Originally Posted by llaran (Post 907927)

The KKK is alive and well in this area!! Read " the Devil in the Grove" (groveland)

Shades of Sheriff McCall

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 907934)

But no one I know and probably you know or knew in your lifetime would approve of them. Right?

The two police officers have been fired. Who knows who started the investigation but it is a very good thing. At one time in this country there were more than a million people who belonged to the KKK. Now there is about 8000. 8000 too many.

Originally Posted by 44Ruger (Post 907947)

When racists are forced to be politicly correct by peer pressure, it just drives them underground. Let them speak so we know who and where they are.

Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 907953)

Many many years ago, I watched an Oprah Winfrey show and she said: "It's impossible for anyone to grow up in this country without being racially biased." And I believe she was correct. We are not color blind: Most people will marry someone of their own race. But it's more than color, it's culture.

It would be great if we could know who belongs to the KKK but that will never happen for obvious reasons.

Originally Posted by jbdlfan (Post 907943)

It is far from going away. As a matter of fact, it may be getting worse:
9 Investigates the Ku Klux Klan | www.wftv.com
Florida KKK leader says law enforcement officers are drawn to his | www.palmbeachpost.com

It's one thing when ordinary citizens are fools and bigots, but when people in authority hold these ideals, that is a serious issue.
We were in an establishment, not even two miles from TV when a member in our party was engaged in a conversation closely resembling that of a Klansman. Became a very unsettling moment for us. Don't believe for a second that the "old South" is gone because the scars from that time are still fresh in many minds.

Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 907959)

the only surprise here is there are so many who think organizations like KKK, ACLU et al don't exist.

Also the diversity issue of TV being diverse or not. All a fuction of the circle(s) one travels in....and of course an individuals definition of diversity.

The ones who live here black, brown, white, yellow, etc are the ones who like it and can afford the tab. It is as simple as that.

It is what it is and the mix is not related to anything except the facts of life and not some scheme for it to be one flavor or another.

I will stick to my hobby of measuring and categorizing the size of passing clouds....it is about the same effectiveness as measuring diversity and why/why not/etc.:icon_bored:

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 907966)

From three million kkk members to from five to eight thousand is a huge advance. And you are right to have people in authority who are members is most heinous. It isn't getting worse. They got them OUT. That is a very GOOD thing. I bet The Villages annexing of part of Fruitland park may have in some way caused the investigation to happen.


You know that evil old Gary. He wouldn't think it was good for business.

I am just kidding folks on the last sentence. A new broom does sweep clean.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 907973)

Actually, I doubt it was Gary. Read the history of the FBI tracking KKK. It's been going on for almost a century. Even Gary probably doesn't have that much sway!

However it happened, you are right. It's an advance, not a step backward.

Originally Posted by scarecrow1 (Post 907876)

I don't want to sound political, I think a lot of people are living in a bubble. All you have to do is turn on a TV and watch what people say about our President. Everything he does is criticized. I don't care what color or what party you are a part of he is still our President and was elected by the majority. He's not respected because he's black. I was taught to respect the President regardless of political preference. All I hear in the villages are disparaging remarks about our black President so why would people here be surprised about what happened in Fruitland Park or Sanford for that matter. I don't think this post will be up long but I don't think it's political but factual about what's relevant to the topic.