Looks like 17 idiotic bigots in the woods to me. Disgusting people? Yes. But worth paying much attention to? No. Giving tim attention is what they want. They are about as significant as a single turd floating in the Atlantic Ocean. Stay away from it, it is nasty...but it really won't effect the whole ocean.

I concur, as well.

That is really sad to since I support the raising of the confederate flag which was around long before the Kkk. Like I said before every religion and culture has their own group however evil or not, why can not whites do the same. Actually when this country was established by British rebels they could have easily been obliterated by the British Navy despite popular opinion that they won the war, when in fact they were allowed to win since the brits were smart enough to back away, they will ruin there own country in time let em have it.

Because the KKK has a long history of murder and hate. Say whayever you want about the NAACP or THE anti defemation League. They dont hang people from trees, blow up churches or advocate another holacaust. Dont forget most of their crimes have gone unpunished

I will not argue with you, but as we become a nation more and more culturally diverse then we will all end up someday living in peace with each other, and with all the different religions that will eventually emerge then I guess the Lord will have finally spoke and everyone will finally come together as one people who will agree on everything and there will be no more wars and heaven and Earth will pass and all will be established as new, ya ok.......

I often wondered where the burning of the cross came from. It is too bad that it was hijacked. Thanks, screminmimi.

This is DISGUSTING! I am sure that MSNBC will portray these KKK folks as conservatives. It is interesting to note that the KKK is actually an invention of Democrat segregationists who opposed white Republicans who fought for equal rights for black Americans. Did you know that Martin Luther King was a REPUBLICAN?? Republicans have always fought for the rights of INDIVIDUALS. In fact a greater % of Republicans voted for the 1964 Equal Rights Amendment than did Democrats. The progressive revisionist history needs to be corrected!

NOBAMA do you think they are "liberals"

Silly you

NOBAMA--interesting revisionist history of your own. Here's a little thing you left out--the Democrats had a specific wing called the Dixiecrats. George Wallace was a member of that particular branch. It was extremely conservative and was rooted in opposing the Republicans who had helped to free the slaves back in the 18th century. Yes, the Dixiecrats were conservative--and some of them still exist if you go down South. During that same time period, it was not uncommon to meet a liberal Republican (sometimes called Rockefeller Republicans; conservative Democrats are called Blue Dog Democrats--though the racist kind don't really have a specific name . . . many of them are shifting political affiliation as we "speak"). These liberal Republicans in some cases still exist--though many have been drummed out of the party or are called "RINOs"--Arlen Specter, Olympia Snow and Susan Collins.

The Republican party has shifted and no longer supports civil rights (this happened during JFK's tenure), no longer supports women's rights to reproductive freedom, and no longer supports fiscal conservatism (George W. Bush--though, arguably, this started under Reagan). Republicans have shifted hard right in an attempt to garner favor with the people who used to reliably vote Democrat--well, they shifted hard right in the rhetoric. In practice, gay men are over-represented in the Republican elite, most wealthy Republican women support reproductive freedom, etc.

If you don't understand that parties change over time and come to represent different things--then you really need to stop commenting until you go and take a history class that focuses on political parties. Yes, the KKK is conservative--and, yes, these people now reliably vote Republican. Go and look at a good poll on how people describe themselves and how different populations vote. Have a nice day.

I wouldn't let a group as small as this is, maybe a dozen, influence how you view Virginia. To much of this lumping of everyone as this or that in our country lately. Every state gets their fair share of crazies in this day and age.

I agree with Dcindfw. I've been a Virginian for almost 12 years and I love this state. Don't think for a minute that if this utterly disgusting behavior by a small group of people is happening here, it's not happening elsewhere. To single out this state is ridiculous. The article making it seem like there's a big "revival" here and it's "alive and well" here is completely untrue. Every state has it's dirty little enclaves, trust me.

Yeah, but did you happen to notice the decoration that the horse contributed to his costume??? His own personal thoughts, possibly???

