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(CNN) Spiffy Teenager beaten by Klan members awarded $2.5 million, can now seize the Klan headquarters building and hold Klan meetings of his own   (cnn.com) divider line 177
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Sgt Otter [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 08:54:10 PM  
I guess they didn't learn after Tom Metzger got his ass sued into the poorhouse after inciting his followers to murder a black guy.

 
Weaver95 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 09:01:33 PM  
Sgt Otter: I guess they didn't learn after Tom Metzger got his ass sued into the poorhouse after inciting his followers to murder a black guy.

Nobody ever said the Klan was smart, just brutal. Actually, i'm rather glad the Klan is stupid. The thought of intelligent racist bastards being able to plan crimes and getting away with it would scare the hell outta me.

 
clifton [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 09:08:33 PM  
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Roook [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 09:31:13 PM  
BanKKKrupt!

 
LadyHawke [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 09:37:15 PM  
Normally I'm not a fan of over-sized monetary awards in lawsuits, but I have absolutely no problem with this.

 
JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm 2008-11-15 09:37:24 PM  
That would be a great place for a black panther party.

 
cretinbob [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 09:43:33 PM  
msnbcmedia1.msn.com

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Heroic Poser 2008-11-15 10:04:01 PM  
It sounds like he infringed on their right to express themselves.

 
communistsarestupid 2008-11-15 10:17:30 PM  
I wish some klansmen would give me a 2.5 million dollar beating.

 
TeddyRooseveltsMustache [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:21:10 PM  
I'd like to see Barack Obama declare all racist/hate groups illegal terrorist organizations. That would REALLY kick the war on terror into overdrive.

 
hooknslice_okc 2008-11-15 10:22:37 PM  
FTFA - boots were the "weapon of choice" for skinheads and that the red laces carried special significance -- that "someone should shed blood for their race.

Back when I was in high school, the "Colorado" hikers (from Kinney's) were all the rage. They came with red laces... Coincidence or was Kinney's a racist shoe supplier?

 
JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm 2008-11-15 10:23:02 PM  
TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I'd like to see Barack Obama declare all racist/hate groups illegal terrorist organizations. That would REALLY kick the war on terror into overdrive.

He could put that patriot act that he voted to renew to good use.

 
itsfullofstars 2008-11-15 10:23:24 PM  
The jury found that the Imperial Klans of America and its founder wrongfully targeted 16-year-old Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian and Native-American descent.

So if the Klan had targeted an actual illegal, would the jury have decided differently?

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:23:46 PM  
communistsarestupid: I wish some klansmen would give me a 2.5 million dollar beating.

It isn't like brain damage would be an issue.

 
rhiannon [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:24:23 PM  
"So if the Klan had targeted an actual illegal, would the jury have decided differently?"

Came here to say that

 
EdwardBlake 2008-11-15 10:24:45 PM  
clifton

What the hell does a TF2 meme has to do with TFA?

 
Oreochimaru 2008-11-15 10:24:47 PM  
...because they mistakenly thought he was an illegal Latino immigrant, the Southern Poverty Law Center said. The jury found that the Imperial Klans of America and its founder wrongfully targeted 16-year-old Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian and Native-American descent.

So... would it have been okay if he had been an illegal Latino immigrant?

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:25:04 PM  
hooknslice_okc: FTFA - boots were the "weapon of choice" for skinheads and that the red laces carried special significance -- that "someone should shed blood for their race.

Back when I was in high school, the "Colorado" hikers (from Kinney's) were all the rage. They came with red laces... Coincidence or was Kinney's a racist shoe supplier?


I don't know but the American History X curb-stomp still haunts my dreams.

 
Kavik 2008-11-15 10:25:19 PM  
Edwards lives in a trailer

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:25:56 PM  
Oreochimaru: ...because they mistakenly thought he was an illegal Latino immigrant, the Southern Poverty Law Center said. The jury found that the Imperial Klans of America and its founder wrongfully targeted 16-year-old Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian and Native-American descent.

So... would it have been okay if he had been an illegal Latino immigrant?


It has been brought up in TFT and it is a good question.

 
Son of Thunder 2008-11-15 10:26:46 PM  
Kavik: Edwards lives in a trailer

Color me surprised.

 
BeerBear 2008-11-15 10:27:19 PM  
LadyHawke: Normally I'm not a fan of over-sized monetary awards in lawsuits, but I have absolutely no problem with this.

me either, I hate kluckers

 
Dull Cow Eyes 2008-11-15 10:28:34 PM  
Weaver95: i'm rather glad the Klan is stupid. The thought of intelligent racist bastards being able to plan crimes and getting away with it would scare the hell outta me



Do you know who else were intelligent racist bastards who planned crimes?

