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DomAviator -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:23:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Just an observation and not an attack on anyone posting on these boards....but if people i knew and by exstension knew me were inviting me to join their KKK club ,I might wonder just what sort of image I am projecting to the world...IMHO White, Christian, Protestant, sucessful southern business owner. LIKE THEM. As I said, these aren't toofless rednecks. They are the same guys you will find in the Masons, and the Rotary Club, and the Shriners... Believe it or not, in the South being asked to join certain Klan klaverns is "an honor" [:'(]... Nonetheless, I am not going to get on the wrong side of them for any number of reasons from not losing business contracts and contacts to not having my smoke detector wake me in the middle of the night....

Aynne -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:23:21 PM)
Why on earth would you politely decline an invation to join a hate group with a collective iq of a cabbage? I don't care if they belong to the chamber DA, so do I and quite frankly my chamber has cabbages as well. You can stick all the little "Hi my name is ____" badges on in the world, if you still have a sheet and a hood in your closet you are a moron. Politely doing anything in involvement with the Klan is not an option for me. Ever. quote: ORIGINAL: DomAviator quote: ORIGINAL: Aynne Your anecdote from below kills me. "They are out there, and there are more of them than you think. I have recieved several invitations to join the Klan, and the Knights of the White Kamelia (which is the same thing) and not from people you would expect. We are talking guys in my chamber of commerce, and professionals I do business with - not toofless rednecks..." ^^^^^^That is just gross. Tell them to fucking evolve already.[:@] Aynne, no thank you. I politely decline the invitations, generally falsely citing imaginary security concerns that various background investigations I am subject to would endanger ther organization. See, despite being a WASP, I am smart enough to not want to get on the wrong side of the Klan. I am not gonna join them, but I dont want to piss them off either...

celticlord2112 -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:24:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aynne Well celticlord, my observations are vastly different. I am sure you would not presume that makes them incorrect? I mean it is rather hard to invalidate someone else's life experiences? I have no way in the present circumstance to know the veracity of your observations. I am yet confident in the accuracy of mine. Did you intend the irony of your last question, or is the irony doubled?

Aynne -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:26:34 PM)
no, I really did not intend any irony on the second question , I was being serious.

celticlord2112 -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:26:47 PM)
quote: See, despite being a WASP, I am smart enough to not want to get on the wrong side of the Klan. I am not gonna join them, but I dont want to piss them off either... DA, there is no "right" side of the Klan. The Klan stays away from me--not sure if it's because I have better lawyers or better aim, but I'm happy with either one.

celticlord2112 -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:27:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aynne no, I really did not intend any irony on the second question , I was being serious. I surmised as much. A double irony then.

Aynne -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:33:02 PM)
If you read them both as irony, once again, we differ. I surmise that will be frequent here. However...nice call on the Klan. quote: ORIGINAL: celticlord2112 quote: ORIGINAL: Aynne no, I really did not intend any irony on the second question , I was being serious. I surmised as much. A double irony then.

DomAviator -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:37:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aynne Why on earth would you politely decline an invation to join a hate group with a collective iq of a cabbage? I don't care if they belong to the chamber DA, so do I and quite frankly my chamber has cabbages as well. You can stick all the little "Hi my name is ____" badges on in the world, if you still have a sheet and a hood in your closet you are a moron. Politely doing anything in involvement with the Klan is not an option for me. Ever. Aynne, because as I said before I am smart enough to not want to piss them off. I may be a WASP but I do not want to get on the wrong side of the Klan,,, Ever seen the movie Missisipi Burning??? I don't intend to have my body found in a dam somewhere... Am I afraid of them? You bet your ass I am, and if you lived in an area where they had any clout you would be smart to be afraid of them too... I am not willing to become a martyr to the cause... Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner chose to martyr themselves (James Chaney was black so he was a target to begin with but if you want to add him to the martyr rolls I have no objection as he was killed too.) and what did it get them?? Dead! It took 40 years for even ONE person involved in their killing to even be convicted of manslaughter. 17 men, including the sherrif were acquitted and then finally 40 years later one guy got convicted on 3 manslaughter (not murder) charges??? Meanwhile the martyrs rotted in their graves for 40 years while the Klan lived long and happy lives??? No thanks, not my fight, not my problem...WASP or not Ill stay on the right side of them... I wont join, but I wont piss them off or paint a target on my back either...

