Is comparing a member of the Klan to that of someone who got traffic tickets a valid comparison?
It appears that many have forgotten the history of the United Klans of America (UKA).
According to Wikipeda …”United Klans of America Inc. a Ku Klux Klan organization in the United States … UKA peaked in popularity in the late 1960s and 1970s, and was the most violent was the largest Klan organization of its time…”
Mr Rodgers proudly proclaims he was a Grand Dragon in the UKA.
Wikipeda states that “…A "Grand Dragon", for example, was the highest ranking Klansman in a given state….”
Wikipeda states that “…A "Grand Dragon", for example, was the highest ranking Klansman in a given state….”
Mr Rodgers claims to have left the UKA nearly 25 years ago, which would be around the 1976 timeframe. The following are a few nationally known events in history that took place during Mr. Rodgers affiliation with the AKU:
· The 1963 16th Street Bombing that killed 4 young girls
· The 1965 murder of Viola Liuzzo, a white woman from the North, decided to go help support racial equality in the South.
· During “…1960s, the Klans functioned as a clandestine movement that spearheaded the resistance to a national trend toward equality for all Americans. Like their predecessors, the `60s Klans employed terrorism and a form of guerrilla race warfare to carry out their purposes. The Klans and their allies were responsible for a major portion of the assaults, killings, bombings, floggings, and other acts of racial intimidation that swept the South in the first years of the 1960s..”
Mr Rodgers states that if by being against communism, against drugs, and in favor of States rights was wrong, then he was wrong.
However, Mr Rodgers refusal to address the violent history of the UKA, an organization that he not only belonged but held its highest office, surmounts to nothing more but a strong tacit endorsement and support of the violent nature of the UKA and how it used violence to promote the UKA's goals and objectives.
How can one compare a speeding ticket to that of someone who held the highest office in the AKU, an organization that endorsed terrorism, assaults, killings, bombings, floggings and other acts of racial intimidation and then applaud?
It seems that Jack Van Sickle, and supporters of Van Sickle and Rodgers, embrace the radical and violent views and methods that Mr. Rodgers refuses to denounce or talk about.
However, Mr Rodgers refusal to address the violent history of the UKA, an organization that he not only belonged but held its highest office, surmounts to nothing more but a strong tacit endorsement and support of the violent nature of the UKA and how it used violence to promote the UKA's goals and objectives.
How can one compare a speeding ticket to that of someone who held the highest office in the AKU, an organization that endorsed terrorism, assaults, killings, bombings, floggings and other acts of racial intimidation and then applaud?
It seems that Jack Van Sickle, and supporters of Van Sickle and Rodgers, embrace the radical and violent views and methods that Mr. Rodgers refuses to denounce or talk about.
Isn't it time for a change within our City Government?
Vote for Mike Carter for Mayor and Betty Wojcik for City Commissioner YES to Amendments 1 through 8 and NO on Amendments 9 through 14, on 5 April 2011
People for an Honest Place to Live http://lakeashtontherestofthestory.blogspot.com/2011/03/is-comparing-member-of-klan-to-that-of.html
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