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:30:58 PM  
Dull Cow Eyes: Weaver95: i'm rather glad the Klan is stupid. The thought of intelligent racist bastards being able to plan crimes and getting away with it would scare the hell outta me



Do you know who else were intelligent racist bastards who planned crimes?


Kodos and Kang?

 
Dull Cow Eyes 2008-11-15 10:31:55 PM  
(just to say) Not all of Kentucky is like that. I remember a small town, 99% white, where the Klan had a rally at the town courthouse....with most of the local folks opposed or booing.


/The Klan gives a bad image and is bad for business. Most people realized that by the 1990s. They must have a harder time getting a permit for these kinds of things now.

 
communistsarestupid 2008-11-15 10:32:05 PM  
Sabyen91: communistsarestupid: I wish some klansmen would give me a 2.5 million dollar beating.

It isn't like brain damage would be an issue.


True, won't need it anymore once I'm retired.

 
Butterflew 2008-11-15 10:32:31 PM  
FTFA:

The case was not treated as a hate crime.


Sorry, what? The kid was beaten within an inch of his life by KKKs b/c they thought he was an illegal latino, spat on him, doused him in alcohol, kicked the ever loving shiat out of him, but somehow this is not a hate crime?

did i miss something here?

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:33:58 PM  
Butterflew: FTFA:

The case was not treated as a hate crime.


Sorry, what? The kid was beaten within an inch of his life by KKKs b/c they thought he was an illegal latino, spat on him, doused him in alcohol, kicked the ever loving shiat out of him, but somehow this is not a hate crime?

did i miss something here?


Meh, I am liberal as they come but all beatings within an inch of life is fueled by hate.

 
Boorring 2008-11-15 10:34:33 PM  
overanalyzeit.files.wordpress.com

It's a new America, Klan. Bring it.

 
PartTimeSaint 2008-11-15 10:34:46 PM  
I'm Klan, and not getting a kick out of these replies.

/thread is full of Enlightened & Elite win

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:35:03 PM  
communistsarestupid: Sabyen91: communistsarestupid: I wish some klansmen would give me a 2.5 million dollar beating.

It isn't like brain damage would be an issue.

True, won't need it anymore once I'm retired.


Absolutely, it is natural for old people to be veggies.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:35:57 PM  
PartTimeSaint: I'm Klan, and not getting a kick out of these replies.

/thread is full of Enlightened & Elite win


Heh, nobody admits to being Klan, now.

 
PhysicsJunky 2008-11-15 10:36:56 PM  
Weaver95: Sgt Otter: I guess they didn't learn after Tom Metzger got his ass sued into the poorhouse after inciting his followers to murder a black guy.

Nobody ever said the Klan was smart, just brutal. Actually, i'm rather glad the Klan is stupid. The thought of intelligent racist bastards being able to plan crimes and getting away with it would scare the hell outta me.


I feel the same way with most extremist groups. You look at the news sometimes and think "You're doing it wrong *Thank You*".

I'd hate to see terrorist groups get their hands on any real intellectual firepower. Practically anybody with a PhD in a hard science could build a better bomb than your average domestic terrorist.

 
Man On Fire 2008-11-15 10:37:40 PM  
TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I'd like to see Barack Obama declare all racist/hate groups illegal terrorist organizations. That would REALLY kick the war on terror into overdrive.

aaactualy that would probably be a really bad idea. the FBI does a pretty decent job of shutting them down already. let's not back them into a corner. they might do something drastic.

 
Barakku [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:37:52 PM  
Butterflew: FTFA:

The case was not treated as a hate crime.


Sorry, what? The kid was beaten within an inch of his life by KKKs b/c they thought he was an illegal latino, spat on him, doused him in alcohol, kicked the ever loving shiat out of him, but somehow this is not a hate crime?

did i miss something here?


Hate crime laws are reserved for cases where there's no actual racial motivation, but some white guy happened to do something to a darker person.

 
TheRealVera 2008-11-15 10:38:02 PM  
Dull Cow Eyes: Weaver95: i'm rather glad the Klan is stupid. The thought of intelligent racist bastards being able to plan crimes and getting away with it would scare the hell outta me



Do you know who else were intelligent racist bastards who planned crimes?


came for the subtle godwin, and wasn't disappointed.

 
Kuoxasar 2008-11-15 10:39:27 PM  
The jury found that the Imperial Klans of America and its founder wrongfully targeted 16-year-old Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian and Native-American descent.

