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Very political!! Don't read if easially offended. (please)

lucillle said:
That would be me.

If you were my child, I'd sit you in the kitchen and have a talk, and tell you that people join groups for many different reasons. People join gangs, political groups, churches, clubs and even sites and forums. And not always for obvious reasons. Did your friend join out of a need to be a part of something, to feel belonging? Did something happen where he was brought back into thinking about his dad and what happened?
Or does he in fact have prejudicial views?

If your friend stole something, you'd want to know why. If he stole to just get something, you might feel different than if he stole bread because he was hungry.

It might be worthwhile to talk to him and see why you think he did this. And to make clear your feelings of disapproval and dismay. And to plant the seeds of allowing your friend to stand up and walk away from this group, and to realize what an evil group it is.

If you've known your friend since he was 4 and this has not come up before, it just seems that something must have propelled him into his unfortunate choice.
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Lucillle, I repped this post earlier, but have been wanting to get back to comment on it.
Very kind and very wise post.
Very anti- 'shoot first then ask questions later'. Maybe 'talking it out before we unholster our guns' is precisely the theme we need to temper our socio-political conversations and threads with.

Anyhoo, yes, young people, and Andrew I suspect your friend is younger than you, or at least has reached a time in his/her life where his/her identity is a little fragile, such that 'peer pressure' or 'group acceptance' is exerting/exacting more of a premium than at other times of our lives.
As Lucillle said, and I paraphrase,...sometmes just a little friendly helpful steering can make all the difference in the world.

Kathy Love was pretty much in the same territory in post #42, and in the theme of her other posts.


P.S. Andrew, why don't you gift this friend a corn snake, and steer him toward the group here at CS.com, and Roy Munson and Wade. Excellent role models, mentors, and father figures. With minds that could and can eclipse the sun in their brilliance of wisdom and density of enlightenment. The very antithesis in every way of some group like the KKK.
 
snakemaster24 said:
Robbie, there is a profund difference between asking about a snake and talking about th KKK and you family member joining it.
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Last I heard this WAS general chit chat....

Or was it renamed to "The Forum of David's Posts About His Racks, Stinking Goddesses And Other Awesome David-Stuff" while I was away this week????

danielle said:
Do we know EVERYONE in the kkk supports violence though guys? Is it possible we are overgeneralizing?
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Perhaps they do not support violence, but as others have said... if you throw your hat in with a group that in any way condones violence or bigotry, you are going to be judged as a part of that group. I have to deal with enough bigotry from the world around me... I certainly choose to exclude it from life with my friends.

Talking and enquiring may be the way to go at first, but I am with Steph on this one... a friend or family member who chooses to belong to a group such as the KKK, in spite of my objections, will no longer be a part of my life.
 
Hypancistrus said:
Last I heard this WAS general chit chat....

Or was it renamed to "The Forum of David's Posts About His Racks, Stinking Goddesses And Other Awesome David-Stuff" while I was away this week????
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Lauren I find your post insulting. I am simply stating that bringing the KKK to this forum. Is not a great idea. The KKK is a touchy subject and I thik that brining that touchy of a subject here is not a good idea. It may even be trolling.
 
snakemaster24 said:
Lauren I find your post insulting. I am simply stating that bringing the KKK to this forum. Is not a great idea. The KKK is a touchy subject and I thik that brining that touchy of a subject here is not a good idea. It may even be trolling.
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David, I find that your continueing posts on adding new animals that you may or maynot be able to care for is a touchy subject and that you refrain from posting such topic on this forum.
 
snakemaster24 said:
Lauren I find your post insulting. I am simply stating that bringing the KKK to this forum. Is not a great idea. The KKK is a touchy subject and I thik that brining that touchy of a subject here is not a good idea. It may even be trolling.
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Like that's never been done by a "member" before.

Hold the post!!!

The popcorn not ready yet!!!

this is funny:laugh:
 
The KKK is a touchy subject and I thik that brining that touchy of a subject here is not a good idea
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... So what? Touchier subjects have been brought up before and we've dealt with them like adults (usually)
I groaned when I read the thread title but it is actually a good discussion and some excellent advice. It would be hard to be close to somebody and then find out they were involved with a group like that. I'd probably talk to the person (family member or not) and tell them if you are going to go through with this I can no longer be your friend or associate with you, but if it was someone close I would try hard to make them change their mind, I guess. . It is hard to turn your back on family but don't tell me everyone in the world is close to their families. some families don't even talk.
 
snakemaster24 said:
Lauren I find your post insulting. I am simply stating that bringing the KKK to this forum. Is not a great idea. The KKK is a touchy subject and I thik that brining that touchy of a subject here is not a good idea. It may even be trolling.
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People seem to be handling it just fine (except for you).

Just in the past month or so there's been posts about democrats, republicans, health care, crosses in the desert, etc...

Whether we like it or not the KKK is unfortunately part of this world. The original poster is going through some issues involving it and wanted some advice. I see no harm in this. It's not like he came on saying he was in the KKK and hated all of us.

That aside my original thought on the topic still stands, I have zero respect for the KKK and I think many of them have psychological complexes.
 
I think this is an EXCELLENT discussion!

Every time we have a discussion here on a "touchy subject" AND we manage to discuss it in a mature, adult manner, then I become more proud of the community here, and find even more value and interest in this forum then if it was STRICTLY a corn discussion forum. Of course, when and if such debates degenerate into a less mature confrontation, then it greatly disappoints me. But so far, this one is great!
 
I'm sorry but I could not associate myself with anyone who is part of such a group. I am a strong believer in matters of opinion and choice, but some things just pass over that thin line..This is one of them..That is all I have to say about it.
 
snakemaster24 said:
Lauren I find your post insulting. I am simply stating that bringing the KKK to this forum. Is not a great idea. The KKK is a touchy subject and I thik that brining that touchy of a subject here is not a good idea. It may even be trolling.
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If you are uncomfortable with discussing this subject, then don't take part in this thread after making your feelings known. You, as well as all the rest of us members, cannot dictate what is discussed here. If you have a valid objection that this thread is against site rules, report it.
I think calling out the OP as a troll is totally out of line, personally.
 
Discuss this all you like, but the OP is a sock account for a cowardly, gonad-deficient banned member. Wish I had caught it before the latest round of David-bashing.
 
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