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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
And you shouldn't assume all West Virginians were/are KKK'ers. Your say Byrd 1861 might have been anti-slavery, and still the kind of guy who'd join the Klan.
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No, dumbass, I said Byrd could have been a virulent racist in 1865 and still have fought on the Union side, making Dodd's statement accurate even if Byrd is an unreconstructed bigot in 2004. Some of the most prominent Northern abolitionists were virulent racists. Also, I don't think it's necessary to surmise that he would have joined the Klan in 1865. The Klan was a reaction to Reconstruction, which was farther-reaching than the Emancipation Proclamation (which, I'll note, didn't even apply to W.Va.). His membership in the Klan in the 1940s would meant something different than (1) fighting for the Confederacy or (2) membership in the Klan when it was founded.
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You are willing to admit the KKK was not a positive force for the southern black population, aren't you?
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Yes. Non sequitur.
