This should not be surprising, at least for long-time readers:<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s fact-free diatribe from Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., about the KKK supposedly being a leftist organization is a prime example. As I\u00a0recently wrote<\/a>, Republicans have used the Justice Department\u2019s\u00a0dubious indictment<\/a>\u00a0of the anti-racist Southern Poverty Law Center to falsely portray racist extremism, which the SPLC tracks and investigates, as either nonexistent or a liberal contrivance. This tactic mirrors rhetoric deployed by conservatives who sought to deny the threat of the KKK during its rise, or even its mere existence.[Ja’han Jones, MS-NOW<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Republican Party has become populated by people who lean further and further right, and they do realize that organizations such as the ultra-conservative KKK, defender and devotee of the status quo of black servitude, have an undesirable reputation that will repel the critical independent voters.<\/p>\n
What to do?<\/p>\n
Blame the Democrats, and further left, for the invention of these classic ultra-conservative organizations.<\/p>\n
Of course, when the Republican Party members sympathetic to these causes are caught mouthing the sentiments, they run the risk of being accused of being, well, Democrats. Sad for them.<\/p>\n
But personally the day cannot be far off when the prosperity churches accuse Democrats and the left of using the Southern Baptist Convention as proxies for their devious plans.<\/p>\n
Ahem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This should not be surprising, at least for long-time readers: Last week\u2019s fact-free diatribe from Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., about the KKK supposedly being a leftist organization is a prime example. As I\u00a0recently wrote, Republicans have used the Justice Department\u2019s\u00a0dubious indictment\u00a0of the anti-racist Southern Poverty Law Center to falsely portray \u2026 Continue reading