Should the 1920s newspaper collection of the KKK be publicly available online?
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CarolineP · 70-79, F
Suppression never works, other than as an inducement for people to seek harder. Their is an absolute truism "Build a higher wall, and I will build a higher ladder".
There is also the 'slippery slope' argument. Ban/supress one unpleasant part of our history, and you have taken the first step to book-burning. And another absolute of human history: when books are burnt, the burning of humans will follow".
There is also the 'slippery slope' argument. Ban/supress one unpleasant part of our history, and you have taken the first step to book-burning. And another absolute of human history: when books are burnt, the burning of humans will follow".
MarmeeMarch · M
I dont know what you are asking - what collection - articles about them in the 20s ?
DaughterOfGone · 36-40, F
@MarmeeMarch No, the KKK produced newspapers from the 20s
Bushranger · 70-79, M
It would be interesting reading on one level. Extremely distressing on another.
DaughterOfGone · 36-40, F
@Bushranger It would be very interesting to read
TheRascallyOne · 31-35, M
Its history
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bijouxbroussard · F
Incidentally, there were recountings of lynchings that the KKK bragged about openly back then. Men, women and occasionally children died. With photos. So people would have to be ready to see that and acknowledge that it really happened. History revisionists make excuses for those things now, but they didn’t back then.
FoleysFollies · 51-55, F
Sure...but how do we keep ignorant people from buying into it?
DaughterOfGone · 36-40, F
@FoleysFollies As opposed to all the other racist hateful material flying around at the moment?
FoleysFollies · 51-55, F
You make a good point
bijouxbroussard · F
Yes. No one should be able to deny it existed.