Far More People Claim Alien Abduction Than KKK Membership

[lostinblue 1,989]

Far More People Claim Alien Abduction Than KKK Membership

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When Donald Trump failed to disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke on CNN Sunday, the notorious racist group suddenly became one of the major issues of the campaign cycle.

Fellow Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has skewered Trump’s dithering response and the media has been relentless in its covering of the controversy. Some, like Rush Limbaugh, have even speculated that the reason the Republican front-runner wavered on denouncing the Klan is because he didn’t want to alienate any of his supporters.

While there is a lot of present concern over the Klan, the group is in reality incredibly small and irrelevant. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the KKK only boasts about 3,000 members.

To put this in perspective, far more people believe they have been abducted by aliens than claim allegiance to the Klan. Hundreds of thousands of Americans believe they have been taken by extraterrestrials. One support group for alien abductees says it receives 1500 reports per year of involuntary UFO contact.

Additionally, groups of a much more frivolous nature than white supremacy are far larger than the Klan. The number of adherents to the Jedi religion — a faith inspired by Star Wars — is 175,000 in the United Kingdom alone.

Pastafarianism, a religion created to worship a Flying Spaghetti Monster, has thousands of devotees in the U.S. The Church of the SubGenius, a parody religion which teaches its members are descended from the Yeti and predicts an alien race is set to invade Earth soon, claims to have 10,000 members worldwide.

And it’s not just joke groups that have more members than the KKK.

The Flat Earth Society, an organization created to revert science back several centuries, has an estimated 3,500 members.

In spite of its pathetic numbers, the KKK likely receives heavy media attention because it serves as a useful tool for the Left to tar Republicans as racists. Searching through The Huffington Post’s “Ku Klux Klan” category, you’ll find many articles trying to connect to the Republicans to Klansmen. An example includes: “WATCH: What Homophobic Politicians’ Recent Rhetoric Has in Common With the Ku Klux Klan’s.”

Before the KKK disavowal controversy, two black men dressed up as Trump-supporting Klansmen outside of a Nevada caucus site last week in an apparent attempt to make it appear the racist group was campaigning for the Republican.

Oddly enough for all the attention on supposed connections between the GOP and the KKK, the two most prominent Klansmen in American society post-World War II — besides David Duke — were Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black and West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd. Both men were Democrats and avowed liberals.

As should be expected since the KKK has problems receiving support outside of its infinitesimal ranks.

Duke, its most famous living former member, disavowed the Klan in 1980 due to the large number of members who did “stupid [and] violent things.”

Support for the KKK in its traditional home, the Southeast, is incredibly low. In a 2011 poll asking respondents in Deep Southern states like Mississippi whether they prefer the KKK or the NAACP, the vast majority chose the black civil rights group. The very few people who selected the Klan when asked the question may have selected the option less out of support for white supremacy than out of opposition to the NAACP.

The KKK also appears to no longer have much of a known-presence in the Deep South. According to Charleston church shooter and white supremacist Dylann Roof, there were no groups in his area of South Carolina that shared his views.

However, the Klan has had two high-profile rallies recently, but both marches attracted far more counter-protesters than supporters. Last weekend’s Klan gathering in Anaheim, California,

which erupted in violence saw only a handful of white supremacists show up while over a hundred counter-protesters arrived to demonstrate their opposition.

After South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from the grounds of its state capitol last summer, Klansmen decided to host a rally at that same state capitol. Only 50 showed up in support of the Klan, while 2,000 came to the capitol to oppose them.

The racist group once could boast membership in the millions and claim serious political power — in the 1920s. Prominent politicians could be in the Klan and still hold office. In the 21st century,though, the Klan seems to be just a few cranks who are brought up when the media needs a bogeyman.

While there is a lot of present concern over the Klan, the group is in reality incredibly small and irrelevant. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the KKK only boasts about 3,000 members.

Liberals trot them out there every 4 years giving them all that media attention . Just like clock work. 50% of said members most likely are in nursing homes and needing oxygen .

[Teddy B 17,252]

To put this in perspective, far more people believe they have been abducted by aliens than claim allegiance to the Klan. Hundreds of thousands of Americans believe they have been taken by extraterrestrials.

Funny how many of them post on VJ.

[smilesammich 10,727]

'to put this in perspective' far more people have seen bigfoot, and/or mothman, and/or have been given a colonoscopy by a resurrected elvis at a secret staging facility in bohemian grove, than will claim the kkk....

is it just me or does this say more about the character of kkk members than it speaks to their actual membership numbers?

[ExPatty 502]

This KKK stuff is really absurd. I know I've mentioned KKK on the forums. They are completely irrelevant in modern america. Their membership numbers are in the few thousands. Some people don't want to acknowledge the fact they are irrelevant so are trying to paint Trump and his supporters into this silly corner and it will backfire.