celticlord2112 -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:40:00 PM)
quote: Am I afraid of them? You bet your ass I am, and if you lived in an area where they had any clout you would be smart to be afraid of them too... In what part of Houston does the Klan have clout? In what part of Harris County does the Klan have clout? Hell, Quanell X has more clout around here than the bedsheet brigade.

DomAviator -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:40:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: celticlord2112 quote: Am I afraid of them? You bet your ass I am, and if you lived in an area where they had any clout you would be smart to be afraid of them too... What part of Houston does the Klan have clout? Quanell X has more clout around here than the bedsheet brigade. Bay area. They are EVERYWHERE. They also have a huge presence in Montgomery and Galveston counties.

Aynne -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:46:37 PM)
What is quannell X? Yeah I know, google. Don't feel like it. DA, quit letting a bunch of fat white dudes in WalMart sheets scare you for god's sake. You are pro gitmo, pro war, pro torture bad ass, and the Klan rattles you? Come on, I don't believe that.

celticlord2112 -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:47:22 PM)
quote: Bay area. They are EVERYWHERE. They also have a huge presence in Montgomery and Galveston counties. Oh? News to me. Been living here more or less since '83, and steadily since '89, and I've not seen any Imperial Wizards or Grand High Poohbear Komodo Dragon Klan Knight whatevers... Of course, that 'better aim' bit might be influencing things a tad. Sam Colt was the great equalizer of all men after all.

Aynne -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:48:46 PM)
I caved to the god of google.

celticlord2112 -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:49:01 PM)
quote: What is quannell X? Local black activist. Fancies himself the second coming of Malcom X. Sometimes does some good, sometimes is a pain in the ass, always plays to the cameras.

lronitulstahp -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:52:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: celticlord2112 quote: Bay area. They are EVERYWHERE. They also have a huge presence in Montgomery and Galveston counties. Oh? News to me. Been living here more or less since '83, and steadily since '89, and I've not seen any Imperial Wizards or Grand High Poohbear Komodo Dragon Klan Knight whatevers... Of course, that 'better aim' bit might be influencing things a tad. Sam Colt was the great equalizer of all men after all. ever notice how people don't "come out" to you about certain things unless you share their beliefs? Probably why you're not being recruited CL....

celticlord2112 -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:53:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp quote: ORIGINAL: celticlord2112 quote: Bay area. They are EVERYWHERE. They also have a huge presence in Montgomery and Galveston counties. Oh? News to me. Been living here more or less since '83, and steadily since '89, and I've not seen any Imperial Wizards or Grand High Poohbear Komodo Dragon Klan Knight whatevers... Of course, that 'better aim' bit might be influencing things a tad. Sam Colt was the great equalizer of all men after all. ever notice how people don't "come out" to you about certain things unless you share their beliefs? Probably why you're not being recruited CL.... There is that....although closet clout doesn't impress me. Clout isn't real until it stands the test of Channel 13 news.

Level -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:55:19 PM)
Shades of Marvin Zindler....[:D]

servantheart -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 6:58:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Level Shades of Marvin Zindler....[:D] God I miss that man [:(]

Alumbrado -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 7:02:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp ever notice how people don't "come out" to you about certain things unless you share their beliefs? Probably why you're not being recruited CL.... Really? I know people who are minorities that can pass... you'd be surprised at what they have 'shared' with them that they don't personally agree with.

Level -> RE: James Byrd Jr (6/8/2008 7:03:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: servantheart quote: ORIGINAL: Level Shades of Marvin Zindler....[:D] God I miss that man [:(] He was unique, wasn't he?

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