Shouldn't Mr. Gruver be beating members of the Klan for illegally being on his land?

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:40:33 PM  
Barakku: Butterflew: FTFA:

The case was not treated as a hate crime.


Sorry, what? The kid was beaten within an inch of his life by KKKs b/c they thought he was an illegal latino, spat on him, doused him in alcohol, kicked the ever loving shiat out of him, but somehow this is not a hate crime?

did i miss something here?

Hate crime laws are reserved for cases where there's no actual racial motivation, but some white guy happened to do something to a darker person.


Bullshiat. I am against hate crime legislation but you are full of crap.

 
Butterflew 2008-11-15 10:40:41 PM  
Barakku:

Hate crime laws are reserved for cases where there's no actual racial motivation, but some white guy happened to do something to a darker person.


sense. you make none=\ You mean like when Cartman was arrested for a hate crime for hitting Token with a rock?

 
GungFu 2008-11-15 10:41:06 PM  
I think secretly White Supremacists are gay for black and brown cock.

It's a thinly veiled homoerotic action to their 'hate' which in actual fact is love and manifested by ethnic beatings. They just be needing ethnic man-love.

I bet many are wanking off to Obama posters on their walls.

 
TeddyRooseveltsMustache [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:42:26 PM  
Man On Fire: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I'd like to see Barack Obama declare all racist/hate groups illegal terrorist organizations. That would REALLY kick the war on terror into overdrive.

aaactualy that would probably be a really bad idea. the FBI does a pretty decent job of shutting them down already. let's not back them into a corner. they might do something drastic.


They already feel as if they are backed into a corner. There is a black president now. You can't doubt that they feel threatened. Honestly, a threat from Obama is unlikely, and probably doesn't exist. That doesn't mean they don't think he's a threat to them. They're stupid. They'll believe anything. Remember that stupid lady from one of the last McCain rallies who said that Obama was a muslim terrorist? People will believe what they want to believe. Sometimes people really are as stupid as when they are portrayed on South Park.

 
ThreeEyedOni 2008-11-15 10:42:31 PM  
Best farking news I've read all day.

 
Alaskanbigfoot 2008-11-15 10:42:43 PM  
I am investing every thing I have in whiskey

How could I fail?

 
skinink 2008-11-15 10:42:50 PM  

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:43:23 PM  
Weaver95: Sgt Otter: I guess they didn't learn after Tom Metzger got his ass sued into the poorhouse after inciting his followers to murder a black guy.

Nobody ever said the Klan was smart, just brutal. Actually, i'm rather glad the Klan is stupid. The thought of intelligent racist bastards being able to plan crimes and getting away with it would scare the hell outta me.


See also: WTC bombing, 1993; USS Cole bombing; Marine barracks bombing, 1983; etc. etc. etc. Not that the BOMBERS were smart, but the planners were sure a bunch of clever SOB's.

 
DigitalCoffee 2008-11-15 10:43:56 PM  
So they claim to be both Christian and white supremest. I wonder how they reconcile the fact that Yeshua (if he existed) was not white. Isn't ignorance grand.

/charge them as domestic terrorists

 
chuddly 2008-11-15 10:44:14 PM  
www.angelfire.com

wanted for questioning

 
give me doughnuts [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:44:15 PM  
Butterflew: FTFA:

The case was not treated as a hate crime.


Sorry, what? The kid was beaten within an inch of his life by KKKs b/c they thought he was an illegal latino, spat on him, doused him in alcohol, kicked the ever loving shiat out of him, but somehow this is not a hate crime?

did i miss something here?


The best thing to to with twat-waffles like these is to remove any aspects that they see as justification.
Remove any aspect of it being a racially-targeted attack, and just treat them like common criminals. It takes away their "martyrdom" and turns them into just another thug.

It's like when they have a parade or rally. They are always surrounded by cops and protestors. I say: Don't even bother to protest them. Don't even acknowlege their existence. It removes their power to cause a disturbance, and makes them no more bothersome than a mosquito.

 
Egalitarian [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-11-15 10:44:32 PM  
I didn't see this on Fark (pops):

Woman shot to death by Klan

A lonely, somewhat mentally screwed up woman decided to join the Klan, but then was shot to death when she tried to leave.

Thems are some really classy folks.

 
Mister Peejay 2008-11-15 10:44:33 PM  
Fortunately, intelligence and severe prejudice tend to be mutually exclusive.

(Even Hitlar didn't actually believe all that anti-Semitic crap, he just used it to rally the people to his causes so they would put/keep him in power)

 
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