dr. april
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I went to the Sarah Palin rally in Asheville NC. What I saw I was shocking. For one thing, the KKK was everywhere. It was like i went through a time warp back to 1958. I grew up in South Carolina. Sadly, I come from family who both owned slaves which they treated well but still owned, and some of whom supported KKK. I do what i can to make amends, but I know what they will do if I sign my name to this. The KKK is still active. It's hatred has great staying power. I write this in fear of a resurgence, an odd kind of speaking truth to power. They're masters at creating fear.
How much the KKK actually contributed to this rally I don't honestly know. I just know that I saw many KKK members and was given a business card by one member of the group. They were there to meet the potential Vice President (and maybe President) of our country and they were pretty vociferous. As for Sarah Palin, she was not entirely put off by their presence. She came out and said "Hey crowd, ya'll don't need another policy speech, instead lets have country first, not USA." She meant literally country music. A country music singer was present at the rally.
So this is my first hand account. I took my daughter with me. She's fourteen years old and I thought it would be a good lesson in American democracy, as was the Obama rally. She's very dear to me and always in my heart. She feels truth and justice in her bones, like a real American should as far as I'm concerned. But I exposed her to the worst of America. and I'm still shocked it was at a Republican rally for Sarah Palin.
Not all the people there were from the KKK, of course. But they were highly visible, someones handing out the KKK cards. And I was accosted by several of them, even followed to the men's room, apparently to keep me under surveillance, or perhaps to allow me to speak freely, hoping i had the fire of hate. Vote Tuesday for Obama and prove that this is not still a racist, or sick in the soul country.
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 | Report This Comment