated from the fierce loyalty to the democratic party. Black Republicans being in many seats of power and leadership in the south during those times was a big factor of Klan focusing on blacks voting and the more right leaning Catholics etc.....
I don't get your point? You think people are not aware that these parties were ideologically opposite to what they are today? Have you really drank the kool aid of the modern repubs that this is some big revelation and some how incriminates the modern democratic party? Its well know that the democratic party of today and the one of the past are two drastically different organizations. This ain't no secret and has no bearing on the modern democratic party.
I'm 65 years old and I grew up in Mississippi and I knew lots people who were in the Klan when I growing up. They were not nice people. One prominent one worked at the same place as my father and I thought he was the most hateful man I ever knew growing up. He was arrested for trying to kill black civil rights workers but nothing happened to him (Wes Kersey if you want to try and look him up). Anyone who tells you that the purpose of the Klan was anything except hating and hurting black people, in every way, isn't telling the truth. So many of the problems we have in race relations today are their fault. Even more than slavery. There are no slaves left alive today. But there are plenty of older black people in Mississippi you can tell you about what the Klan did to them.
That was one entertaining imaginary story, I'll give you that.
@@ralphholiman7401 I love how neither of you idiots that commented addressed the actual point of his point....the undeniable fact that the Klan and the Democrat party cannot be separated....
@@filbertovandette , well, despite your rudeness and inability to communicate coherently, I do agree with that.
This is not a historian this is a liberal
This guy lost all credibility on this one. The KKK was formed initially to protect citizens from the horrific atrocities that were going on by Union soldiers occupying the south. It was not racially based and was not made of people dedicated to keep the war going. It eventually evolved into what it is today but that took about 40 years
Imagine being so delusional that you think you know more than a historian 🤣🤣🤣
@Jsper You sound naive. Historians are susceptible to bias just like anyone else.
"The 'Kuklux Clan' is formed by six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee, to resist federal Reconstruction efforts and maintain white supremacy across the South" (Civil War on the Western Border 'The Kansas City Public Library').
"From 1868 through the early 1870s the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) functioned as a loosely organized group of political and social terrorists. The Klan’s goals included the political defeat of the Republican Party and the maintenance of absolute white supremacy in response to newly gained civil and political rights by southern Blacks after the Civil War (1861-65). They were more successful in achieving their political goals than they were with their social goals during the Reconstruction era" (Johnathan M. Bryant "Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era" 'New Georgia Encyclopedia' 08/12/2020).
“‘Herrenvolk democracy’-the equal superiority of all who belong to the Herrenvolk (master race) over all who do not” (James McPherson “Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction” 2010 p. 32-33).
Down with the traitors, up with the stars.
Protesters
democrats.
Only reason the right-wingers mention this 150 year old fact, is because they don't like the fact that open racists and the KKK are aligned with their right-wing political party in modern times. They are uncomfortable with having those bedfellows, and instead of doing something about it or looking inward at their party to really see why that is, they deflect with irrelevant crap to make themselves feel better. You're still on the side of the white supremacist bigots and racists. lol.
"Those _insurrectionists_ ..." - just like that, all credibility as a historian gone.
why?
@@omarahmad4594 , because saying those trespassers who took who came into the the Capital on January 6 we're going to take over the country, makes about as much sense as saying the antifa who broke in to the federal courthouse in Portland were going to take over the US court system for that district. It was an illegal protest, and a trespassing that was labeled as an insurrection by the Democrats for political purposes.
Imagine thinking you know more than this guy.
Buffalo hat man scared him
@@obiwanyutuben imagine thinking this dude knows enough to be respected....lol....bruh....your heroes are losers....