I saw a video a couple years ago a black guy met up with somebody in the kkk and went to one of their meetings or something. He was treated quite well by then IIRC. It was all sad, really. I mean they weren't even particularly hateful people, just a bunch of old men basically bored on the weekend. I'm sure they do in general dislike black people, but mainly they just seemed like if somebody had given them a different hobby along the way they'd be into that instead.

They used to have 3-6M members back when the country was smaller a century ago. Now they have 5-8k members.

Edited March 1, 2016 by ExPatty

[smilesammich 10,727]

This KKK stuff is really absurd. I know I've mentioned KKK on the forums. They are completely irrelevant in modern america. Their membership numbers are in the few thousands. Some people don't want to acknowledge the fact they are irrelevant so are trying to paint Trump and his supporters into this silly corner and it will backfire.

I saw a video a couple years ago a black guy met up with somebody in the kkk and went to one of their meetings or something. He was treated quite well by then IIRC. It was all sad, really. I mean they weren't even particularly hateful people, just a bunch of old men basically bored on the weekend. I'm sure they do in general dislike black people, but mainly they just seemed like if somebody had given them a different hobby along the way they'd be into that instead.

They used to have 3-6M members back when the country was smaller a century ago. Now they have 5-8k members.

just to be clear, trump supporters by and large have proven themselves racist without any connection to the kkk. no one needs to 'paint trump and his supporters' into a corner, their actions speak for themselves.

are you talking about clayton bigsby?

[ExPatty 502]

just to be clear, trump supporters by and large have proven themselves racist without any connection to the kkk. no one needs to 'paint trump and his supporters' into a corner, their actions speak for themselves.

are you talking about clayton bigsby?

Have they? I didn't see that statistic anywhere.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Have they? I didn't see that statistic anywhere.

my opinion comes from my personal perception, based soley on racists i know personally that also, just so happen, to support trump. they go hand in hand. you on the other hand, don't think racism exists outside of black people pulling the race card so i don't really expect you to notice the correlation.

also, kkk doesn't have the monopoly on white racist allegience..

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2016/02/29/activists-decry-alleged-white-supremacy-group-set-to-hold-event-in-ronald-reagan-building/

[ExPatty 502]

you on the other hand, don't think racism exists outside of black people pulling the race card

Wow, really? I didn't know I thought that. I can only assume you pulled that out of your behind, but if you can provide a link in which I've expressed this view I'd be happy to rescind my assumption.

[Darnell 8,479]

Far More People Claim Alien Abduction Than KKK Membership

Well, that's a plus - I hope to run into an abducted lass this year and help her out with the recovery process. Yay !

just to be clear, trump supporters by and large have proven themselves racist without any connection to the kkk.[snip]

Huh? I thought they proved they were Nationalists, not racists. Who's making these assertions? Racists Suck !

[smilesammich 10,727]

Wow, really? I didn't know I thought that. I can only assume you pulled that out of your behind, but if you can provide a link in which I've expressed this view I'd be happy to rescind my assumption.

that's only what you've been commenting here every single time race is brought up, unless its you bringing race up. just read yourself, i shouldn't have to prove your own posts to you..

Far More People Claim Alien Abduction Than KKK Membership

Well, that's a plus - I hope to run into an abducted lass this year and help her out with the recovery process. Yay !

Huh? I thought they proved they were Nationalists, not racists. Who's making these assertions? Racists Suck !

maybe grasp the correlation between nationalists and racists. maybe!

[Darnell 8,479]

nah. that linkage isn't there. I can understand the perception of a linkage though. I, too, watch Univision and TeleMundo news.

[smilesammich 10,727]

nah. that linkage isn't there. I can understand the perception of a linkage though. I, too, watch Univision and TeleMundo news.

i'm sorry. i don't watch either. but google white nationalism! linkage out yer ying yang.

[Darnell 8,479]

oh. that tag? Sorry - it's a misnomer - I never speak of 'White Nationalism' at all.

Nationalism. Full Stop. You know, America for Americans. Race is not an issue in it.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Nationalism. Full Stop. You know, America for Americans. Race is not an issue in it.

The authors further argue that the movement as a whole is based on “a form of American nationalism [that] does not include all Americans, and separates itself from those it regards as insufficiently ‘real Americans.’” Furthermore, “a bright white line of racism threads through this nationalism [in which] race and religion are powerful determinants of national identity [and] mark the border between ‘self’ and ‘other.’”

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-extremist-ties

i get that you don't want race to be an issue within strict american nationalism, but it is. sorry.

[Darnell 8,479]

eh, then I belong to that faction where race isn't an issue.