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The KKK were conservatives. Members stated their support for the conservative party of their day. Today, the conservative party is not the Democratic Party.
"The purpose of Klan violence was “by force and terror to prevent all political action not in accord with the views of the members, to deprive colored citizens of the right to bear arms and the right of a free ballot, to suppress schools in which colored children were taught, and to reduce the colored people to a condition closely akin to that of slavery. The Klansmen stated as much: The Klan had been organized for the “killing and whipping and crowding out men from the ballot boxes … to advance the Conservative party and put down the Republican party.”
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"The purpose of Klan violence was “by force and terror to prevent all political action not in accord with the views of the members, to deprive colored citizens of the right to bear arms and the right of a free ballot, to suppress schools in which colored children were taught, and to reduce the colored people to a condition closely akin to that of slavery. The Klansmen stated as much: The Klan had been organized for the “killing and whipping and crowding out men from the ballot boxes … to advance the Conservative party and put down the Republican party.”
KKK | The official Derrick Jensen site
The KKK didn’t cause the violence against blacks and those who supported them; the violence was already happening. In May of 1866, to provide one example among many, long before the KKK expanded its range beyond Pulaski County, Tennessee, and long before the Klan’s avowed purpose became anything...