Apologies, Banjer- let me try again:

Trying to paint( or whitewash?) the Klan in the immediate post-bellum period as a kindly community service group, sort of a proto-Rotary, is the most comical thing I've heard in a long time.

Thread Creep Alert! Lets not forget the flag that the Klan proudly marches under, folks- yup, the Confederate Battle Flag. MS is proud of its Klan heritage too, it seems? Guess Phil Ochs was right.

Hope that's OK.

Best, Greg