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[–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 153 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Almost as true as GOP being the sole defenders of LGBTQ+ rights...

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 49 points 6 months ago

Equally true as the GOP being the stalwart supporters of a woman's right to choose, the champions of sensible gun control, and the sacred guardians of single payer universal healthcare.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I must compliment you both on the sick burn and for using a proper ellipses character.

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[–] jhymesba@lemmy.world 114 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The KKK did NOT endorse Hillary in 2016, nor Biden in 2020. Guess who they endorsed, Mr. Perry? Pro-Tip: He's running on your side this year and is currently grousing in a courtroom as they determine if he broke the law or not...

[–] baru@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They don't care if their claims are true. Lies spread more easily than the truth.

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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 106 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So standard projection from the GOP. Nice of them to confirm that they consider the KKK to be their military wing, not that that's a surprise to anyone.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The fucking White Supremacy people are just so fucking progressive right?

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well, given that Republicans understand progressivism as fascism, fascism as anything Democrats do, anything that Democrats do as everything they (Republicans) don't like, then yes, that's exactly what they believe. As such, they can disavow explicit racists and continue to be implicitly racist.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 68 points 6 months ago

Every accusation is a confession, as per standard procedure.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 67 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sure, if we were still in 1862.

But then, the current GOP really wishes it were still 1862, don't they?

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago

An easy way to check is to see who gets mad about removing Confederate statues.

It's not the Democrats

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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 63 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Apart from the huge logical leaps, the KKK's agenda so closely aligns with the GOP's and Trump's, can you even imagine a single member of the KKK being a democrat? Being a democrat is like an excommunicable sin for these groups.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Being in the KKK is a good way to be shunned by every single progressive too.

Really weird thing he's trying to do here, but logic certainly was abandoned long ago.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

It's an incredibly common talking point fed to reactionaries by right-wing media.

Try telling a Republican that everyone in the KKK who votes does so for Republicans and watch the denials and accusations fly despite it being perfectly obvious.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Can…. Can we just give this guy a drug test?

Full panel, and a full panel tox screen, too.

[–] YoFrodo@lemmy.world 48 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Check his brain for worms too

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean, we should rule these things out.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 10 points 6 months ago

For the safety of the worm!

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As with anything GOP-related, if they're projecting it onto Democrats, they're guilty of it themselves.

Grooming children? Catholic church, which is largely Republicans in America

Anti-LGBTQ+? The number of GOP members who have been caught with same sex partners of both underage and adult varieties makes that laughable.

Pro-life? Several GOP members have secretly paid for abortions.

Economy crashes or stalls? It's because of policies that a Republican-led government made before handing the mess off to a Democrat.

I'll bet cash money this guy has a clan outfit in his closet.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago

Funny, they only seem to ever run as republicans.

The military wing of the Democratic Party is the navy in my experience, but the military wing of the American left wants to fight the kkk everywhere they see them.

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's saying Democrats are the KKK while promoting replacement theory, a belief of the KKK

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[Insert "The What?"] meme here

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This chucklefuck can't even get his story straight.

According to him, is the DNC pro or anti immigration?

According to him, is the KKK pro or anti immigration?

Reactionary asshole.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Reactionary asshole.

Not even that. He's simply a liar.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Trying to sort through the projection, is this why they're so afraid of Antifa? Because the GOP has a military wing with the KKK, they assume the Dems want to create a military group with Antifa or something? Certainly explains how they try to portray Antifa.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That was true when there were Dixiecrats. But they all jumped to the Republican party when Reagan was in office.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

Conservatives were always the racists / KKK

Party is irrelevant.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Then why are they marching and getting cheers at GOP conferences? Are they stupid?

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Perry then defended replacement theory,

"I ain't racist, they're racist."

Immediately proceeds to do a racism

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Big "I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I?" energy. Brings me right back to grade school...

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They've been doing it for years. Like the "National Socialists are leftists because socialist is in the name" thing. Ignoring that in Europe at the time, everybody was basically calling themselves socialist to chase the votes of the working population.

They aren't stupid, it's intentional, to muddy the waters for people that aren't very familiar with that history.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

So why are they mostly republicans?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I mean this is such obvious projection, they're basically telling on themselves

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

He got confused, he meant to say the police is the military ring of the KKK

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 months ago

Bro tried to use this

but desperately failed

[–] don@lemm.ee 15 points 6 months ago

Rightists once again chowing down on rancid bullshit and calling it foie gras. They remain a repugnant blight on humanity.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They keep saying shit like this but not one of them will wear a Hillary t-shirt to a Klan rally and livestream the results

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 11 points 6 months ago

He talks about supporting legal migration like his ancestors but honestly it's way more American to just show up here and do what you want, how else would this country have gotten started if not for unsanctioned migration and crimes against humanity?

[–] finthechat@kbin.social 11 points 6 months ago

This guy has brain worms too

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago

...Who does he think is joining the current incarnations of the KKK? Does he really think that the people in the current KKK are Democratic voters? Really?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Talk about having reality completely upside down.

[–] FiniteBanjo 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The wack part of this is that he said it in a closed door meeting with a few of his peers or staff, not to a crowd of people. That shows he actually believes this bullshit.

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Maybe the reason you don't hear so much about the KKK these days is that they decided to be the "military wing" of the anti-military, anti-gun anti-fascist anti-racist party.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

He'd be right if this was the year 1870. I checked my calendar and it's not.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I wonder who the KKK voted for

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