September 06, 2020
Stoking Fear and Hatred
Timothy Birdnow
This from Elliott Davis at Fox 2 News St. Louis:
On this day in history Sept 6
The People’s History
6 Sept, 1921 - U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan
1921 : Members of the Police in Connecticut are investigating the Klu Klux Klan who are recruiting members by proposing "Preserve The Ideals of A Pure Anglo Saxon Civilization." To join the Klan new members must donate $10.00. It is believed the Klan is growing quickly and the police department is concerned over racial attacks when it reaches full strength.
I reply:
First, how many Klansmen are there today? Virtually none. I don't know about this "police think it is growing" as there are NO statistic provided by anyone. So who says it is growing? Those who seek to divide and dominate, that's who. And IF it is growing why? Could it be because black racists and terrorist white BLM types are using violence on white people? I do not condone the Klan in any way whatsoever, and the world will be a much better place when those scumbags are gone, but the reality is they prettty much are except in the minds of those who need a bogeyman to gin up support for an ideology and a political party.
This from Elliott Davis at Fox 2 News St. Louis:
On this day in history Sept 6
The People’s History
6 Sept, 1921 - U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan
1921 : Members of the Police in Connecticut are investigating the Klu Klux Klan who are recruiting members by proposing "Preserve The Ideals of A Pure Anglo Saxon Civilization." To join the Klan new members must donate $10.00. It is believed the Klan is growing quickly and the police department is concerned over racial attacks when it reaches full strength.
I reply:
First, how many Klansmen are there today? Virtually none. I don't know about this "police think it is growing" as there are NO statistic provided by anyone. So who says it is growing? Those who seek to divide and dominate, that's who. And IF it is growing why? Could it be because black racists and terrorist white BLM types are using violence on white people? I do not condone the Klan in any way whatsoever, and the world will be a much better place when those scumbags are gone, but the reality is they prettty much are except in the minds of those who need a bogeyman to gin up support for an ideology and a political party.
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I agree with you, Tim. And frankly, the idea of a "pure Anglo-Saxon civilization" is pretty funny if you know your history. The Angles and the Saxons were two separate Germanic tribes who were anything but pure, or especially desirable, and certainly not very civilized; though in view of the Normans who opposed them, they seemed "romantic" enough. The Normans were a development of the Vikings, by the way: the name "Norman" developed from "Northmen," or so I read years ago, though none of these definitions are necessarily cut-and-dried. The world was a pretty hairy place in those days.
Suffice to say that styling oneself on a "pure Anglo-Saxon" model is rather precarious, sort of like the way Hitler postulated a "pure Aryan race" for Germany, and it turns out no such thing ever existed outside his own twisted mind.
Suffice to say that styling oneself on a "pure Anglo-Saxon" model is rather precarious, sort of like the way Hitler postulated a "pure Aryan race" for Germany, and it turns out no such thing ever existed outside his own twisted mind.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 06, 2020 01:55 PM (oiwMO)
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Excellent points Dana! And the "pure Anglo-Saxon race" also was an admixture of Dane (the Danes ruled England a while before the Norman invasion, and they had the Danegeld, which was under Danish law in Britain), and of course they intermixed with the Britons, the original Celtic peoples of England - who became the Welch - as well as the old Roman stock, and with the Scots and Picts. And the Normans who invaded included second sons and other noblemen who needed land which William promised to any who helped him in the invasion, and so the Norman army was full of Germans, Romanians, Czechs, etc.
Pure Anglo Saxon is purest fantasy. The British are mutts, plain and simple. It's why Americans were not much bothered with settlers coming from all over; it was an old tradition.
Pure Anglo Saxon is purest fantasy. The British are mutts, plain and simple. It's why Americans were not much bothered with settlers coming from all over; it was an old tradition.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at September 07, 2020 07:56 AM (QbVSy)
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Oh, right. Can't forget the Picts and especially the Scots. They really added to the fun at the same time they watered down the purity. I can't say much about the Picts because I never met any, at least to know about it; but the Scots are usually P'd Off and you don't want to mess with them then, especially if they've been drinking!
And didn't the Jutes figure in there too, somewhere, or were they from further South?
And didn't the Jutes figure in there too, somewhere, or were they from further South?
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 08, 2020 01:23 PM (HEmKM)
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Yeah; the Scots were a rough and tough bunch! I can't say I know any Pics either, but then I have never been to Scotland and who can say?
The Jutes may have been part of the Danegeld, but I can't be certain. I know Denmark has a section called Jutland, which I assume is named for the Jutes. The Battle of Jutland was the only time the German navy ever challenged the British directly, and that was off the coast of Denmark during WWI. The Germans lost, but not badly, but it showed their navy wasn't any better tha Britain's and it was smaller so eventually it would be destroyed.
The Jutes may have been part of the Danegeld, but I can't be certain. I know Denmark has a section called Jutland, which I assume is named for the Jutes. The Battle of Jutland was the only time the German navy ever challenged the British directly, and that was off the coast of Denmark during WWI. The Germans lost, but not badly, but it showed their navy wasn't any better tha Britain's and it was smaller so eventually it would be destroyed.
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