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darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#115776: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:42:00 PM

[The KKK] have a Grand Dragon, now? What happened to the Grand Wizard?
Eaten by the Dragon, of course. There can only be one.

Edit: Wow, lack of context page-topper, once again. I'm cursed.

edited 14th Mar '16 4:43:17 PM by darksidevoid

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#115778: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:45:48 PM

Reading his statements, I get the very distinct impression that he's doing this to try and sink Hillary so Trump wins.

Oh really when?
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#115779: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:46:42 PM

[lol][lol][lol][lol]

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#115780: Mar 14th 2016 at 4:47:08 PM

Okay, but this dude is a nutjob conspiracy theorist who thinks Hillary is part of some KKK secret plan.

It's not like with Trump where they genuinely believe what he says.

edited 14th Mar '16 4:47:46 PM by smokeycut

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#115781: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:05:58 PM

@Fighteer - Prove Jeb Bush is as you say.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#115783: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:27:10 PM

@Hillary being endorsed by KKK: Oh god Hillary please shut this down quickly.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#115785: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:29:52 PM

DUN DUN DUN!!!

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#115786: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:33:10 PM

Not going all Chicken Little yet, but does this mean she's doomed to failure?

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#115787: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:37:23 PM

Maybe not, but her Teflon coating must be wearing awfully thin...

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#115788: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:39:15 PM

[up][up]No, She'll denounce them, and do it decisively.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#115789: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:39:42 PM

Her response will matter, and the claim of support is based around the supposition that she's secretly in agreement with them.

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#115790: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:40:13 PM

And they won't do the whole "I dunno, that sounds like something someone who secretly supports the KKK would say" thing?

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#115791: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:41:31 PM

The trick comes down to who will actually believe it.

The guy saying this is also, according to that article, on record from last year as supporting Trump. It stinks of week-old fish.

edited 14th Mar '16 5:42:52 PM by Elle

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#115792: Mar 14th 2016 at 5:44:37 PM

it only illustrates the bizarre state of affairs when Sarah Palin becomes the Voice of Reason.
Wait, what? Palin was defending Trump and blaming the protesters at his events.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#115793: Mar 14th 2016 at 6:03:40 PM

[up]Okay, I misread it. When she said "they're trying to take away your rights," it wasn't exactly crystal-clear just who "they" and "you" were referring to. My bad.

That's the trouble with pronouns, sometimes.

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#115794: Mar 14th 2016 at 7:15:26 PM

I'd say it depends on whether or not this becomes a big news thing, mostly. I mean, it's one small article on the web, not events that keep repeating in a trend, which is how the whole thing with Trump got on the news. Who answers a question that most people aren't concerned about, really?

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#115795: Mar 14th 2016 at 8:31:45 PM

Well the KKK supporting Hillary gives Bernie a better chance and the KKK can't support him even as a way to sink him as he's Jewish. It'd be even more obvious they're lying.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#115798: Mar 14th 2016 at 8:44:23 PM

One guy making a statement is not the same as the KKK literally robo-calling voters with a full message, so yeah, not seeing how this is going to be a significant worry for her at all. There is a scale here of how serious statements are, and this doesn't exactly seem to rate high in my estimation. So unless it somehow gets viral, or repeats the way the stuff with Trump has, I'm not that concerned about it. I think this thread has a tendency to see everything as having the same amount of significance, because we're used to dissecting everything and actively looking for even the smallest bit of information, but realistically not everything is going to have as much importance or coverage. This probably won't require teflon coating of any sort, I don't think most people are going to pay attention to it.

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#115799: Mar 14th 2016 at 9:03:25 PM

Ditto. I doubt anyone is going to believe this, except the same people who have been regurgitating Clinton conspiracy theories for 24 years already. And none of them were voting for her anyway, so... meh.

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#115800: Mar 14th 2016 at 10:56:34 PM

In non-election news, Christian Educators' Association International advises public school teachers on how to spread their faith to their students without running afoul of the rules.

Despite the apparently incendiary statement, the guidelines are actually reasonable - "don't ram your beliefs down your students' throats," more or less. "Don't hide your religious convictions, keep a Bible on your desk, teach students about religion as a class topic, and set a good example by 'godly' living. Exercise your own First Amendment rights while respecting those of the students."

Even as someone who wants religion kept well out of school zones, I can see no problem with this.


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