2007-01-25 04:21:58 · 19 answers · asked by josbo67 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Yeah, they terrorized blacks using all kinds of scare tactics. Not to mention the beatings and lynchings.
2007-01-25 08:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by Knowledge 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The foremost reason why they have the power to speak their beliefs is that their legal supports are provided by the ACLU. According to the first amendment, they have the rights to hold public rallies, meetings, and etc. I don't think of them as "terrorists". They just go around the world, encouraging to join their clan. There is nothing we can do about it. They have the rights to do so. To tell the truth, White Christian Supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan has endorsed Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States of America. I am sure Obama is not a terrorist. He is an AMERICAN..
2016-05-23 22:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the difference of terrorism and other crime is terrorisme are commited to make that sense of terror, with political, economy, or religion background. So terrorism always have hidden agenda than just the killing
a robber can not be classified as terrorist because the motivation is just for the money nothing else...
As for the KKK, well this is argumentable, but i think it's a hate crime, there are no certain motivation, or agenda other than pure blind hatred...
so i don't think that's a terrorist organization
2007-01-25 04:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by Luna-me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what "history" you're referring to, but according to "Birth of a Nation", which was made a scant 40 years after the Civil War, the KKK guys were simply protecting the whites who were being targeted by Northern carpetbaggers and looting blacks. So I'm not so sure these tales of lynching innocent blacks is completely true. I'm not an expert on this, nor am I a KKK member, but i do know I don't believe a lot of the "politically correct" rubbish and re-writes of history that are shoved down our throats nowadays.
2007-01-25 04:43:33 · answer #4 · answered by cheetah 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, their goal is to use their ability to evoke terror in others through violence or the threat of violence as an agent for change. Militia groups and any other group in the US who have employed similar tactics in the past are monitored by the FBI as terrorist groups.
Yes, we have freedom to speech, press, assembly, etc. in the United States, but one fundamental aspect of liberty is that your freedom only goes so far as the next person's liberty. If your practicing of your rights infringes on another person's ability to practice theirs and to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, then it is the role of the government to step in and regulate and monitor the behavior. That's (supposed to be) why we have laws.
2007-01-25 04:43:18 · answer #5 · answered by ms. g 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. This was even mentioned in Michael Moore's movie Bowling for Columbine. If you are curious about gun rights activism, race issues and the history of racism in the US see this movie.
2007-01-25 04:32:39 · answer #6 · answered by Heart is my Art 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can be, and they ARE considered a domestic terror organization, particularly since we live now in the time following the Murrah Federal Building attack, and the 9/11 attack of course.
2007-01-25 04:26:11 · answer #7 · answered by DinoDeSanto 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely!
2007-01-25 04:26:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
2007-01-25 04:25:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I should say so.....they certainly created terror in the black American people or does that not count?????
And we should ask can the black American people sue the KKK for compensation or the government and it's various police departments for not protecting them in a more rigorous and professional manner?
2007-01-25 04:27:43 · answer #10 · answered by JonBovi 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