Awww, dang nabbit horse you went and soiled ma's new sheets, now Im dun gonna have to run back yonder to Jethro's carwash and kleeeeen dem boy's up again, mmm hmmm. LOL Night all play nice! 8)

If he was for the MN Vikings he would have quit half way through the march.

They weren't always on private property and just because you have the right to do it doesn't mean its the right thing to do. There is a fine line between tolerance and apathy.

THe right...yes they have that. But it does not mean we have to tolerate them. We ostracize them from society, banish them from our midst and relegate them to the cow manure filled pastures they seem to favor.

To tolerate hate is to aquiesce to it...that we cannot do

If you're white, then why in the world would you be scared??

catady Hate is scary, bigotry is scary, evil is scary

You don't have to be Black or anything else to find evil scary

catlady - A white American has as much reason to fear the Klan as a German Christian had to fear the Nazis. The terror is they espouse is aimed at not only other races, but at our American way of life. I don't think we're going back to 1930s America or Germany any time soon, but the racist fringe will always be there, like a virus hoping for another chnace to spread.

Red, as I've said previously, these photos certainly don't reflect the majority of Virginians or the way this state thinks. However, I agree - the pictures were so disturbing, no matter where they were taken.

Sheniquwaaaa, Your so dumb, you don't deserve a response. All I can say just stay in the backwoods with your dumbass family members (KKK).

No wonder our education is ranked 16th in the world.

There is not a more true statement on this forum, i do not condone the dumbass things that the Klan has ever done, and i think that the ones that have performed hangings, bombed churches ect should be taken out in the street and shot. Lets see a cable channel come out listed a the White brodcasting channel or White History and see how much crap that they get for it. There is so much reverse racism going on now and if anyone says anything about it they get attacked for being racist. Ridiculous

So Tru Blue - would you ever dare to generalize the black community by telling one of them to stay in the hood with their dumbass family? I can't say I like the way the OP said his/her piece, but your "backwoods" comment reflected typical hypocrisy - looking at country folk as a whole, clinging their guns and religion and their prejudice. Why is it okay to make those broad generalizations among low income groups that happen to be white? It's as bad as making the ridiculous assumption that every black person is a gang member. What a snob.

what! Ummmm, guy--we do have a "White History Channel"--it's called, "History Channel." They occasionally do some token reviews of the histories of other groups--but only in special weeks that are particularly marked as such. The thing about being part of the dominant class is that you don't have to specially name things. This is why, if we take a "American History" class, we learn very little about Native American history prior to the Europeans coming in, the main focus is on how Europeans spread through the Americas, and any information on specific groups is only covered in a "special week" (like African-American History Week or Native American History Week).

When a particular group has to have its own special something (like the old "women's section" of the newspaper or the old "what are Negroes doing this week" section of the newspaper--yes, that latter was in the Birmingham News at one time), then you know that they are marginalized. I really don't think that, in your lifetime, white people will be so marginalized that they have to specially demarcate a channel to let people know that it is relevant to information about European Americans. Have a great day.

Perfect - my thoughts exactly

jalonapa?! find out the history of the klans men before you put your wortheless two cent comment in the pot. Oh wait, I get it. You're about to get initiated in.

No wonder people like you don't understand the beauty that all assorted flavors (people of color) bring to the table.

People like klan members only know savagery and segregation.

Tru Blue--try reading an entire message before responding. Also, remember that if something is in double quotation marks, it's being quoted and is not part of the person's response.

jalonapa says in the last sentence:

If the Klan's idea of pride is hating all that is not 'white' then I hope there's a special place in Hell for them.

Doesn't sound like jalonapa thinks that there is a problem with people of color, now does it?

jalonapa, I sorry for misconstruing your "reply" earlier, and I apologize with the deepest of apologies, for my comment, for even socializing with such low lives!!

I should have read your reply more carefully, and once again "I'am sorry".