"Sorry Joe - that was addressed to Ake - certainly not you
He has persistently claimed to be a socalist and sneers at those of us who express genuine socialist views as liberals, but has persisted in expressing views that are to the right of right - on immigration, on the mass murder of young Norwegian people, on homosexuality, on Trump, on.... well everything really.
Outr own, home-grown fascist, as far as I can see
I think you are wrong in blaming Obama too
In order to ban the Klan, they would have had to do something that was bannable - they appear not to have, even now.
It is not illegal to express views on race, nor should it be
In Britain, it has become illegal to incite race hatred publicly
The nearest Britain came to moving on the Klan's counterparts is when the National Front became involved in inciting football violence.
The Front died a death and was replaced by the British Nationalist Party , which began to tailor up its image in order to fight elections - that seems to have died a death too.
The watered down lot, Ukip with only one shot in their magazine keep shooting themselves in the foot, having done the only political damage they are capable of.
All this blaming of former administrations for the Klan is a red-herring
They are now openly on the streets inciting racial violence, Trump has done his best to support them but that is a step too far for even him so he has been forced to condemn them - for the time being and leave it to his media mouthpieces like Ann Coulter.
What is happening now is presenting the only opportunity to quash the Klan
The Klan has featured in a number of security reports on trerrorism in the US and around 2007 were subjected to close scrutiny
Presumably there was not enough evidence to act
Trumpism may well have kicked them into enough activity to make a decent move
Please don't blame fiormer administrations for what is happening now - this is a consequence of electing a raving madman President, nothing more
Jim Carroll